HR Officer - Legal

A leading independent law firm based in Central London are recruiting for an HR Officer to join their team. Reporting into the HR Director, you will be responsible for:

• Induction of new joiners

• Conducting inductions for relevant client group new joiners

• Spearheading any early difficulties or concerns in relation to the new joiner, liaising with relevant Line Manager or HR Management team member as required

• Employee Correspondence

• Producing letters and memos to employees as required

• Attending employee relations meetings

• Drafting scripts in preparation for employee relations meetings

• Family leave process and guidance

• Coordinating family leave process

• Preparing pre and post family leave paperwork

• Employee absence management and wellbeing

• Monitoring on a monthly basis client group absence levels, analyzing trends, highlighting issues and concerns and making recommendations to HR Management team

• Managing referral process to Occupational Health Advisers

• Leaver process

• Preparing leaver letters

• Arranging and conducting face to face exit interviews and working on actions with Management

• Benefits, Salary and Bonus review

• Departmental Secretarial Managers

• Building and maintaining effective working relationships and coordinating with other HR Officer regular meetings

• Corporate Responsibility Committee

• Acting as primary HR representative at committee meetings and taking forward any related actions from each meeting

• Policies, Projects and Other Duties

• Supporting annual HR budgeting exercise as required by the HR Director

• Reviewing efficiency and usability of HR intranet and making recommendations for enhancements

• HR team support

As HR Officer, you will possess:

• Previous experience operating at HR Officer or Senior HR Assistant experience

• Previous experience in a legal or Professional Services HR team

• Strong MS Office skills

• Strong education