Health Data Research UK (HDR UK)
Human Resources Officer

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Purpose of the Post
This role will work as part of a small but highly effective People Team and provide a wide range of HR support across the institute. It plays a key role in supporting the delivery of the People strategy, ensuring that HDR UK is able to achieve its ambitious vision and mission.
The HR Officer will work closely with the Senior HR Operations Manager and will be responsible for providing generalist HR support to recruitment and onboarding, employee relations, HR policies and processes, and will be the first point of contact for general HR queries through management of both the recruitment and general people inboxes.
The postholder will need to be flexible and able to manage multiple priorities and work with a wide range of stakeholders.
Main Responsibilities
Generalist Duties
- Inputting new starter information on the HR system (PeopleHR), ensuring a high level of accuracy
- Processing contract amendments on the HR system
- Being the first point of contact for managers and staff on a range of operational HR issues
- Managing the HR and Recruitment inbox, and triaging/dealing with requests and queries
- Supporting with preparing HR reports as and when required
- Supporting the monthly payroll process in collaboration with the finance team; including changes to salary, FTE, Maternity/Paternity payments, and SSP
- Liaising with the Company’s Occupational Health provider to organise health surveillance for employees and assist the HR Manager with OH referrals
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Recruitment & Onboarding
- Responsible for end-to-end recruitment of new staff, managing the applicant tracking system, job advertising, and setup
- Preparing all new starter employment contracts and managing the onboarding process
- Preparing secondee contracts and being the first point of contact for secondee enquiries
- Managing offboarding for staff, including exit interviews and return of equipment


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HR Systems
- Work closely with the internal systems team to ensure all employees, including new starters, have the appropriate equipment for their role
- Be the day-to-day owner of the HRIS, maintaining data, employee information, documents, and annual leave and sickness records
- Maintain the LMS with Joiner, Leaver, and Mover information
Key Contacts / Relationships
The successful candidate will need to work collaboratively across the institute and have a close working relationship with the finance, contracts, systems, and communications teams.
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