HR Manager - 12 month FTC

Our Client

We are delighted to be working a this Scottish luxury retailer for a 12 month contract to fill the role of HR Manager on a part time basis.

Your new role:

Based in Edinburgh, this role will manage and administer all HR activity across the company to ensure a robust and supportive HR function which enhances the employee experience and complies with relevant laws and regulations.

You will take full ownership and coordination of the recruitment process to ensure effective talent attraction, including supporting hiring managers with the drafting and posting of job adverts, sifting of CVs, managing the recruitment inbox, corresponding with applicants and scheduling interviews.

In addition, you will support all aspects of the employee journey, including recruitment, onboarding, performance management, payroll, employee relations, learning & development and exits.

This is a fixed-term, part-time role of 26-30 hours/week, spread over 5 days but with some flexibility on precise working patterns.

Duties will include:

• Full coordination of the onboarding and exit process, including completion of pre-employment checks and references and issuing offer letters and contracts.
• Preparing monthly payroll information and liaising with our external payroll partner and group pension scheme.
• Maintaining accurate and up-to-date employee records and collating information for HR reports, ensuring all confidentiality and GDPR requirements are met.
• Providing additional administrative HR support, including drafting of offers, employment contracts and other staff letters.
• Providing guidance to managers on employee relations issues and queries, including performance management, disputes, and grievances.
• Reviewing and maintaining employee policies and company documents, including contracts, handbooks, and other supporting paperwork.
• Coordinating administration of staff benefits.
• Supporting with the implementation of other ad hoc People projects and all other ongoing HR administration, as required

Experience and Skills Required:

You will be a dynamic and highly organised HR professional with robust generalist experience and a passion for creating a strong work culture and who is willing to proactively contribute to ongoing reviews or approaches, processes and HR systems.

Additional requirements

• Minimum 5 year's previous experience in a HR generalist or similar role
• Degree in HR or related field (CIPD Qualified) would be beneficial but is not essential
• An understanding of HR laws and regulations and ability to apply them appropriately
• Knowledge of current HR best practices including metrics and use of technology
• Experience in dealing with complex employee relations issues, including grievance, disciplinary and other matters
• Able to ensure absolute discretion and confidentiality at all times in dealing with sensitive staff and company matters
• Excellent communication skills are essential - both written and verbal, in-person and on the telephone, with the ability to build and effectively manage interpersonal relationships at all levels of the organisation
• Dynamic and able to work within a fast-paced environment, whilst also ensuring high attention to detail in all written and administrative work
• Strong IT skills, comfortable using MS Office and online systems
• Highly-organised and able to juggle competing priorities
• A self-starter with who works well independently and as part of a team
• Experience in processing or supporting payroll

What you'll get in return

• 29 days annual leave plus 3 fixed bank holiday and an additional day off for your birthday
• Employer pension scheme
• Employee assistance programme
• Staff discount