HR Advisor (12 month fixed term contract)

Role Type: Full-time or Part-time (4 days a week)

Duration: 12 month Maternity Contract (Fixed Term Employee)

Location: Hybrid (minimum 1 day a week in our Maidenhead office and 1 day in our Chalfont St.Peters office). 

Start Date: December 2024 

We are looking for a pro-active HR Advisor with UK specific experience, who will be working with managers and colleagues in UK and Ireland. The role will report to the UK and Ireland Country Lead and will work closely with them and the HR Administrator to help ensure compliance with employment law and best practices. This role would be well suited to an HR Advisor or Generalist seeking experience in a new environment, or a well-rounded experienced HR Administrator with exposure to advisory work, looking for their next step.

About RWS HR 
 
Our business is nothing without our people. As part of our global Human Resources team, you will be supporting over 8,000 people, across 100 legal entities in 43 different countries. We have a vibrant and nurturing culture where everyone can learn, grow, and thrive. We also love ideas and exploring new ways of doing things, united by our love of language.  

Key Responsibilities

• Provide support and advice on UK employee relations issues, actively leading on discipline, grievances, performance, absence management and redundancies as required
• Involvement in processes related to immigration and right to work
• Working closely with managers and colleagues to provide support and guidance on HR issues, global HR processes and changes to employment legislation, including supporting the Country Lead in delivering information sessions, creating template letters, emails and other communications
• Participate in culture transformation by having a visible presence in the office and regularly speaking to colleagues and managers
• Offer 'open door' and provide advice to employees on work related issues with empathy and professionalism
• Partner with the internal functions including Payroll, Finance and IT, collaborating with HR Business Partners and HR centres of excellence when needed
• Help maintain data in the HRIS system
• Support the Country Lead with other ad-hoc projects in the UK and Ireland

Skills & Experience

• CIPD qualified (or working towards it)
• Previous experience in an advisory role desirable
• Clear communicator in written and spoken English, comfortable with presenting and having difficult conversations on sensitive subjects
• Someone who keeps up to date with changes in UK Employment law and best practices
• Hands on experience of employee relations cases including redundancy consultation processes, protected conversations, capability and performance and disciplinary cases
• Strong customer service skills – all colleagues and managers are our customers
• Friendly, approachable and empathetic with good listening skills and ability to be a trusted advisor to first line managers
• Team player able to build strong relationships across boundaries
• Good attention to detail and ability to check the work of others
• Ability to mentor and help assist the personal development of the HR Administrator

At RWS, we’re here for one purpose: unlocking global understanding.

As a unique, world-leading provider of technology-enabled language, content, and intellectual property services, we remove the barriers to communication to make global connection possible. Our unrivalled experience and deep understanding of language have been developed over more than 60 years. As we look to shape the future, our ambition is to create a world where understanding is universal for everyone.

We work with over 80% of the world’s top 100 brands, more than three-quarters of Fortune’s 20 ‘Most Admired Companies’ and almost all the top pharmaceutical companies, investment banks, law firms and patent filers. Our client base spans Europe, Asia Pacific and North and South America. Our 65+ global locations across five continents service clients in the automotive, chemical, financial, legal, medical, pharmaceutical, technology and telecommunications sectors.   

Over the past 20 years we’ve been evolving our own AI solutions as well as helping clients to explore, build and use multilingual AI applications. With 45+ AI-related patents and more than 100 peer-reviewed papers, we have the experience and expertise to support clients on their AI journey.

If you like the idea of working with smart people who are passionate about breaking down language barriers and giving back to their communities, then you’ll love life at RWS. Our work fundamentally recognizes the value of every language and culture. So, we celebrate difference, we are inclusive and believe that diversity makes us strong.

We want every employee to grow as an individual and excel in their career. In return, we expect all our people to live by the values that unite us: to partner with colleagues and clients, to adopt a pioneering spirit, to be positive in progressing the work we do, and always to deliver what we promise. 

RWS Values

Get the 3Ps right – Partner, Pioneer, Progress – and we´ll Deliver together as One RWS.

For further information, please visit: RWS   

RWS embraces DEI and promotes equal opportunity, we are an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind. RWS is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at RWS are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, religion, nationality, ethnicity, sex, age, disability, or sexual orientation. RWS will not tolerate discrimination based on any of these characteristics

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