HR Manager in London

We are seeking a talented individual to join our Human Resources team at Marsh. This role will be based in London. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.

An exciting opportunity to join the Marsh UK HR Regional Advisor team as an HR Manager. Under the guidance of the Lead HR Manager, the HR Manager is aligned to a specific group of People Managers who are likely to come from businesses and functions across Marsh.

You will provide day-to-day advice across all aspects of the colleague lifecycle and also be key to the deployment and adoption of new processes or initiatives which are aimed at People Managers.

We will count on you to:

• Provide guidance and support to People Managers across the full range of activities in the HR portfolio, including:

• Employee relations matters including investigations, performance improvement processes, disciplinary actions, grievances, appeals etc. Where matters are more complex, the HR Manager will engage with the Employee Relations CoE for advice and support.
• Colleague performance management, skills and competence development and learning.
• Communications, change management and organizational effectiveness.
• Compensation, benefits and total rewards including during the year end process when HR Managers will coach People Managers on discussions about performance and reward discussions and provide advice during the annual benefits enrolment process.
• Wellbeing, including managing the local delivery of wellness related programs including annual health screenings.
• Leave, absence and related topics including coordinating with workforce administration team for return-to-work accommodations and logistics.
• Inclusion and diversity awareness and considerations.
• Career development including succession planning and mobility internally.

In addition to the above:

• Support and, when required, take the lead in rollout and delivery of HR programs in-region and contribute to process improvements.
• During organizational restructuring activities, coordinate necessary activity to support People Managers and affected colleagues including planning and execution of consultations with colleagues about changes affecting roles or terms of employment.
• Ensure that regulatory and statutory obligations are discharged locally including works council accountabilities and statutory and/or regulatory reporting requirements.
• Coordinate with the Global Mobility COE to oversee delivery of all mobility activity and liaise with colleague and mobility vendor to ensure a successful relocation.
• Support peers and less experienced HR Managers as required to ensure that the team delivers a consistent and high quality service across all locations for which it is responsible.

What you need to have:

• Significant relevant experience in HR alongside a requirement for suitable qualifications.
• Experienced in managing complex employee relations cases from start to finish, including investigations and administration of hearings, in particular, but not limited to Grievances and Disciplinaries.
• Demonstrated ability to coach People Managers at every level in the business including senior executives effectively through all aspects of the employee life cycle with varying complexity.
• Ability to identify opportunities to make improvements, defining and implementing change.
• Experience and willingness to coach and support less experienced HR colleagues.
• Thorough understanding of local employment laws, regulation and HR processes.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to connect with colleagues in business and in wider HR including CoEs and People Partners when required.

What makes you stand out:

• Experience of managing TUPE cases.

Why join our team:

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders.
• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities.
• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

Marsh is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age background, civil partnership status, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments in accordance with applicable law to any candidate with a disability to allow them to fully participate in the recruitment process. If you have a disability that may require reasonable adjustments, please contact us.

Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one "anchor day" per week on which their full team will be together in person.