People Advisor
Role Overview
The People team supports the firm to attract, develop and retain people and provides tools and support for their development.
The team includes business-facing advisory roles and specialist areas such as Reward, Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing, Talent Acquisition and Early Careers.
The People Advisor is part of the Advisory team and interfaces between supported business groups and the wider People function.
Key Skills for This Role
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The department and role
The People team supports the firm to attract, develop and retain people and provides tools and support for their development.
The team includes business-facing advisory roles and specialist areas such as Reward, Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing, Talent Acquisition and Early Careers.
The People Advisor is part of the Advisory team and interfaces between supported business groups and the wider People function.
Talent management and employee relations
- Understand supported groups' practice areas, business plans and objectives, and help implement aligned People policies and initiatives.
- Keep up to date with employment legislation and assist with disciplinary, grievance and performance issues alongside senior colleagues.
- Support performance and development frameworks, training needs, resourcing and identification of high-potential candidates.
- Manage family-friendly leave paperwork and advise employees on benefits and entitlements.
- Coordinate with the People Hub on systems and instructions to Reward, Payroll and Finance.
Wellbeing and reward
- Support wellbeing conversations, coach managers and help employees transition to and from family leave.
- Support absence management, return-to-work guidance, occupational health referrals and follow-ups, and Income Protection claims.
- Support Diversity and Wellbeing projects and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion initiatives.
- Prepare remuneration data, maintain Willis Towers Watson benchmarking, and support accurate monthly payroll submissions.
Recruitment, reporting and team contribution
- Partner with Talent Acquisition on recruitment, business rationale and approvals, job descriptions, stakeholder and candidate management, and internal talent.
- Coordinate new-joiner induction and probation, gather manager feedback and implement development plans where needed.
- Analyse management information such as sickness and turnover; identify improvement opportunities and support implementation.
- Help develop organisational charts and assess team structures, operations and working practices.
- Contribute to and lead People projects as requested, support colleagues and other People Advisors, and seek continuous improvement.
Skills and experience
- Significant generalist experience, including two years' proven experience as an Advisor or at a similar level.
- Experience in professional services; legal experience is desirable.
- Experience independently managing disciplinary, grievance and performance-related issues with minimal assistance.
- Experience managing People and business projects and initiatives.
- Confidentiality, problem-solving ability and good working knowledge of People processes and policies.
- Strong Word and Excel skills, proficiency with People databases, data analysis and presenting findings or recommendations.
- Attention to detail, organisation, relationship-building, independent and collaborative working, resilience, adaptability and initiative.
About Mishcon de Reya Group
The group is an international professional services business with law at its heart and more than 1,400 employees, including over 650 lawyers.
The firm operates from London, Oxford, Cambridge, Singapore, Hong Kong and the UAE and serves an international client community.
The group includes legal and consultancy businesses, a legaltech investment lab and the Mishcon Academy.
The firm describes its working culture as agile and says it is open to discussing flexible working.
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