HR Officer
Harper James is a commercial law firm supporting entrepreneurial businesses from start-up through to exit. We provide practical, tailored legal advice and are committed to delivering a modern, accessible service to our clients.
We are looking for an experienced HR Officer to join our People team. Reporting to the Head of People, you will provide broad operational and strategic support across the employee lifecycle.
This is a varied role with scope to develop as the business grows. You will play an important part in maintaining effective HR processes, supporting managers and employees, and contributing to initiatives across learning and development, engagement, wellbeing, inclusion and culture.
Support all stages of the employee lifecycle, including onboarding, probation, employee changes and offboarding.
The role will take primary responsibility for coordinating the monthly payroll process, working closely with our external payroll consultant to ensure all information provided is accurate, complete and submitted on time. This will include reviewing payroll changes, management of employee benefits, absence and leave data, contractual updates and other relevant employee information, resolving queries and supporting the validation of payroll outputs before final approval
We are looking for someone with:
Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Word, Excel and PowerPoint, or the ability to learn new systems quickly.
