Trainee HR Advisor London, England
MHA MacIntyre Hudson
Full Time
London, England
41765 - 52500 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
Job Title – Trainee HR Advisor
Office - London Office
Who we are
Here at MHA MacIntyre Hudson, we take the time to create great relationships with our clients to become not just their trusted advisers, but valued partners that face the future together.
As a Top 13 firm of chartered accountants, tax and business advisers, we work in partnership with clients ranging from entrepreneurs and individuals to multi-national corporations. We work together to navigate an ever-changing business world and proactively identify the opportunities that tomorrow presents.
Leveraging our national network of offices, we offer a comprehensive range of financial and business strategy services to clients across the UK, enabling them to achieve profitable growth and build sustainable long-term success.
As a member of Baker Tilly International, we have a global reach that allows us to offer our insight and expertise wherever our clients need us to be. We believe this makes us a national and international partner of choice for entrepreneurs and multi-national enterprises across the world.
Our agile and responsive approach means we are always on hand to have the right conversations about with clients at the right time, allowing us to identify their goals and business needs both now, and in the future.
Purpose of the role
You'll work within our HR team transforming how we deliver HR services to our people.
Working with the HR Operational team you’ll build relationships with the accounting trainees in the office to support their journey through to qualification.
You'll also work closely with trainees and their Managers to provide generalist HR support across areas including resourcing, on-boarding, employee relations and rewards. You'll also work closely with the Regional HR Managers and Advisors to implement the people plan for the region and the firm's HR strategy.
Key Responsibilities
- Build strong internal relationships with trainees and managers with regular, accurate communication.
- Ensure all systems are up to date for all trainee exam progress and development pathways.
- Build strong relationships with trainee college providers.
- Liaise with Talent Coaches where applicable to ensure trainees are compliant under the Apprenticeship Levy.
- Support trainees to understand the firms policies and procedures whilst they navigate through their qualification(s).
- Support People Operations Partners and line managers on employee relations matters.
Resourcing – support to the Recruitment team as and when required
- Support with Trainee assessment centres.
- Support trainee recruitment, from requirements gathering, through to onboarding.
- Support with trainee offsite student induction.
- Support Line Managers with interviews.
- Continue to build relationships with local schools and universities in the region.
On-boarding Process
- Inform all the relevant departments of the new starter’s arrival.
- Ensure that all compliance activities are completed for new starters.
- Support Managers on the on-boarding of new trainee starters, providing support and guidance to better engage the new recruit.
- Support the firm wide Induction days for our new trainees, including attendance at residential induction and presentation support.
- Conduct office inductions for new trainees as required.
- Chase, track and support with on the job assessment forms and probationary reviews ensuring reviews are completed in a timely fashion.
Performance Management
- Assist with administration of the job assessment forms and appraisal process, i.e. send out reminders to offices when appraisals are due, log training requests.
- Support Managers with performance Management conversations and processes.
- Keep track and report on trainee performance across the region.
- Attend and support with meetings including investigation and disciplinary meetings for transactional matters.
- Manage trainee data in advance of HR Development Committee meetings in conjunction with HR Advisor.
- Ensure HR Managers and Advisors are up to date with performance issues across the Region, and suggest ideas for training/development needs for the offices
Employee Lifecycle
- Providing monthly data reports for Head of HR Operations, highlighting key points to note.
- Provide statistical information as required.
- Conduct trainee review meetings and pre-Qualification meetings with line managers and People Operations Partner, as part of HR Development Committee actions.
Absence Management
- Ensure that records on People Zone are consistent with those on CCH for trainees.
- Send out reminders to individuals to ensure they are completing the information on People Zone.
- Highlight any areas for concern with the HR Team. Support the Line Managers with absence management processes and meetings.
- Assist the HR Team with any occupational health requests and PHI claims.
Exit Process
- Conduct exit interviews and ensure an effective leaver process for trainees.
- Communicate themes with People Operations Partner and HR Manager, suggesting ideas for improvement
Engagement Survey
- Support HR Assistant Manager and HR Senior Advisor with data review prior to engagement survey.
- Encourage participation amongst offices.
- Acknowledge and respond to comments when required.
- Produce analytical reports for each office in conjunction with HR Senior Advisor.
- Input ideas into Regional People plans
Rewards
- Encourage the use of firm wide recognition tools.
- Support with annual salary and bonus review with input and communication.
- Review monthly payroll reports.
HR Team Support
- Support Regional HR Team with the development and action of local people plans.
- Assist with firm wide HR projects.
- Overall support to Regional HR Assistant Manager and Senior HR Advisor.
- Contribute and bring forward new ideas to help improve the HR function. Provide feedback and support to the wider HR team where required.
- Support on the wellbeing/ D&I committee.
Your job title does not limit your duties and you may be required to carry out other work within your abilities from time to time at the request of the Firm.
Skills, experience and behaviours
- 1 +year’s HR experience in fast paced HR Co-ordinator/advisory role, operating to strict deadlines and handling conflicting priorities.
- Ability to travel across offices.
- Experience in a multi-site role (desirable but not essential).
- Professional services experience (desirable but not essential).
- CIPD level 3 (desirable but not essential).
- Excellent IT skills including Word, Excel and PowerPoint, to intermediate level, for the production of letters, spreadsheets and organisation charts.
- Proficient in the use of Outlook for diary management, emails and arranging meetings.
- The ability to communicate with all levels of staff in a professional yet friendly manner.
What we can offer you
- Genuine work life balance.
- Accredited Investor in People.
- New and improved programme for Succession planning and supportive management structure to help you realise your potential.
- 33 days holiday including bank holidays, plus the opportunity to buy up to 5 days.
- Competitive salary.
- Amazing employee referral scheme, paying up to £4000 for a successful referral.
- Paid CSR time.
- Car lease scheme.
- And more!
Our application form takes just a few minutes to complete and includes some diversity questions. MHA Macintyre Hudson is a committed member of Access Accountancy and as such, we track our diversity stats and actively work to improve on these, year on year, looking at new ways to promote our roles to the widest audience. Any data collected is fully anonymised before sharing with any external parties, as per our Data Protection Policy and is not visible to hiring managers, or used in any way during the selection process.
Req ID: 538
