HR & PEOPLE SPECIALIST

Location: Birmingham or West Midlands Based / UK Hybrid (1-2 days per week on site)

Full-Time, 12 Month FTC

Role and Purpose

As HR & People Specialist at Flix Interactive, you’ll play a central role in supporting every stage of the employee journey, from onboarding to offboarding and everything in between. This role is ideal for someone who thrives on process, communication, and creating a great team experience and culture. Working in the Flix Operations team and reporting directly to the Operations Manager, this role covers all elements of HR and is perfect for anyone who seeks variety where each day brings new challenges and experiences.

Responsibilities

• People Support: Serve as the first point of contact for employees and managers for all HR guidance, policy clarification, and day-to-day people operations/HR support, including but not limited to queries regarding pay, pension, GDPR, absence policies, abroad working and team perks.
• Team Performance and Conduct Management: Partner with managers on all performance, conduct, absence, and employee relations issues, escalating complex matters as appropriate. Assist leads and managers with effective objective setting including introductions and implementations of personal development plans where required. Run 3-month and 6-month probationary reviews alongside line managers, discussing team members’ progression at a mid-way check-in to ensure effective assessment of progress.
• Business Support: Ensure adherence to labour laws and regulations, including but not limited to employment contracts, wage and hour laws, and workplace safety standards. Liaise and work with the accountants for payroll submissions into the payroll portal, collating all new starter and leaver information, adjustments and deductions, promotions and NI updates. Implement new processes and systems to improve our HR and team support practices.
• Recruitment, Onboarding & Offboarding: Alongside the recruiter, conduct interviews for all roles and act as the “central” and consistent interviewer, advising our hiring managers and teams on how best to interview candidates. Conduct the offboarding process where necessary including exit interviews, retention discussions and all associated administrative tasks.
• Administrative: Track any Visas with expirations and obtain new Visas where necessary. Manage the clock-in/out system. Ensure compliance with UK and EU data regulations for all personnel systems.

Requirements

• Based in the Midlands area and able to commit to hybrid working.
• A passion for video games and the gaming industry.
• Previous experience in an HR role.
• Ability to self-manage and prioritise workload.
• Excellent people-skills — the ability to communicate, influence, build alliances, network and work well in a team.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• A positive, can-do, hands-on attitude.

Desirable Skills & Qualifications

• CIPD qualified.
• Health & Safety Trained (IOSH).
• First Aid trained.
• Mental Health First Aid trained.

Application

Please send through your application, CV and Cover Letter (optional) to careers@flixinteractive.com.

What We Offer

Based just outside Birmingham, Flix offers a friendly, nurturing work environment with the opportunity to build games as part of an extremely talented, ambitious studio.

We Also Offer The Following:

• Private healthcare.
• Additional time off over the Christmas period on top of standard holidays.
• Bonus scheme.
• Team outings and events.

GDPR Compliance

When applying for this job you’re authorising Flix Interactive to store your application information and distribute it to the appropriate email inboxes of senior team members in order to review your role eligibility.