HR Executive

Coeo is a professional services business delivering consulting and support services, we are expert in the high growth area of Microsoft data and cloud platform. We have offices in Hyderabad, India and Reading, UK. Our customers are typically UK based in Retail, Finance and Professional Services sectors running mission critical data applications in Azure, and leading-edge Business Intelligence and Cloud Analytics solutions.  We are Microsoft Gold Partners and proud to work with many UK household names including Domino’s Pizza, Next, ASOS and Fat Face.  

We’re a growing company, which has doubled in size in the last 5 years with ambitious plans for further expansion. We have our HR infrastructure in place and now we’re looking for an HR Executive who’ll support our entire employee lifecycle, as well as promoting wellbeing at work.  

We offer excellent benefits, a vibrant and fun work environment, fantastic colleagues, and a variety of social activities to keep things exciting. 

Principal purpose: 
Create a great place to work and provide an effective people management service to the business.  Act as the first point of contact for people management related queries from internal stakeholders. Liaise with colleagues and external partners providing accurate and up to date information to process pay and benefits.  

Talent Acquisition: support presentation of Coeo as a destination employer for Microsoft data professionals.  Ensuring a great candidate experience from first application to offer and on-boarding. Co-ordinating recruitment pipeline, scheduling interviews and assessments with candidates and internal stakeholders. 

Talent Development: day to day employee relations and manager coaching, arrange mandatory training, managing exam vouchers, guiding performance management, supporting employee advocate groups and ensures wellbeing at work.  

Talent Operations: creating a great employee experience through payroll and benefits admin, joiners and leavers processes, accurate absence management, GDPR and InfoSec compliance. 

Key tasks:     
Recruitment; onboarding; induction, payroll and benefits administration; administering our HR Information Systems and performance management systems. 
 
Qualifications: 
Graduate Degree level education (an advantage) 

Experience we expect: 
At least 5 years’ working in a professional HR environment 
Employee relations – managing and responding to queries from the team 
Recruitment and selection life cycle 
Pre-employment screening  
Onboarding and Offboarding 
Payroll and benefits administration   
Absence and performance management  
Calculating annual leave entitlement 

Experience that’s beneficial but not required: 
Maintaining employee records system  
Training planning and co-ordination, including Prevention of Sexual Harassment (POSH) 
Working in the IT sector  

Knowledge: 
Up to date knowledge of employment law and future developments 
Good practice in people management  
GDPR and employment record keeping 
Recruitment and selection methods 
HR Systems Administration 
Compensation and Benefits 
Employee Engagement 
Employee relations and manager coaching, seeking to resolve conflicts with empathy 

Skills & Competencies:     
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English  
Proactively identifies what needs to be done and acts  
Works co-operatively and collaboratively with others 
Strives to improve the way things are done  
Respects the confidentiality of information or concerns shared by others 
Recognises the importance of reputation and acts with integrity in all business dealings both internally and externally 

Personal Attributes:     
Passionate about equality, integrity, confidentiality, fairness and doing the right thing 
A cheerful, positive manner 
Open, honest, and straightforward 
Strong sense of urgency, meeting deadlines and taking responsibility  
Self-motivated, proactive and well organised with attention to detail 
Adaptable to support change, culture and business requirements 
Focused on continual learning and keeping professional knowledge up to date 

Other:     
Primarily office based but with opportunities for flexible or part time working 
Support for continuing professional development 

Diversity and Inclusion:
Coeo is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.