Howden, A Chart Industries Company

HR Assistant

Howden, A Chart Industries Company

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Milton Keynes • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

About the role

  • Provide a business area focused client experience through the accurate and timely administration of all processes within the employee lifecycle
  • Initiates processes on behalf of the business, including job changes, contingent worker, international and leaver requests
  • Works closely with colleagues within HRES to drive consistency across the business, improve processes and gain efficiencies
  • Works with the Recruitment team to ensure the applicant through to new starter process is managed efficiently and provides a great candidate experience
  • Runs and analyses data to provide valuable business insight, including but not limited to absence management, performance objective, milestone and headcount reports
  • Validates data, ensures job details are correct, such as roles, teams and cost centres
  • Works within GDPR guidelines, managing people data requests and the confidentiality of data
  • Supports the business with any Workday training needs, promoting self service capability
  • Attends employee relation meetings, to take notes and circulate actions
  • Welcomes new starters to the business and proactively supports induction and introduction sessions
  • Completes exit interviews with leavers, managing insights and feedback as required
  • Supports the annual compensation review process, restructures, acquisitions and other HR related business activity and projects
  • Responsible for follow up actions and ongoing enquiries, ensuring processes are completed to a high standard and in time for payroll cutoff

Requirements

  • Strong relationship building and influencing skills
  • Delivery focused and able to demonstrate putting client experience first
  • Generalist HR experience and knowledge in a fast paced, complex or transformational business
  • Works well under pressure, managing conflicting demands and meeting deadlines
  • Ability to work well independently with confidence
  • Strong organisational, communication and interpersonal skills
  • Problem solver with resilience, initiative and ability to challenge the status quo
  • Smart pragmatic and positive approach, able to build trust and offer proactive solutions
  • Workday and HR Shared Services experience desirable
Benefits
  • A career that you define
  • Volunteering in the community as part of the day job
  • Encouragement to contribute towards sustainability goals

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
generalist HR experiencedata analysisabsence managementperformance objective managementmilestone reportingheadcount reportingexit interview managementcompensation review processprocess improvementGDPR compliance
Soft skills
relationship buildinginfluencing skillsdelivery focusedclient experienceproblem solvingresilienceinitiativeorganizational skillscommunication skillsinterpersonal skills