HRIS Coordinator in Glasgow

Type: Full Time

Duration: Fixed Term - 6 Months

Location: Glasgow

Working Pattern: +2 days working from the office, 3 days remote

Department: The Role

This role provides day‑to‑day support for Workday, the firm's global HR Information System, including responding to user queries and contributing to data integrity, upgrades, testing, reporting, and project work. It involves basic configuration, maintaining system accuracy, supporting annual HRIS processes, and ensuring Workday is effectively embedded and optimised across the firm.

The Team

You will join the People Technology team, which supports Workday globally. The team partners with HR colleagues and stakeholders across all key countries to ensure the effective use of HR systems, deliver training, resolve user queries, and drive continuous improvement and optimisation of Workday.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Experience of using Workday as an Admin user
• Well-disciplined and self-motivated
• Resilient and able to prioritise a busy and varied workload
• Good attention to detail
• Logical approach to problem solving
• Highly discreet, maintaining confidentiality of data at all times
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office, specifically Excel
• Ability to learn new systems and acquire new skills quickly
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Can-do, client-focused and positive attitude
• Empathetic and people-centric approach
• Ability to work as part of a team or independently
• An interest in HR and the technical side of HR is desired
• Flexibility to support global time zones, including occasional early starts or late finishes

HRIS / Workday Responsibilities

• Triaging and responding to Workday queries from end users, escalating where required
• Basic configuration and maintenance within Workday
• Supporting annual HR processes (holiday carryover, salary review, data loads / EIBs)
• Testing configuration changes/updates in Sandbox and test environments
• Preparing documentation and executing tasks as directed
• Running data integrity checks and responding to audit queries
• Running simple reports and identifying when recurring needs should become templated
• Undertaking basic system imports as required
• Producing training materials, guides, notifications and supporting training delivery

What sets this role apart

• Exposure to global HR systems and stakeholders across multiple regions
• Hands-on involvement in Workday optimisation, configuration and project activity
• Opportunity to develop expertise in a highly sought-after HR technology skillset

What's in it for you

• Modern, flexible working – A minimum of 2 days each week required from the office, 3 days from home.
• Join an award-winning global firm: Clyde & Co is ranked Band 1 in multiple practice areas by Chambers and Legal 500.
• Career progression and development – Structured learning and development programs, secondment opportunities and internal mobility across global offices.
• Award-winning for pro bono work and recognised as an inclusive firm, with global DEI initiatives, leadership programmes, and community impact through volunteering and sustainability.
• Perks include life assurance from day one, season ticket loans and lifestyle discounts, an annual Wellbeing Day each year, 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme and more.

Please note: eligibility for benefits may vary based on location and length of service. Full details will be confirmed upon joining.

The Firm

When you work at Clyde & Co, you join a team of 500 partners, 2,400 lawyers, 3,200 legal professionals and 5,500 people in nearly 70 offices and associated offices worldwide. Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for both our clients and our firm. We work as one, excel with clients, celebrate difference and act boldly. We are committed to operating in a responsible way by progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities and clients it serves. We are devoted to providing an environment in which everyone can realise their potential, using its legal and professional skills to support its communities. We do this through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment, including through our commitment to the SBTi Net-Zero standard and the setting of ambitious emissions reduction targets.

Our Commitment

Clyde & Co is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our values encourage us to support fairness, celebrate diversity and prohibit all forms of discrimination in the workplace to allow everyone to excel at work. Therefore, we welcome and encourage all applications from suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background or identity.

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This is the job description as constituted at present; however, Clyde & Co reserves the right to reasonably amend it in accordance with the changing needs of the business.