Your mission:
We are seeking a proactive team player, HR Associate for a 12-month contract to support line managers and employees across various HR functions. You'll ensure smooth HR operations and provide excellent service by managing local and international administration, wellbeing and benefit activities. If you have a passion for HR and thrive in a dynamic environment, apply now to help us drive HR excellence!
What you will do:
- Provide HR support throughout the employee lifecycle, escalating complex issues to senior HR Advisors / HR manager as needed.
- Review and triage HR tickets raised, directing them to the appropriate HR admin, advisory, tech, or payroll channel.
- Administer the joiner, mover, leaver (JML) process.
- Manage invoices and purchase orders (POs) across UK&I CEE and Nordics regions.
- Administer benefits, focusing on UK&I, Nordics and CEE
- Manage Driver Check administration.
- Provide communications support for wellbeing initiatives, local activities, and general employee communications.
- Preparing and sharing employee communications
- Coordinate learning administration, including organising and booking training sessions
- Oversee onboarding and offboarding processes.
- Assist with contingency recruitment administration.
- Prepare monthly and quarterly HR reports on benefits tracking
- Maintain knowledge-based articles (KBAs) and workflows for administration processes.
- Collaborate with brokers and third parties for benefits information and communication.
- Take notes during employee relations meetings when required.
What we ask for:
- Experience in general HR within a commercial setting, with knowledge of local employment laws and best practices.
- Ideally, experience in a matrix organization and exposure to other European countries.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Creative, flexible, and proactive problem-solver.
- Proficient in MS Office applications; experience with HR Information Systems is a plus.
- Excellent planning and organizational skills, able to balance multiple deadlines and priorities.
- Adaptable and resilient with a positive attitude towards change.
- Collaborative team player.
- Highly motivated and deadline-focused with a keen eye for accuracy.
We are keen to hear from you even if you don't match all listed requirements, but you identify with our brand and passion for innovation.
What we offer:
Benefits
You will have access to a wide range of flexible benefits including a strong contributory pension plan, private healthcare, life cover, gym membership, an Employee Assistance Programme, employee discounts on Epson and Seiko products, and more. Epson also promotes hybrid working, with a minimum of 25 days holiday per year.
Our heritage
We aspire to be an indispensable company, trusted throughout the world for our commitment to openness, customer satisfaction and sustainability. We respect individuality while promoting teamwork, and we are committed to delivering unique value through innovative and creative solutions.
Our commitment to the environment
We all have a role to play in building a better future. For Epson, being a sustainable company means being mindful of every aspect of our organisation - from the smallest lightbulb to the largest factory. It fuels our innovation, drives our growth, motivates our workforce and, ultimately, to contribute to society.
Our people
We believe a healthy culture, strong values, teamwork and contribution from a diverse range of individuals will help us to strive for excellence.
Our brand
Ranked by Clarivate Analytics as a Top 100 Global Innovator brand for the last seven years running