HR Generalist

Overview

RiverStone International is an established global non-life run-off insurance business specialist with more than 25 years of experience. Operating in the UK company and Lloyd's of London markets, Bermuda, U.S., and Europe, RiverStone International has transacted a wide variety of deals - from insurance and reinsurance portfolio transfers to company purchases, acquiring over US $17.3 billion of gross liabilities since 2010 and with around US $6.9 billion of liabilities currently under management. We are looking for an experienced HR professional to support our business areas and contribute to the development of our HR function for 18 months. The HR Generalist will be responsible for supporting their business areas across all aspects of the employee lifecycle.

Responsibilities

People Support

• Enable managers to successful deliver all aspects of People-related activities
• Support and manage employee relations issues, both formal and informal
• Contribute to and deliver wellbeing and ED&I initiatives
• Ensure managers and employees are aware of relevant policies and processes
• Maintain accurate records, data, and reports to enable reporting

Recruitment & Onboarding

• Liaise with managers to define roles and plan recruitment activity to align with recruitment process
• Produce and share advertising communications, both internally and externally
• Maintain recruitment data as required for reporting needs
• Manage ongoing requirements for current employees and successful candidates, including visas where required
• Own HR processes as required
• Research and advise on HR best practices
• Ensure procedures and related processes are kept up to date

Qualifications

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Experience

• HR generalist background in a financial or professional services organisation - supporting managers and employees across multiple stages of the employee lifecycle
• Supporting and running formal employee relations processes (e.g., disciplinary and grievance cases)
• Managing and supporting end-to-end recruitment processes, including working with line managers, agencies, and conducting interviews
• Coaching and influencing managers at all stages in their careers. Helping them understand and apply people related processes to best support their teams
• Experience in a generalist HR team with limited support from specialist teams; balancing both business focused activities and process management

Knowledge

• Detailed working knowledge of Employee relations processes and recruitment
• Application of HR best practice, policies and processes

Skills

• Communication - strong verbal and written communication skills
• Diligence - attention to detail in following processes and creating communications
• Interpersonal - building relationships, coaching and influencing, at different levels

Benefits

We believe in taking care of our team and helping our employees thrive both professionally and personally.

Our benefits include:

• Private Medical and Dental cover - Comprehensive Private Medical and Dental Insurance schemes with Bupa
• Health and Wellness - including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Headspace subscription, Mental Health First aiders at each site, up to five funded counselling sessions per year, annual health check-up and eye test voucher
• Wellbeing Allowance - Can be used towards either physical or mental health wellbeing activities
• 25 days' holiday per year - plus bank holidays and office closure on Christmas Eve. Holiday entitlement increases with length of service
• Bonus scheme - dependent on achieving individual, department and company goals
• Pension - a non-contributory defined contribution pension scheme
• Life Assurance - provides a lump sum 10 x your salary
• Permanent Health Insurance Scheme - scheme pays benefits during a prolonged period of illness or disability lasting more than 26 weeks
• Parental Leave - Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Shared Parental Leave policy
• Training and development - Company funding for professional qualifications that would be beneficial for your role
• Volunteering and charity - triple matching donations made independently or via our Give As You Earn scheme, Give A and two paid volunteering days per year to help give back to our local communities
• Cycle To Work Scheme - a tax efficient way to purchase a bicycle
• Interest Free Travel Loan - to assist with commuting costs
• Travel Insurance - business and personal travel
• Sports and Social - active sports and social committee that organises subsidised events

Working hours

Our standard working hours are from 09.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Full time employees are to be in the office for 3 days per week, with 2 days working from home.

The closing date for applications is Wednesday 30th September