The Random House Group Limited Hiring for HR Advisor (3m FTC) Job at London, England Full Time

What does great HR mean to you?

Perhaps it’s about holding up a mirror and striking the right balance between supporting your business and challenging it. As HR Advisor here at Penguin Random House UK, keeping things human and simple is our way of doing things.

If that’s struck a chord with you, then perhaps you’d be a great fit for the new HR Advisor position in our team. This role is offered on a fixed term basis starting in early September until end of December 2022.

The opportunity

As a HR Advisor you will work closely with your HR Manager to support managers and employees in your business areas. You’ll develop a deep understanding of your areas and proactively offer solutions and ideas to situations and will support managers in upskilling and understanding how to apply HR practices and policies.

This is a busy and varied role and you’ll get stuck into everything from talent management, reward and employee relations through to coaching and guiding our managers and employees through topics such as wellness.

You’ll play a key role at each stage of someone’s time with us – from welcoming them on their first day, partnering with the L&D team to support people to learn and grow, helping people plan their family leave, and supporting career progression.

We also know that working life doesn’t always run smoothly, so being able to support managers and employees through the more difficult moments with compassion and pragmatism will set you apart.

There is some admin to do and to oversee, and supported by the HR Admin team you’ll make sure our people get the information they need at the right time. Having a hawk-like attention to detail, while keeping on top of a busy workload is important. Experience of working with HR databases would be a real plus here.

About you

You don’t need to have worked with books or in publishing before. We’re interested in hearing about your HR experience from different industries, and from different perspectives. What’s important to us is your approach, being able to connect with people at all levels, and bringing them onside. If you love getting under the skin of a problem, finding creative solutions and doing this in a fast-paced, busy environment, this could be your perfect next move.

The minimum criteria you’ll need for this role is:

• Experience working within a generalist HR role, either at entry level or as an advisor

• A good understanding of employee relations, across sickness absence, disciplinary and performance management

• Experiencing working with a range of different stakeholders at different levels of seniority

• Excellent attention to detail is a must – you need to have experience of working with lot’s of different types of data and ensuring your work is accurate

• Being confident in owning your relationships with stakeholders – you’ll need experience building relationships and working with managers and employees and feeling confident in giving advice and guidance on a range of HR processes.

If you think we could be a good match for each other, then we’d love to hear from you. To apply for this role, please submit your CV and Cover Letter by midnight on Sunday 7th August 22.

Salary: £28,000 – 31,000 depending on how your skills and experience align to the role, plus selected benefits.

We’re currently experimenting with hybrid working and involving colleagues across the business to shape our future ways of working. The needs of our teams and individuals are different, so we’re not taking a one-size-fits-all approach. While our offices are places to connect, collaborate and celebrate with colleagues, we recognise that flexibility about where you work is just as important for doing your best work and for your wellbeing.

For this role, there are meetings and activities that you will need to attend in person (mainly at our offices in Nine Elms & Pimlico). The exact balance of office to remote working will depend on the nature of your role and team needs, and we are open to discussing this through the recruitment process.

What you can expect from us

Our creativity is inspired by different perspectives, so we want our culture to be one of belonging, where everyone feels welcome and where differences are celebrated.

As a Disability Confident Committed organisation, we’re part of the offer an interview scheme. This is where disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role can opt in to get to the next recruitment stage. There may be some situations where volume of applicants means we can’t take all eligible candidates to interview.

We want to make sure disabled applicants can be their best at each step of the recruitment journey. If you need adjustments during the application process, we encourage you to get in touch with us at http://[email protected].

Remember, you only need to share what you are comfortable to for us to support your adjustment request. Find out more about our approach here: www.penguinrandomhousecareers.co.uk/applying-for-roles-with-a-disability

We partner with The Book Trade Charity, who provide financial assistance for people looking to get into the publishing industry; you can find more information and talk directly here: https://www.btbs.org/

Please note, we are not able to accept agency CVs for this role. Any CVs sent speculatively will not be eligible for a fee.

Company: The Random House Group Limited

Country: United Kingdom

State/Region: London

City: London

Postal Code: SW11 7BW

Job ID: 238049