HR Coordinator

The role

We are recruiting for an HR Coordinator to join our collaborative and supportive HR team. You will take responsibility for supporting the delivery of all aspects of the HR services to Partners and employees across the firm.

Working with our the HR team you will be involved with the full employee lifecycle incorporating generalist, recruitment, payroll, operations and development.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with experience in HR to develop their skills and knowledge in a supportive and developmental environment. 

Role responsibility

• Maintaining up-to-date and accurate personnel records including absence, holidays, probation and contract end dates within the HR System, Sage Salesforce
• Administering probation reviews, contract extension documentation, and obtaining references as required
• Administering all Partner and employee change notifications such as; joiners, leavers, title changes and promotions
• Responding to or escalating all enquiries in the AskHR inbox
• Facilitating the family leave process
• Facilitating the onboarding and induction process 
• Managing onboarding screening process for all new joiners using Vero screening and BUPA
• Inducting new joiners to the firm with a welcome meeting and presentation
• Conducting new joiner training on Holiday and Benefits systems (Sage and Zest)
• Assisting with the payroll verification process
• Conducting exit interviews and preparing summary reports
• Producing monthly reports and maintaining HR and benefit systems
• Managing the firm's SRA data including instructing new joiners on how to update their profiles, and opting employees into bulk renewal
• Conducting regular system and data audits to ensure best practice is adhered to
• Administering benefit enrolment for new joiners
• Maintaining employee data on the performance system, and enrolling employees into annual reviews
• Maintaining org charts
• Producing adhoc reports where requested on people data (e.g. diversity statistics, headcount reports etc)
• Documenting and reviewing HR Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and recommending process streamlines where applicable
• Administering long service awards
• Processing HR related invoices

About you

Ideally you will be able to demonstrate;

• A passion for, and keen interest in developing a career in HR
• Experience in a similar environment in a HR focused role 
• Excellent attention to detail
• Strong administration and organisation skills
• Discretion, with the ability to manage confidential / sensitive information
• Adaptability and flexibility, with the confidence to take initiative with new ideas and ways of working
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
• Excellent relationship building and stakeholder management skills with the ability to work well with others at all levels

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• 25 days annual holiday
• Permanent Health Insurance
• Life Assurance
• Interest free Season Ticket Loan
• Private Healthcare
• Pension Scheme
• Staff Introductory Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme

About us

With almost 200 lawyers in one location, we ensure our clients have the right team to help them get from where they are to where they want to be. We advise major corporates and institutions as well as entrepreneurial, ambitious enterprises which are often privately or family owned, or private equity backed. As well as our significant business law capability, we are one of only a few London-based law firms with a large private wealth offering. Our clients find our straightforward approach a compelling alternative to larger, less personal firms.

Whether you are an ambitious and talented individual wanting to hit the ground running from day one, or an established professional looking for a new opportunity, Howard Kennedy is the firm where you can really make it happen.

We have earned a strong reputation for our exceptional and uniquely talented people who between them deliver outstanding results for clients. In a firm of our size, our strong team dynamic creates a thriving culture of creativity and entrepreneurialism. Howard Kennedy is a pragmatic and non-hierarchical environment where success is shared, and you are proactively encouraged to thrive at your own pace.

Our distinctive culture is built on fairness and respect. Guided by the firm’s values of talk straight, think smart and be yourself, everyone in the firm holds equal value, and everyone plays their role in supporting, encouraging and inspiring colleagues to do their best work.

At the same time, we recognise and reward individualism, celebrating the diversity of our people and supporting them to grow their practice and drive their own career advancement.

As well as client work, there is opportunity to broaden your horizons at the firm with fulfilling pro bono and charity projects. We have a regular social calendar full of wellbeing activities, charitable and social events too.

 With almost 200 lawyers in one location, we ensure our clients have the right team to help them get from where they are to where they want to be. We advise major corporates and institutions as well as entrepreneurial, ambitious enterprises which are often privately or family owned, or private equity backed. As well as our significant business law capability, we are one of only a few London-based law firms with a large private wealth offering. Our clients find our straightforward approach a compelling alternative to larger, less personal firms.

Whether you are an ambitious and talented individual wanting to hit the ground running from day one, or an established professional looking for a new opportunity, Howard Kennedy is the firm where you can really make it happen.

We have earned a strong reputation for our exceptional and uniquely talented people who between them deliver outstanding results for clients. In a firm of our size, our strong team dynamic creates a thriving culture of creativity and entrepreneurialism. Howard Kennedy is a pragmatic and non-hierarchical environment where success is shared, and you are proactively encouraged to thrive at your own pace.

Our distinctive culture is built on fairness and respect. Guided by the firm’s values of talk straight, think smart and be yourself, everyone in the firm holds equal value, and everyone plays their role in supporting, encouraging and inspiring colleagues to do their best work.

At the same time, we recognise and reward individualism, celebrating the diversity of our people and supporting them to grow their practice and drive their own career advancement.

As well as client work, there is opportunity to broaden your horizons at the firm with fulfilling pro bono and charity projects. We have a regular social calendar full of wellbeing activities, charitable and social events too.