Are you an HR professional seeking an exciting opportunity? Buro Happold is hiring an HR Coordinator to join our fantastic team in Bath. This is a full-time, permanent role with hybrid working arrangements (2 - 3 days in the office per week).
The role provides the full HR lifecycle coordination and administration, supporting the Regional HR Teams. This role is responsible for global HR processes, administration, and continuous improvement in a generalist capacity and provide HR service for the business.
You will collaborate with the regional HR Consultants and support employees across the UK offices. This will involve handling confidential information with the utmost professionalism and appropriateness.
We seek an individual with outstanding communication skills who can effectively influence peers and stakeholders with professionalism. You will thrive in managing and prioritising multiple tasks while meeting deadlines. Your keen attention to detail and ability to work independently will ensure that priorities are consistently met.
Here at Buro Happold, expect the exceptional.
From the projects you will work on to the clients we work with. From career-defining opportunities to an inclusive and diverse practice where we all contribute to a more equitable world. From our reputation to our relationships. Wherever your Buro Happold career takes you, it’ll be anything but ordinary.
Your next role
Join us and be surrounded by exceptional opportunities in an environment alive with innovation and possibility. Your new team has a willingness and curiosity to see possibility and potential in everything – from the most iconic projects to our everyday conversations.
- This is an extraordinary opportunity to contribute to our fantastic HR team.
- Buro Happold has a clear strategic plan, strong learning culture and entrepreneurial mindset that will allow you to thrive.
- You’ll be part of something bigger than us all where sustainability, equity, social and performance outcomes matter. Buro Happold is committed to doing the right thing, even when that’s the hardest thing. This is a genuine opportunity to make impact - and leave real legacy.
Key duties
HR Processes and administration:
- Ensure accurate, responsive, and well-coordinated processes to support the employee lifecycle, including handling all HR administration and coordination within your designated business area.
- As the initial point of contact, you will be responsible for handling employee queries through the HR Shared Services mailbox, phone calls, or face-to-face interactions.
- Ensure timely handling of escalated issues and effective communication of resolutions.
- Collaborate with payroll (or payroll providers) to deliver timely information aligned with deadlines, including any necessary reports or regular data logs required by HRSS.
- Compile data and create routine management information reports and documents, while also addressing ad-hoc report requests as needed.
- Assist with audit requests, ensuring timely handling and providing necessary information.
- Input data into the HR database to ensure 100% accuracy of employee records.
- Handle requests within the specified SLA and manage smaller-scale ad hoc projects, ensuring timely completion and meticulous attention to detail.
- Strive to minimise variations and workarounds; aim for consistent and global processes wherever feasible.
Continuous Improvement:
- Collaborate with the HRSS Team Leader and other stakeholders to continuously review and enhance processes, guides, templates, and other documentation. Aim for global consistency wherever feasible and ensure timely updates to maintain clarity and effective communication of changes.
Your skills and experience
- HR experience (Shared Service environment advantageous).
- Well versed in Microsoft Office software (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
- Demonstrable administration, process, and continuous improvement experience.
- Experience working in a fast-paced environment.
- Proven ability to provide excellent service.
- Experience of working within the engineering sector or professional services.
- Previous experience of working for a Global company.
- CIPD Qualified (or recognised global equivalent) HR practitioner or working towards.
What we offer you
Bring your knowledge and expertise to one of the world’s most respected consultancies.
- Hybrid working arrangements.
- Attractive salary and benefits package including life assurance and income protection.
- Holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum (exclusive of bank holidays) and flexible holiday arrangements.
- Generous company pension scheme.
- Flexible benefits including cycle scheme, dental insurance, optical cover, travel insurance, season ticket loans, and corporate discounts.
- Enhanced parenthood leave policies.
- 3pm finish on the last Friday of the month.
- A strong commitment to your continuous development. Whatever stage in your career, we have a learning and development programme that will enable and empower you.
- Entitlement to two memberships to professional bodies or subscriptions
- A commitment to your wellbeing through a comprehensive employee assistance programme and wellbeing activities A supportive and inclusive environment that will welcome you through social and outreach activities from the Young Employees Forum to mentoring.
- An international culture that wherever your career takes you at Buro Happold, you won’t be far from the exceptional.
Apply now and be where exceptional is everywhere.
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A place for everyone
Buro Happold values an individual's flexible approaches to working patterns as an important part of how you work and achieve balance. We welcome applications from those who are seeking flexibility in their careers.
Our exceptional portfolio of projects is the result of the diversity of thought, identities, backgrounds, and experiences that shape us. Appreciating each other’s differences is key, we want employees to feel they don’t have to mask elements of their identity to thrive.
We are working to change the lack of representation of marginalised groups in the built environment. We are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the industry. We have much to learn from one another. Embracing differences allows us to develop the most innovative and elegant solutions.
Please let us know if there are any adjustments we could make to the application process to make it easier and more comfortable for you. Contact recruitment@burohappold.com so we can work with you to support you throughout your application.
