The Vacancy
The role of People and Culture Administrator is to support the generalist team in the smooth running of the daily operations. You will play a key role in supporting the team by delivering efficient and effective day-to-day HR administration across all aspects of the employee life cycle, including onboarding, probation, contractual changes, and the leaver process. The role requires strong administrative skills; an eye for detail; excellent communication skills and an interest in HR. The People and Culture Administrator should be able to work autonomously, be proactive and enjoy a busy environment in which you can make a real difference and contribute to the overall People and Culture agenda.
The Key Responsibilities For The Role
- Provide administrative support to the People and Culture team, which includes but is not limited to the administration of benefits, annual salary and bonus review, promotions and all other day-to-day procedures;
- Be the champion for our HR system Cascade, ensuring the HR data is accurate and up to date at all times. You will be responsible for setting up new starters on the system and utilising it to continuously improve and automate our internal processes;
- Preparing correspondence including but not limited to reference letters for employees, past and present, promotion letters, job changes, probation letters, etc;
- Maintaining our HR files including the HR shared drive ensuring all documentation is up to date;
- Process documentation and prepare reports relating to personnel activities (staffing, recruitment, training, absences, etc.) and provide ad hoc reports as required;
- Support the team in the onboarding and offboarding of employees, liaise with internal departments on new starter and leaver details to ensure a smooth onboarding and offboarding process;
- Custodian of all policies and procedures to make sure all are up to date. Work with the team to carry out an annual review and ad hoc changes as and when required;
- Be responsible for and look after our People and Culture pages on Hollisphere ensuring all information is kept up to date;
- Assist in payroll preparation by providing relevant data (monthly changes, absences, bonus, etc.);
- Support the team with any internal and ad hoc projects;
- Assist with general employee welfare and well-being initiatives;
- Miscellaneous administration (printing, binding etc.).
Experience, Qualification & Skills Required
- A keen interest in HR
- CIPD qualification or studying towards is beneficial
- Experience of working in a similar role
- An eye for detail and a desire to get it right
- Good communicational, organisation and interpersonal skills
- Utmost discretion and integrity
- Empathy and the ability to liaise at all levels
- Proficient Microsoft office skills and ideally experience using a HR system
- Proactive and forward thinking
The Company
Hollis is a leading international, independent real estate consultancy. We work with owners, occupiers, developers and funders, across both private and public sectors, to help them get more out of their real estate, at every stage of the property life cycle.
We’re a multi-skilled team of surveyors, engineers, ESG consultants, project managers and technical specialists operating across the UK, Ireland, Germany, Spain, and The Netherlands. We have a unique way of working and believe that people do things better by doing them together. We aim to do the right thing, be clear, transparent and find some fun along the way.
Why join us?
We are hardworking, progressive, successful and fun. We’re independently-owned and independently-minded, not afraid to give honest advice or to be ourselves. We aim to achieve the right balance for you, delivering excellent client service whilst supporting you in fulfilling your potential and achieving your goals.
We offer a highly attractive salary and a generous benefits package including:
- Life assurance and private medical insurance
- Season ticket loan
- 5% Employer pension contribution
- 25 days of holiday and an extra day off on your birthday
- Cycle to work scheme, retail vouchers, gym discounts and more
- EV car scheme
- Longevity awards
Hollis operates a hybrid-working policy giving employees the opportunity to work between their home and our offices, where their job allows it. In addition, employees are encouraged to request flexible working hours when needed and we work hard to accommodate where we can.
We are a sociable bunch and host pay day drinks, quarterly lunches, quiz nights and cultural and sporting activities to socialise and have fun with your colleagues. We also give back and take part in numerous charity events all over the country throughout the year.
We’re Inclusive
Together we welcome, we embrace, and we celebrate our differences. Our aim is to provide a diverse and inclusive workplace which supports and cares for all our employees, including those from underrepresented or non-dominant groups. We’re focused on a culture of inclusion; where all barriers including prejudice are removed from our working environment; and where all our people are empowered to be the best they can be.
Don’t meet every single requirement? If you would like the opportunity to join Hollis but your past experience is not an exact match, we encourage you to apply anyway as you could be the right candidate for this role or another role within the company.
If you require alternative formats of our documents or need to apply offline, please get in touch with the talent acquisition team: talentacquisition@hollisglobal.com or call us on 020 7622 9555.
Hollis is a leading independent real estate consultancy. We work with owners, occupiers, developers and funders, across both private and public sectors, to help them get more out of their real estate.
We’re a multi-skilled team of surveyors, engineers, ESG consultants, project managers and technical specialists operating across the UK, Ireland and mainland Europe. We have a unique way of working and believe that people do things better by doing them together. We aim to do the right thing, be clear, transparent and find some fun along the way.
Being friendly and down-to-earth has always been crucial for us. We’ve consistently been rated by The Sunday Times, Property Week and Estates Gazette as a ‘best place to work’, and our employee-owned structure proves that we really do put our people first.
Day to day you’ll get to experience and test yourself on a great variety of challenges, with support, encouragement and learning all the way. We’ll help you shape and pursue your own career, making sure you have the training and opportunities you need to achieve your best. And you’ll find we take care of you in a whole range of ways that make Hollis a healthy and happy place to work. We have fun too, with away days and a lively social calendar.
