# HR Generalist **Company**: Howden **Experience**: mid **Category**: Human Resources **Industry**: Insurance **Apply**: https://hyperiongrp.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/hyperion_external/job/London/HR-Advisor_R0018967-1?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_6ff5c74d-ef8 ## Description This role sits within the HR function supporting the Specialty business, providing day-to-day HR advisory and operational support across the employee lifecycle. You will act as a key point of contact for managers and colleagues, ensuring consistent application of HR policies and processes, while supporting business growth, change activity and continuous improvement across HR operations. Responsibilities: - Act as the first point of contact for HR generalist and advisory queries, providing guidance on absence, performance, conduct and probation matters. - Support managers with day-to-day people matters, building capability and ensuring consistent application of HR policies and best practice. - Manage employee relations cases from initial query through to resolution, escalating more complex matters where required. - Maintain HR documentation, templates and trackers, ensuring accuracy, completeness and appropriate record keeping. - Support HR Business Partners on organisational changes, projects and business initiatives, including acquisitions and growth activity. - Deliver onboarding and offboarding processes, ensuring a smooth and consistent experience for colleagues. - Conduct exit interviews, capture feedback and identify trends to inform improvements and retention strategies. - Produce and analyse HR data and reports (e.g. absence, performance, headcount), providing insights to support decision-making. - Manage and update employee data within Workday, ensuring accuracy across job changes, organisational structures and contingent workforce records. - Work closely with recruitment, payroll and HR systems teams to ensure efficient processing of requisitions, employee changes and pay-related queries. - Identify opportunities to improve processes, driving greater efficiency, automation and consistency across HR operations. - Support training activity, including induction programmes and system-related learning. Requirements: - Experience working in an HR Advisory or HR Operations role within a fast-paced, complex organisation. - Proven experience managing employee relations cases and advising managers on people matters. - Experience supporting organisational change, growth or transformation initiatives. - Strong working knowledge of HR policies, processes and employment legislation. - Experience using HR systems, ideally Workday, to manage employee data and reporting. - Demonstrated ability to analyse data and provide insights to support business decision-making. - Experience working with multiple stakeholders across a matrix organisation. - Proven ability to manage competing priorities and deliver accurate work in a high-volume environment. - CIPD qualification is desirable. - Experience working within HR in a corporate or professional services environment is desirable. - Strong written and verbal English, with the ability to communicate information clearly. - Good numeracy skills, with confidence working with data and HR metrics. What we offer: - A career that you define. - Opportunities for growth and development. - Collaborative and supportive work environment. ## Skills ### Required - HR policies - HR systems - Workday - employee relations - organisational change - data analysis ### Nice to have - CIPD qualification - HR experience in a corporate or professional services environment --- Source: [Apply at hyperiongrp.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com](https://hyperiongrp.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/hyperion_external/job/London/HR-Advisor_R0018967-1?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)