HR Executive London
Job description
Avaliable Job Today Are you passionate about creating a positive company culture where people can thrive? We have an opportunity for an HR Executive to join Worldwide Events, the company behind m&i, Private Luxury Events, TFest and Amour.
Our story
Worldwide Events specialises in business-to-business trade events bringing together key players in the travel and events industry. We believe in making business joyful because networking should be fun!
The company is an established front-runner of the Meeting & Incentive, Luxury, and Romantic Travel sectors with events hosted in destinations such as Dubai, Ibiza, Istanbul, Seville, Oslo, The Bahamas, Jordan, Mexico – pretty great, right?
We are very proud of the culture we have built here at Worldwide Events. We like to think our culture is diverse, a great bunch of people who are smart, passionate, interesting and funny and work really hard to support and live our values. We like open communication, flexible working and having a laugh because, we want the office to be a place you’d like to come into each week.
What does the HR Executive do?
As a company, we’re on an exciting journey – that’s where you come in! You will be the first port of call to both perspective and then new team members when joining Worldwide Events, making sure their experience is a positive one all the way from interview to first day and delivering on a right first time culture.
We are looking for an organised and self-motivated individual to join us as our HR Executive, you will be responsible for providing administrative and other support to our People Function, specifically our Head of People. General duties will include (not exhaustive), handling clerical duties, coordinating calendars, supporting confidential meetings, audits, coordinating our recruitment, managing our HR platform (People HR) among other things!
Our ideal HR Executive will be pro-active in their approach and have the ability to keep information confidential which is critical in this role. In order to be successful in this position you should be detail-orientated, professional, organised and have excellent written ad verbal communication skills.
This will suit an experienced HR Executive looking for the next step in your career.
Your responsibilities as HR Executive
- Coordinating our recruitment efforts (screening CV’s, arranging interviews, managing onboarding of new staff, conducting right to work checks)
- Issuing contracts and managing our HR system (People HR)
- Assisting the Head of People with any employee relations cases
- Keeping our employee handbook up to date
- Ensuring our office is well maintained and serving our employees the best it can (fruit baskets, sweet treats)
- Coordinating efforts with IT to ensure new starters have all the information they need.
- Issuing employment letters (probation, disciplinary, contract amendments)
- Keeping and updating employee records on our HR platform
- Carrying out clerical duties such as answering phone calls, responding to emails and preparing documents, including office correspondence, memos, resumes and presentations.
- Acting as a central point of contact for team member queries and issues
- Assisting with payroll by providing the Finance Department with relevant employee information
- Assisting the Head of People with any other tasks as needed.
What we would love to see from you:
- Experience as an HR Administrator, Executive or Advisor
- Understanding of various HR Systems, plus points for People HR
- Up-to-date knowledge of labour law and HR best practices
- CIPD qualification (level 3 or above)
- Competence to build and effectively manage interpersonal relationships at all levels
- Computer literate with programmes such as word, excel etc
- Fantastic organisational skills and the ability to prioritise multiple workflows
- Passionate about people and developing others
- A keen interest in the travel and events industry a plus
- Experienced with an international workforce a plus
- A love of travelling with a valid passport and the ability to travel internationally!
Some of the benefits of working here include:
We are a dynamic, fast-paced company. The nature of our company is that we have many different employees in different countries over the world at the same time! Want to develop your skills, or even move into a different department? At Worldwide Events we are never still, and for the right person this presents and opportunity to grow and evolve your role and responsibilities and well as you as a person – we hope you choose us to grow your career with!
Your time
We firmly believe in find a work-life balance so for our HR Executive we offer:
- 36 days of holiday (including Bank Holidays)
- Hybrid working – we work smart, not long. We understand that everyone has life admin and responsibilities, so if you need to pop to the bank or adjust your hours to do the school run, we’re open to making arrangement that suit your needs. We understand that everyone has a life outside of work, we hope we can enable you to live it!
- 4pm finish on a Friday – whether its going to pub or chilling at home with family, Friday’s are important!
Your health
- We understand that mental health matters – we have an employee assistance programme that is there for you to use whenever you feel the need to, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
- Company Sick Leave
- Private Health Scheme (involving a contribution from the company)
- Enhanced maternity schemes
Your experience
- We stock all the coffee and tea you can drink as well as fresh fruit daily (and the occasional sweet treat!)
- Your social spirit – our Happiness and Culture Team keep us on our toes with monthly socials for all employees as well as learning opportunities and weekly drinks at the local bar!
Our approach to diversity is simple —it’s about embracing everyone, and everyone is welcome at Worldwide Events. We are committed to welcoming everyone, regardless of gender identity, orientation or expression. We are diverse in age, race, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, and perspective. Our diversity fuels our innovation, bring diversity of thought, and connects us closer to our clients and communities we serve.
All applicants must have the right to work in the United Kingdom.
Thank you for your interest in this post, we look forward to receiving your application. We encourage applications even if you don't have all the skills required - passion and personality count! As there’s no closing date for this role interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis, so we encourage you to apply ASAP!
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: From £30,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Company events
- Company pension
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Flexitime
- Free or subsidised travel
- Private medical insurance
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
- UK visa sponsorship
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday
Application question(s):
- How many years of HR experience do you have?
- Why would you like to work for Worldwide Events?
- Do you have a valid passport and are you willing to travel worldwide on occassion?
Education:
- Bachelor's (preferred)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in London, EC4A 1JQ
Reference ID: HRExec1
