At Kennedys, we believe that we offer a great environment to build and grow your career in a Global firm. With our values at the core, we foster innovation and collaboration in a global setting. If you want to be a part of our distinctive culture and make a difference in the legal industry, we would love to hear from you.
We are looking for a HR Specialist to join our HR team. The successful HR Specialist will provide full administrative support the LATAM region; having the opportunity to get a full range of HR experience including - Operations, Reward, Employee Relations, Recruitment, Graduate Recruitment and Learning & Development.
This is a varied and exciting role at a dynamic, global law firm and would suit an ambitious individual with a global mindset looking to continue their career in HR working with a supportive team and culture.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

• 2+ years as an HR Analyst , HR Specialist or similar roles
• Global mindset and previous experience working in a global organisation is preferable
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Good level of IT literacy and numeracy skills
• Ability to work as speed and balance a wide range of activities at any one time and at short notice
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work under pressure.
• English and Spanish language skills are an essential requirements for this role
• Skilled in Microsoft Office
  Please let us know if you require any additional support or adjustments to be made in order to submit your application to Kennedys.

• Provide general administrative support to the HR team and business
• Monitor and respond to relevant and general HR queries
• Ensure timely responses to requests from internal and external stakeholders
• Assist in HR cyclical tasks as required, e.g. salary review, benchmarking, promotion processes, budget review
• Actively participate in HR projects
• Identify/highlight areas of improvement for processes and systems for the region
• Maintain, control and update the global HR database, producing reports when required. Ensuring data is accurately inputted and maintained on HR systems
• Establish and maintain accurate e-filing and storage systems
• Produce and maintain the HR process and procedure documentation

• Constantly look to improve, maintain and update the HR intranet pages

  Recruitment

• Liaise with the recruitment team, partners/managers, agencies and direct candidates to arrange interviews

• Guarantee a great new joiner process is in place:
• Prepare offer letters and contracts for potential new joiners and monitor the return of those signed documents and any other relevant documentation requested
• Conduct and monitor the new joiner screening process ensuring reports are generated from the third party background screening provider in accordance with SLA’s
• Ensure new joiner information is accurately entered into the HR database and kept up to date as required
• Maintain and coordinate the new joiner process liaising with the relevant Business Services departments, and the hiring managers
• Create new joiner e-files for inclusion in the e-filing system
• Maintain and update the applicant tracking system (ATS) with information on all external and internal candidates. Produce accurate new joiner and recruitment reports when necessary
• Prepare all recruitment invoices for approval using the correct budget codes and authorisation process