HR Generalist

1 Year Maternity Cover

Location: Basingstoke

Salary: £35k

The UK's leading Insurance Company are currently looking for an experienced HR Generalist to join their team on a 1 year Maternity contract. This could very likely be extended.

The ideal HR Generalist will be either CIPD qualified or part qualified.

Key Responsibilities for the HR Generalist:

To manage and provide a service to Line Managers in respect of advice and support on Generalist HR activities including but not limited to:

• Employee Relations
• Performance Management
• Recruitment
• Managing absence
• To be a visible HR contact for Managers and Staff referring upwards where necessary
• To inform and train managers on HR related issues to encourage effective people management through consistent deployment of best practice HR policies and procedures.
• Recruitment authority of up to £10,000 per vacancy
• Regular travel to other offices as required by the needs of the role
• Understand how Risk management, control and mitigation principles relate to both your own role and your divisional activities and report any risk events/losses.

Required Knowledge for the HR Generalist:

• Word, Excel, Outlook, PeopleSoft, PowerPoint, Taleo
• Decision making skills
• People management skills
• CIPD
• Employment Law