People and Culture Advisor in London

This role is a key part of the UK People & Culture team providing generalist People & Culture support to the whole of the UK business in a variety of different areas. This is an exciting role that will touch all points of the employee lifecycle. Our P&C Advisor will work closely with the business in a number of ways, from onboarding, induction, to managing family leave, employee relations, payroll & benefits administration, L&D, offboarding and exit. Current legislation knowledge is extremely important along with a good understanding of policies to ensure our employees have a good experience and receive information at all times. Our P&C Advisor will work closely with the small UK based P&C team which consists of our Senior P&C Partner, Head of Employee Experience & Talent Partner. Our P&C Advisor will have administrative work alongside broader P&C tasks.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Senior People & Culture Partner and Head of Employee Experience with all employee-related tasks.
• Manage the entire onboarding and offboarding process including probation management and Right to Work Checks.
• Be the first point of contact for employees and managers with regard to queries.
• Manage Family Leave queries and end-to-end process.
• Support with Employee Relations, managing cases end-to-end with the support of the Senior People & Culture Partner.
• Carry out exit interviews with leavers, analyse response data and report key insights back to the P&C team.
• Support and participate in Imagination’s DE&I activities, working with internal stakeholders.
• Support management on implementing the Global GrowForward programme in the UK, coaching on goal setting, performance improvement and capability.
• Work with the P&C team to ensure accurate payroll and benefits are administered.
• Manage our HRIS, HiBob, ensuring accuracy at all times.
• Proactively provide timely input on people analytics, data insights, and reporting as required via the HRIS, HiBob.
• Issue all paperwork for employees and ensure HRIS is up to date with all documentation and data to accurately input to payroll and reporting.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• CIPD qualified or have relevant equivalent experience.
• Knowledge and experience of UK Employment Law and Employment Practices.
• Well versed handling maternity, paternity/partner, adoption & shared parental leave from end to end.
• Sound working knowledge of employment law and demonstrable experience of resolving sensitive employee relations issues (performance, conduct and capability) both informally and formally.
• Having worked with multiple HRIS in order to manage employees and keep their information up to date (Ideally HiBob).
• Payroll and Benefits administration experience.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Flexible and used to managing multiple deadlines.
• High levels of empathy and emotional intelligence.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with an inclusive and professional approach to sensitive matters.
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion and professionalism.

Job Benefits

• Work with a state-of-the-art product and deliver it to exciting and innovative brands.
• Learning and development opportunities that contribute to professional growth.
• Wellness initiatives including Private Medical Insurance (including discounted gym options), Discounted Healthcare Cash Plan, Help at hand EAP, In-Office Gym (London office only), Life Insurance 4 x salary, Dedicated DE&I Board.
• 25 days annual leave, Birthday day off and gift, Discretionary Annual Bonus, Generous Family Leave policies with New Parent Coaching & Support, Various learning & development platforms for e-learning, Enhanced pension contribution, Cyclescheme, Discounted Private Dental, Income Protection (Employee), Subsidised Electric Car Scheme, Home technology tax free loan.
• Hybrid Working (3 office days), Company socials, Pet friendly office, Lunch & Learns, Wellness webinars, Educational webinars, Subsidised Cafe (London office only).