HR Coordinator - 12 month contract

Exciting opportunity to join Beazley’s Culture & People division. We are looking for an HR Coordinator to join us on a contract for 12 months.  Previous HR experience is desirable and this opportunity will give the successful candidate fantastic insight into HR practices at a specialist insurance company. 

Who We Are

Beazley is a specialist insurance company with over 30 years’ experience helping people, communities and businesses to manage risk all around the world. Our mission is to provide Beautifully Designed Insurance, innovating to give our clients the maximum benefit with minimum hassle.

Our products are wide ranging, from cyber & tech insurance to marine, healthcare, financial institutions and contingency; covering risks such as the weather, film production or protection from deadly weapons.

Our Culture

We employ over 1,500 people globally, hosting a wonderful diversity of cultures, experiences and backgrounds. We are proud of our family-feel culture at Beazley that empowers our staff to work from when and where they want, in an adult environment that’s big on collaboration, diversity of thought & personal accountability.

Our three core values inspire the way we work and how we treat our people & customers – 1) Be bold 2) Strive for better 3) Do the right thing. Upholding these values every day has enabled us to become an innovative and responsive organisation in touch with the changing world around us – our ambitious I&D & Sustainability targets are testament to this.

We encourage internal career progression at Beazley, giving you all the tools you need to drive your own career here, such as iLearn (our own learning & development platform), LinkedIn Learning, our mentorship program and external qualification sponsorship. As a Beazley employee, you also get access to our fantastic array of benefits which include commuting reimbursement, free in-office lunch, six months parental leave and a lifestyle allowance amongst many others.

The Role 

To provide a high quality operational and administration HR service throughout the full employee life cycle.  

Key Responsibilities

Human Resources Operations

• Support with the end to end process for new joiners from issuing contracts to liaising with third party benefits suppliers to undertaking first day induction
• Manage the end to end process for leavers
• Manage all change in terms for current employees
• Provide comprehensive support to the business partners and their specific business areas
• To provide advice and guidance to employees on HR operational procedures and practices
• To maintain accurate and orderly employee records and files on all employees
• Manage all processes associated with absence and leave including maternity, adoption and paternity leave, flexible working requests, holiday and sickness
• Responsible for managing the global HR inbox, ensuring that all SLA’s are met and that queries are managed appropriately
• Ensure the HR system (Oracle) is up to date by inputting information in a timely manner.
• Participate and support in team projects as required

Generalist

• Support with the end to end process for all benefits administration and maintain accurate records
• Provide support with UK payroll queries
• Provide support related to payments/invoices, general point of contact for accounts payable queries
• Support on HR operational requirements for internal and external audits
• Be a HR system super user for our core HR system (Oracle)

Reporting/Analysis

• Prepare HR reports, metrics and analysis according to requirements.
• Provide analytics and HR documentation for management
• Management of Headcount information for leavers, starters and movers.

Personal Specification:

Skills and Abilities

• Detail orientated
• Accurate and numerate
• Computer skills – good working knowledge of MS Office, intermediate Excel and maintaining information systems
• Able to communicate effectively with others, both verbally and in writing
• Motivational skills, team worker as well as able to work on own initiative
• The ability to manage time, meet deadlines and prioritise

Knowledge and Experience

• Experience in administration
• Experience of working in a Human Resources environment would be desirable
• Knowledge of HR policies and regulations
• Customer service experience
• Understanding for the need for accurate and timely management information

Aptitude and Disposition

• Outcome focussed, self-motivated, flexible and enthusiastic
• Professional approach to successfully interact with managers/colleagues/external suppliers
• Maintains confidentiality at all times

Competencies

• Achievement drive
• Analytical
• Organised
• Integrity
• Interpersonal understanding
• Customer focus
• Initiative