HR Manager

Working in a standalone role with responsibility for day to day running of department. Planning, implementing and evaluating all employee relations and human resources policies, projects and practices.

Responsibilities include:

- Ensure HR policies and staff handbook is kept up to date.
- Responsible for drafting new policies in accordance with changes in legislation as well as communicating and providing HR policy advice and guidance to managers/directors.
- Operate as a trusted advisor to the management team, supporting and coaching the managers as required and giving advise for employment law issues
- Oversee the staff appraisal system. Ensuring appraisals happen on an annual basis, with a six month review of objectives.
- Identify key talent within the business, and develop career paths and succession plans.
- Manage full recruitment process, write job descriptions, advertising and liaising with recruitment agencies, organizing interviews, attending interviews.
- Issue offer letters and contracts to new starters, create induction and training schedules.
- Manage and coordinate a full range of employee relations issues, disciplinary issues and grievances.
- Develop a structured approach to training and development to ensure mandatory, professional and commercial needs are met.
- Administer all benefits including medical care, tickets restaurant. Oversee our discount programme (not in place yet)
- Ensure regular staff events take place.
- Production of monthly analysis and liaising with the financial director on payroll, headcount reports, leavers, new starters, maternity leave and sickness.
- Maintain office and HR budgets. Negotiating with suppliers.
- Have overall responsibility for the company’s health and safety; this includes carrying out regular risk assessments.

We are looking for a person with:

- At least 3-4 years’ experience working within a generalist HR role within a media company.
- Confident, outgoing, diligent, and hard working with a meticulous attention to detail.
- An organised self-starter who can keep all the balls in the air whilst under pressure.
- Excellent people and team management skills – to get the best out of individuals. An ability to resolve problems or performance issues with diplomacy is vital.
- Ambitious.
- Good communication skills and the ability to clearly articulate needs both verbally and in written form.
- Financial awareness and an ability to manage budgets.
- Common sense, empathy, the ability to always be one step ahead

Offer:

- Working in a young, dynamic and informal environment
- 09.00-18.00 (1h lunch break)
- Private Medical Insurance after 1 year of service