HR Coordinator

Description:

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced HR assistant or HR Coordinator looking to take the next step up to HR advisor within a highly-respected, established book publishers.

Based in fabulous offices in central London, you will be part of small but highly effective HR team supporting a lively, energetic, creative workforce.

Reporting into the Head of HR, the role supports recruitment, onboarding, learning and development, payroll, benefits and day-to-day HR administration, while providing clear first-line guidance within agreed policies and escalating complex or sensitive issues appropriately.

Duties will include

• Recruitment and onboarding: supporting processes from approved job description through to offer stage and new starter set-up.
• Learning and development: maintaining L&D records, collating needs from appraisals and requests, researching suitable training options and co-ordinating the bookings process.
• Payroll, benefits and HR administration: assisting with preparing monthly payroll change information and payroll checks. Maintaining employee records and trackers and supporting the administration of benefits.
• Responding to routine employee queries on benefits, pension and People & Culture processes, escalating where advice or interpretation is needed
• Providing first-line, practical guidance to managers and employees on established People & Culture policies and procedures
• Supporting efforts for employee well being, retention and development

This is a genuinely fantastic opportunity for someone to build their generalist HR skills in a supportive and encouraging working environment. It would suit someone with:

• Approximately two years+ UK based HR experience in the media, advertising or creative industries
• A commitment to building a long-term career in HR
• An interest in Learning and Development
• Curiosity about learning more about the publishing industry
• An appetite for exploring new digital tools, including AI, to improve ways of working appropriately and responsibly
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills together with an outgoing, proactive approach and superb attention to detail