Reporting directly to the Head of HR, I provide a full range of HR services across the employee lifecycle, provide first line support to managers and employees, support a wide range of projects, looking at the business strategically to be a trusted HR Business partner.Key responsibilities include:• Provide expert advice, guidance and practical support to managers and employees;• Recruit high quality employees across Europe to meet the needs of the business;• Provide regular insightful and up-to-date management information to the Senior Management Team – including but not limited to key statistics, people reports, organisational charts;• Support reward and benefits activities such as annual salary review, bonus and commission management and salary benchmarking as required;• Commit to continuously improving the services provided by the HR team – through regular reviews and improvement actions;• Support ongoing integration and harmonisation activities;• Establish relationship as HR Business Partner with key stakeholders;• Support employee communication and engagement activities;• Support and undertake employee relation activities as required.

Responsible for providing an effective on-site HR service for all practise groups and support functions in the Leeds office in accordance with HR policies, agreed operating procedures and global HR objectives and values. Key responsibilities included:Employee Relations:• Management of all ER/HR related issues, providing advice and guidance on all aspects of employment law to ensure fair and consistent treatment and advice is given at all times;• Managing any instances of redundancy; • Advise Partners and Managers on performance management, disciplinary and grievance issues;• Responsible for complex sickness management cases, including managing the capability procedure, home visits, phased returns and accessing medical records;• On-going capacity review of the office;Reward:• Assisting with the annual Associate and Staff salary review, including meeting department Managers/Partners to discuss performance, utilisation and putting forward recommendations.Graduate Recruitment:• Management of the UK Graduate Recruitment Programme, including working closely with the Training Principal and Graduate Partners in setting objectives for the year, decision on attendance at Law Fairs and which universities to work in conjunction with, design and production of the Graduate brochure;• Organisation of the assessment centres and vacation schemes;• Main point of contact for BPP Law School in relation to the GDL and LPC programmes;• Provide on-going support to future and current trainees, including mid-seat reviews, trainee seat rotation, providing solutions to trainee resourcing issues;• Liaising with partners and clients to organise future/current trainee secondments;Recruitment:• Managing the recruitment process for Associates and Senior Support staff. Projects:• Management of all Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) processes for those in the UK LLP. Ensuring that full understandings of changes to the SRA requirements are communicated when required.

I worked with the HR Manager to support the Leeds office with all generalist HR requirements. • Managing the recruitment process for all secretarial and support staff vacancies;• Carrying out induction training for all Leeds office new starters; • Responsible for all Parental Leave, including maternity, paternity and parental leave; • Managing all flexible working requests and any changes to terms and conditions of employment;• Conducting exit interviews for all leavers; • Research and collate salary benchmark information for all secretarial and support staff; • To work with HR teams at the other locations on a broad range of issues and projects.

• Providing comprehensive administration within the team including general correspondence, ensuring all HR records both manual and computerised are kept up to date with respect to starters and leavers; • Accurately record sickness absences for the Leeds office and assist with preparing for return to work interviews, ensuring that the team is aware of any increasing absence levels of individuals; • Provide generalist administrative support to the Leeds and London HR teams.