Human Resources Generalist in Maidenhead

Company Overview

At Synamedia, we have over 2,400 uniquely talented people working together across the globe to achieve our vision of transforming the way the world is entertained and informed. As the largest global provider of video solutions, you can be part of building and delivering the most complete, secure, and advanced end-to-end technology platform. Our solutions combined with our partnership with over 200 customers worldwide means we are touching the lives of millions of people everywhere. We think that is quite exciting!

When welcoming new people to our team we are always looking for opportunities to bring in new ideas, those who ask the challenging questions and have the curiosity to learn. These qualities are important to us as we innovate solutions, seize more opportunities to partner with our customers and make a difference as we collaborate to innovate the future of video.

Our values connect us. Our diversity gives us strength. Our curiosity inspires creativity. If that sounds like the place, you would like to be then we look forward to hearing more from you.

Role Description

Our EMEA People Operations team requires a strong, confident and diligent HR professional to support the HR operations function on an 12-month fixed term contract, full-time basis. The successful candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment with a problem solving and learner mindset and able to deal with ambiguity given the rate of change within the organisation and the external market. You will be part of the Global People and Places organisation supporting the EMEA region made up of 280 managers and employees across 9 different countries, the majority of the people are based in the UK.

This role is the first point of contact for all HR related queries and will be dealing with a wide range of queries across all elements of the employee life cycle. The candidate needs to have a passion for technology as all queries are accessed and triaged via a central People inbox and must have strong organisational skills and a keen eye for detail as maintaining our employee data is critical. In line with our company values we are looking for a candidate who is curious, has a strong bias for action, appetite to learn and a great collaborator.

The EMEA team of 3 are an outcome driven group with a customer first mentality that drives operational excellence and a positive employee experience across all elements of the people agenda. This role is the first point of contact for all HR related queries from the business and its employees

The role brings a great opportunity to work with global teams across many different cultures and disciplines ranging from finance, sales, professional services, R&D and Engineering. This team are the HR representatives for the UK and are hybrid in their work style includes working with teams across the 3 locations, Staines, Maidenhead and Chandlers Ford Staines being the key location on your office days. The role works in close partnership with the UK site committee on a range of employee engagement activities across social, physical and mental wellbeing initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Dealing with wide range of HR queries throughout the organisation and being the first point of contact for Line Managers and Employees, managing all HR queries through a shared mailbox
• Updating and maintaining the HR Information System data
• Managing the administration of the employee life cycle from start to finish including right to work checks and partnership with our immigration partners given our global workforce
• Collaborate with our UK and EMEA payroll team to ensure monthly changes are submitted.
• Partner with payroll to support with any audit requests
• Support with benefits administration
• Support with internal communications, the UK site committee activities and flexible to be open to being involved in special projects that may arise.

Personal Attributes

• Proven track record in a fast paced, matrix structured organisation as an HR Operations/Advisor or similar role
• Organised with strong administrative operational skills, including a good eye for detail
• Ability to prioritise workload effectively to meet the people and business’s needs
• Personable with strong communication and relationship building capabilities across all levels of the business. Comfortable being the HR representative in the Staines office during your office days as this is a hybrid role.
• Ability to work across a wide range of levels in the organisation
• Knowledge of employment legislation and ability to triage queries of this nature to the Global HR Business Partners
• Tenacity and drive with a determined to succeed underpinned by empathy for the employee’s lived experience at Synamedia
• Pragmatic with strong all-round initiative and able to work autonomously
• Ability to problem solve and provide logical solutions
• CIPD qualification desirable, but not essential at this stage
• EMEA experience or knowledge desirable, not essential but willingness to learn

A Culture of Belonging

We want to let you know that Synamedia is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, engagement activities and services to support all our people.

More information

If this role sparks your interest, have any questions, or require any accommodations to be made to help you through your application, please reach out to our recruitment team who will be happy to help.