Kennedys, a global law firm is seeking an HR Assistant to join its growing firm and support across multiple HR functions.

Team

Kennedys HR team support the firm around the world with all people related matters.

The HR team is based in Basking Ridge, NJ for the US, Chelmsford and London for the UK, Dublin for EMEA, Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia for APAC, and London/LATAM for LATAM. The areas of HR that we have responsibility for are Business Partnering, Recruitment, Reward, HR Systems and Analytics, Learning and Development, Corporate Social Responsibility and Diversity and Inclusion.

Key responsibilities

• Assist daily with a variety of essential HR related tasks in the areas of Recruitment, Benefits/Payroll, and/or Professional Development/D&I.
• Provide timely responses to requests from internal and external stakeholders
• Provide general support to immediate team
• Work effectively as part of a team but also own and work independently on specific tasks
• Understand the role of the team and how this fits into the wider business
• Drive process improvement by identifying areas of improvement/development
• Escalation point for administrative queries from the HR Administrators
• Manage key processes for the team as required.

Required experience

• Good level of IT literacy and numeracy skills
• Ability to work at speed and balance a wide range of activities at any one time and at short notice
• Ability to cope with the pressure of working in a fast paced, professional service firm
• Possess the necessary gravitas and credibility to interact with Senior Management
• Flexible and resilient with strong problem solving skills
• Committed, enthusiastic and innovative

Please let us know if you require any additional support or adjustments to be made in order to submit your application to Kennedys.

*Where a level of experience is indicated, this is a guideline only and represents the amount of time we would usually expect a candidate to accumulate the requisite level of experience. This does not preclude applications from candidates with more or less experience.