Human Resources Associate

Ideal start date: ASAP

About This Role

AlphaSights is looking for an ambitious Human Resources Associate to join our Human Resources team. Based in our London office, you will deliver HR services to AlphaSights’ teams across our EMEA region (London, Hamburg, Dubai, and Portugal), supporting an employee headcount of 600+.

We are looking for a proactive and driven self-starter who is excited about partnering with business leaders to achieve our operational and talent goals. This individual will be responsible for running daily HR operations, but also be involved in talent management cases further down the line.The Human Resources Team is dedicated to raising the standard of professionalism at AlphaSights and this role is a responsive and visible part of the team. The role will require organisation, very high attention to detail, excellent communication skills and a positive, proactive approach to managing various stakeholders.

What You’ll Do

As an Associate on the HR team, you will be sharing in the operational work of the London-based HR team including all aspects of the day-to-day employee lifecycle and contributing towards enhancing HR processes and practices to increase efficiency and impact.

Core Responsibilities Include

• Develop an understanding of our business, processes and the teams you will be supporting
• Support full-employee lifecycle including; on-boarding, off-boarding, talent reviews, talent performance and data, probations and retention initiatives
• Work on the daily incoming HR inbox requests
• Support the whole operational HR workflow
• Maintain strict confidentiality at all times to ensure trust in the organisation and the Human Resources function
• Take ownership of specific projects or initiatives as directed by the HR Manager
  
  

After a successful start, there is the opportunity to expand responsibilities further to include:

• Support the HR Manager with underperformance and employee relations issues with good judgement and discretion
• Serve as a partner to managers and VPs, making data driven recommendations for improvements around performance, engagement, and retention
• Create and deliver HR training for managers in London, Hamburg and Dubai
• Liaise and work alongside cross-functional teams within the business where necessary (i.e. Finance, Legal)
• Build relationships and trust with leaders, managers, and individual contributors across the business
  
  

Requirements

• 2-3 years of experience working in Human Resources roles in a fast-paced, high pressured environments (experience in scale-up organisations, banking or consulting sector is ideal)
• Bachelor’s degree, with strong academic credentials and noteworthy extracurricular leadership. CIPD Level 5 is desirable for this role.
• Strong attention to detail and highly organised
• Ability to multitask and prioritise in a fast-paced environment
• High degree of professionalism, integrity and maturity
• To be successful in this role, you should display:
• Career maturity and alignment: clarity of direction, commitment to getting there, and awareness of how HR at AlphaSights fits with your journey
• Rigorous attention to detail: ability to execute on numerous workstreams within the same timeframe and without making mistakes
• Results-orientation: Working towards deadlines and being able to deliver outcomes and work around obstacles and challenges
• People-oriented, emotionally intelligent team player: ability to de-escalate situations patiently and effectively
  

What You’ll Get

Our London office has over 450 people working collaboratively and creating a dynamic, positive environment. You can expect a great working environment and regular events such as Summer and Christmas parties, social and cultural events.

This role will be an integral part of the AlphaSights HR team, while the core of the role is operational and tactical in nature, there is room for this candidate to grow into more strategic responsibilities.

Compensation And Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• 4% matched pension contribution on qualified earnings
• Comprehensive private health insurance coverage and dental insurance
• 25 vacation days in addition to bank holidays and business closure between Christmas and New Year’s
• State-of-the-art offices in central London; subsidised lunch plus free breakfast, snacks and fruit throughout the day
  
  

AlphaSights is an equal opportunities employer. Please note that unfortunately, we are unable to sponsor visas for this position.