Cumming Group is an international project and cost management consultancy delivering innovative solutions in construction, real estate, and infrastructure. With a commitment to collaboration, transparency, and performance excellence, we support some of the world's most respected clients across diverse range of sectors. Essential Duties & Responsibilities: General: • Day to day - answer any employee queries about people or HR-related issues and help to resolve issues internally. • Confidently provide guidance and support to the Directors and the wider Management Team. • Assist the Senior HR Director in any project work, enabling you to build your own knowledge, skills and experience. • Record absence and sickness, collecting 'return to work' forms in a timely manner and addressing any issues in regard to attendance. • Handling performance, disciplinary and grievance matters. • Review, revise, and update company policies and HR documentation ensuring conformity to legislation. • Work alongside the payroll department by providing them with relevant information such as starters/leavers, pay awards, overtime, holiday purchasing, benefits and claw backs. • Play a key part of the Health & Wellbeing Group and People Working Group, supporting initiatives that will improve the wider business. • Thinking out of the box and taking a proactive approach to continuous improvement to HR systems, processes and documentation. Bring ideas to the table and then execute those ideas. • Keep up to date on changes to employment law and best practice. • Providing a listening ear to staff when they need to work through problems or offload issues and liaising with Directors on any concerns around an employee’s welfare. • Attend meetings to update on HR topics where required. • Arrange LOS awards for staff. • Update HR related documentation as and when required - i.e. staff budget spreadsheet and organisational charts. • Produce reports when required for Senior HR Directors and wider management team. (PTO, absence/sickness, FTE etc.). • Co-ordinate staff exit interviews and provide feedback to management. • Support in achieving and maintaining IIP status. • Liaise with Senior Management regarding the annual pay reviews and bonuses, working within a given budget. Produce and issue letters. • Attend and present HR Updates at monthly Business Review Meetings. • Line manage the HR Administrator / Senior HR Administrator to ensure productivity and efficient working processes. Workday: • Manage and maintain personnel records within Workday to ensure updated and accurate information is held. • Employee benefits enrolment via Workday on successful completion of probation. Ensuring any changes to benefits of current employees are accurately recorded and updated in Workday. • Adding and terminating employees in Workday in a timely manner to ensure accuracy in Payroll. • Manage employee annual leave and sickness in Workday. • Pro-actively looking for improvements in processes regarding Workday. Liaising with the HRIS team to implement. • Ensure that promotions and pay reviews are updated accordingly in Workday in a timely manner. Recruitment & Onboarding: • Support the recruitment team in ensuring offer letters and supporting documents are sent out accurately and in a timely manner. • Ensure all new starters are issued with contracts of employment in a timely manner. • Attend resource meetings to ensure accurate minutes are taken and distributed. Training: • Manage the annual Appraisal process, ensuring that Appraisal documents are sent out on time and tracking the return. Managing succession planning in line with the outcome of Appraisals. • Manage the apprentice, graduate and associate/director schemes. • Liaise with the HR Administrator in regard to business training needs and budget. Knowledge & Skills Required: • A commitment to the company’s mission and values. • Thorough attention to detail. • Pro-actively taking a lead in project work and new initiatives. • A drive to continually learn. • Acting with confidentiality, integrity & discretion at all times. • Personable, approachable and adaptable. • Ability to function in a high-pressured environment working to deadlines. • Comfortable working with minimal supervision and decision making. • Ability to build and manage professional relationships with a variety of personality types including senior leadership and fellow colleagues. • The ability to negotiate, influence and deliver results. • Confidence in your own ability and ownership of the role, with a quite determination to succeed. Preferred Education and Experience: • Degree education required, ideally in a relevant field. • 5+ years experience at HR Manager level • CIPD / other equivalent qualifications are essential. • Previous experience with Workday is essential. • Proven experience in a HR role. • Strong oral and written communication skills. • Strong interpersonal and team building skills. • Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workload and multitask to meet conflicting deadlines. • Detail-oriented with a focus on accuracy in data management and record keeping. • A good understanding of employment law and a keen interest in keeping up to date with new legislation. • A strong work ethic including initiative and commitment to follow through to completion on all tasks. Cumming Group is committed to creating a diverse workplace and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All job applicants will receive equal treatment without regard to age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, "race" (includes nationality, national / ethnic origin, colour), marriage & civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, gender assignment, religion and belief. Note for Recruitment Agencies: We prefer to hire directly, and we will be in touch with our PSL Agencies if this role is eligible for release.