Studio: Industrial Light & Magic
Job Opening: HR Advisor
Location: London, United Kingdom
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Manage the Visa application process, alongside immigration partners, ensuring processes and procedures comply with stringent Home Office rules and regulations, recommending changes as necessary.
- Track submission deadlines and coordinate with employees regarding Visa applications, updating our tracking system and communications as needed.
- With legal support where appropriate, determine the best pathway for application given candidate profile, job role, wage, and time available (to start date, expiry of current document, dependent needs).
- Act as first point of contact for all transfer and international assignee or new hires situations following offer/deal brokered organising visas, engaging Global Mobility as required.
- Assist international new hires and transfers in terms of relocation and general advice and support, e.g. bank accounts, HMRC advice, registering with a doctor etc., when they arrive at the studio.
- In collaboration with HR Coordinator/s, undertake day to day HR Operations outside of GHRO, including payroll process, contracts, orientation, onboarding and offboarding.
- Assist in the processing of the HR life cycle programs such as outside work requests, merit planning, performance, promotions and out of cycle request
- Responsible for HR projects as required.
- Advise employees on ILM’s maternity/paternity/shared parental/adoption leave process and procedure and track all information providing reports as necessary
- Manage benefits processes and tracking members as required whilst liaising with Finance and third party providers, ensuring accuracy of contributions
- Assists with the monthly payroll process ensuring the tracker is completed fully with ALL relevant employee changes for that month relating to benefits and other leave, including parental leave
- Oversee HR Coordinator/s with processing the benefits administration
- Assist Disney Comp and Bens team with Management level benefits
- In collaboration with the HR Coordinator/s, manage and field queries coming into the HR
- Enquiries inbox, escalating to HRBPs as required
- Proactively keep up to date on employment law changes, flagging highlights as required.
Qualifications & Skills:
- Demonstrable HR experience within a fast paced creative or media industry delivering a high level of service.
- CIPD Level 5+ Human Resources Management.
- Demonstrates a positive and ‘can do’ attitude to work, always embracing tasks with an enthusiasm drive to get things done.
- Able to build a strong rapport with employees and colleagues at all levels and build strong, trusted relationships.
- Strong organisational, motivational, and problem solving skills.
- Maintains high levels of accuracy and attention to detail when under pressure
- Unfazed by ambiguity and a constantly changing environment.
- Proven ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities.
- Proven ability to effectively manage a demanding and fluctuating workload.
- Works effectively without direct supervision.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Strong team player and ability to function in a matrixed co-leadership environment.
- Strong use of independent judgement to identify and anticipate business needs and make recommendations for implementation.
- Experience of working within a Global matrixed organisation beneficial.
- Excellent analytical skills and the ability to quickly interpret data, identify trends, and recommend multiple solutions.
- Advanced use of MS Office including Word, Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint
- Experience with Google products (Gmail, Calendar, Sheets, Forms)
- Experience of Mac beneficial
- Knowledge of HR databases including SAP and Workday would be advantageous
