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HR Advisor

Permanent employee, Full-time · London
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Overview
At Zaha Hadid Architect, we are seeking a talented and experienced Advisor to join our People & Talent Team on a permanent contract.

The purpose of the role will be to provide HR advice and administrative support to the relevant client group of the practice, as well as to line manage and mentor the P&T Coordinator. You will work with a supportive and friendly team of 8 People & Talent professionals, supporting change during an exciting time for the business.
 
Your main areas of responsibility will be:

Talent Acquisition
  • Effectively managing recruitment (coaching hiring managers on best practices, managing the interviewing process with the support of the P&T Coordinators, building relationships with recruitment agencies, etc.)
Immigration and International P&T transfers
  • Coordinate and manage Visa  applications – new sponsorship applications and extensions 
  • Interfacing with immigration law solicitors to manage the process effectively and facilitate legal compliance
Payroll
  • Managing the monthly payroll for the relevant business unit, together with the Coordinator by adding all changes, documents, and updates; overseeing the process and interfacing with Accounts. 
Talent Management / Employee Relations
  • Able to advise colleagues and leaders within the practice on HR policies as per our Employee Handbook, including but not limited to flexible working requests, various types of leave, performance management, TOIL, etc.
  • Able to own and drive HR procedures from start to finish (e.g., probation periods, maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental leave, and flexible working requests, long-term absence management, etc.).
  • Advise Managers and manage employee relations cases, PIPs, probation extensions, contract terminations, etc.
P&T Operations
  • Ensure all P&T Administration processes are completed correctly and on time for the relevant business units
  • Picking up relevant queries from the P&T inbox
  • Absence reporting and management
  • Offering staff advice on benefit provisions and acting as the primary liaison with external benefits providers
  • Analysing employee data to offer business insights and recommendations
  • Supporting projects including HRIS improvement, pay review, promotions, and appraisals
  • General administration duties as required
  • Leading exit interviews and following up from feedback as required
  • Adhoc reporting (e.g. AJ100, ONS)
Line Management
  • Line managing and mentoring of the People and Talent Coordinator 
  • Advising P&T Coordinators on best practices
  • Overseeing the generic People and Talent inbox with the People and Talent Coordinator
  • Ensuring all administrative responsibilities for the business unit are completed efficiently, accurately, and in a timely manner
Project Work
  • Assisting the P&T Management team with policy review and creation
  • Manage and support projects across the team  
 
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About us
Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) redefined architecture for the 21st century with a repertoire of projects that have captured imaginations across the globe. Creating buildings uniquely tailored to the communities they serve, ZHA has been awarded the highest honours from professional and academic institutions worldwide. Founded by Zaha Hadid in 1979, ZHA is one of the world’s most consistently inventive architectural studios—and has been for four decades. These decades of pioneering research are inscribed within our architecture to become more spatially inventive, more structurally efficient, more technologically advanced, and more environmentally considerate with every new design. Combining innovative architectural solutions with ecologically sound materials and sustainable construction practices, we do not look at the disparate parts, but work to understand them as a whole to meet the aspirations of each new generation. As an employee-owned business, we reinvest all profits back into our people and our company; continually enhancing our multidisciplinary research to address the challenges impacting communities around the world.
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