Junior HR Administrator - 12 month FTC London, England
GAM Investments
Full Time
London, England
34606 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
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GAM is one of the world’s leading independent asset managers. We provide differentiated active investment solutions and products for institutions, financial intermediaries and private investors.
Together we share a common set of values rooted in teamwork, integrity, entrepreneurial flair and professional excellence.
Our employees are our most valuable asset. Being able to offer an attractive work environment where talented minds from various backgrounds are keen to work is key to the long-term success of our company. We firmly believe in the importance of maintaining the open culture of a small company, aiming to avoid bureaucracy and encouraging a flexible, accessible and hands-on working style across the Group. In turn, our people reward us with their loyalty.
Function:
Human Resources
Department:
Human Resources - HR Operations
Purpose
The HR Operations department strives to create and deliver a seamless and positive employee support experience across the entire employee lifecycle, from on-boarding right through to the exit process. The team also provides advice and guidance on absence management, performance appraisals, employee relations and maintaining employee well-being. We develop efficient and simple people processes and support the integration of our ‘people platform’ Workday. We deliver data that is useful and accurate to create people related strategies across the business. We collaborate closely with other departments within the Human Resources function including HR Business Partners, Reward, Talent Acquisition and Talent & Development teams.
The HR function is responsible for supporting the Company to help shape the culture of the business, ensure the right people are in the right jobs and work with department heads and managers to ensure employees are productive and engaged.
Main Duties & Responsibilities
- Support the Global HR Operations team to simplify and streamline HR processes globally and to contribute to the creation of solutions to improve service delivery.
- Work to understand the data held in our people platform, Workday and how this is data is used to deliver insights that inform business decisions on headcount, budgeting, and planning. To support other integrated applications, to understand how our HR data flows across multiple systems.
- Assist with collating specific data analysis on areas such as headcount, absence, time-tracking, performance, payroll, and recruitment. Analyse survey results to understand key themes and focus areas.
- Actively support the team in preparation for new workday releases through engaging in testing new configuration and troubleshooting the issues that arise.
- Opportunity to learn about recruitment, on-boarding, employee relation issues, performance process, reward, and talent & development.
- Assist in preparation of job descriptions, liaising with the Head of Talent Acquisition, recruitment consultants, external candidates, and opportunity to assist with the interview process.
- Assist with on boarding of employees: issuing offer letters and ensure background checks are complete. Production of correspondence e.g. changes to job titles, transfers, reporting line, flexible working letters.
- Maintain and update electronic personnel record system (DIS) containing all employment-related information, HR tracker and various spreadsheets; enter data and maintain these accordingly.
- Managing the HR Operations mailbox. Fielding staff queries and providing advice on various HR policies, guidelines, systems and reporting.
Skills & Personal Attributes
If you are a school leaver or graduate with a keen interest in working within financial services and have the following attributes, we are interested in hearing from you:
- Genuine interest in developing a career within HR;
- Knowledgeable of Microsoft Office 2010 including Outlook, Excel and Powerpoint;
- Computer literate with the ability to adapt to different systems;
- Attention to detail and analysing data;
- Strong administration and organisational skills;
- Strong written and verbal communication skills;
- Ability to act in a confidential and sensitive manner;
- Ability to work to time critical deadlines with accuracy and attention to detail;
- Self-starter with a ‘can do’ attitude;
- A strong desire to learn;
- Interest in working with people;
Benefits
GAM offers a comprehensive range of benefits and performance-based compensation, along with a variety of lifestyle and family benefits to promote well-being in and out of the workplace. These benefits vary according to local market conditions. Please contact the local Human Resources team for further details.
Employing Company/ies:
GAM (UK) Limited
Reporting to:
Global HR Operations Manager
Contract:
Fixed Term (Fixed Term)
