HR Generalist | Insurance
City of London | Hybrid
£50,000 - £55,000
Meraki Talent is working with a UK insurance firm looking for a HR Generalist to join the HR function. This is a broad, hands on generalist role, you will be working in a small HR team balancing day to day HR functions, working closely with a Head of HR and HR Admin. This role will also allow you to have ownership over certain parts of HR.
HR Generalist Responsibilities:
- Full ownership of the employee lifecycle, including inductions, probation reviews, employee changes and offboarding.
- Manage the day-to-day running of HR, providing advice and support to employees and managers across the business.
- Support and manage low to medium-level employee relations cases, including performance management, absence management, disciplinary and grievance matters.
- Provide guidance on HR policies, procedures and employment legislation, ensuring consistency and compliance across the business. Support the development, review and implementation of HR policies and procedures.
- Assist with recruitment and onboarding, working with hiring managers to support a smooth and effective recruitment process.
- Coordinate learning and development activities, including training programmes, employee development and training records.
- Contribute to employee engagement, wellbeing and wider HR projects and initiatives.
- Work collaboratively with the wider HR team, providing flexible support across a broad range of people-related activities.
Person Specification:
- Previous experience in a generalist HR role, ideally within Insurance if not FCA regulated financial services.
- Comfortable working within a small HR team, taking a hands on approach to day to day HR Operations
- Experience managing some employee relations cases
- Good working knowledge of HR policies, procedures and UK employment legislation.
- Exposure to recruitment, onboarding, learning and development, and the wider employee lifecycle.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the confidence to build relationships across all levels of a business.
- Highly organised, proactive and able to manage competing priorities.
- CIPD Level 5 qualified or working towards this qualification would be advantageous.
