National Capital Region Jobs Hr Coordinator (uk Support, 12 Months Ftc) Position at Financial Times Electronic Publishing Phils. Inc.

About Us

The FT has an uncompromising mission: delivering independent, quality information, news and services to individuals and companies around the globe. It’s the cornerstone of our reputation and the heart of our ambitions for the future. But for our people, the FT offers so much more than what we do. FT people come from all kinds of backgrounds and work across a huge range of disciplines and locations, and find an empowering, warm and welcoming culture that values curiosity and rewards smart, ambitious thinking. Those who are willing to unite around our mission and live our values will find plenty to challenge, inspire and interest them. Like the audiences we serve, no two FT people are the same; but together we help our audience be better informed and understand the world around them. It’s a job that’s never mattered more, and a career that can take you anywhere you want to go.

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion in the workplace

At the FT, we give all employees a voice so that diverse perspectives are heard and valued. We believe that a supportive workplace is one where employees feel they can be themselves at work. We’ll continue to remove barriers for all, and in particular barriers facing employees from underrepresented groups.

The Role Overview

The HR Coordinator is a fundamental role within the global HR team, assisting the business by acting as a first point of contact for employees and managers in the UK and supporting the UK HR team with various projects and administrative requirements. 

This is a hands-on role which requires a highly organised and flexible individual to work closely with the HR team to ensure effective and timely delivery of HR administration around the full employee life cycle. This includes onboarding, pay and benefits, reporting and managing leavers.

This role is based in Manila but will be providing support to the UK HR team and other regions as needed.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Responding to general employee and manager queries as a first point of contact and managing the HR inbox

• Administrative support, including:

  • Updating our communication channels (Intranet/Slack) with relevant information

  • Creating promotion/transfer/salary increase/secondment letters

  • Helping to collate information for employee experience initiatives 

• Maintaining our electronic employee files via PeopleDoc

• Owning the onboarding process for new employees

• Conducting the leaver process and working with IT to ensure it is fully adhered to

• Monthly payroll processing for the UK completed in a timely and accurate manner

• Advising on and coordinating benefits such as Pension, Healthcare, Dental, Gym membership, Flexi-days and Annual Leave. Liaising with the benefit providers, providing monthly reports and acting as their first point of contact for queries. Working with the providers to arrange events for benefits promotion

• Managing the annual benefits renewal (health and dental), including the process proposal, staff communications/promotion, benefit provider liaison and system updates (payroll/Workday)

• Delivering the induction process for new starters

• Ad hoc administrative duties and project work across the HR function, collaborating with Learning & Talent, HR Systems, Payroll, D&I and HR Services

• Acting as a Workday champion and supporting the digitalisation of HR processes and collaborating with the HR Systems Team to find digital and efficient solutions

• Producing ad hoc reports for the HR team and the wider business

• Ensuring that Workday is a source of truth by auditing and cleansing HR data/records

• Championing our values and culture, and utilising these to build a positive local/global business culture

PERSON SPECIFICATION:

Qualifications / Competencies / Skills / Experience

Essential

You’ll bring to the role….

• High degree of confidentiality and diplomacy

• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal

• Good team player with a willingness to collaborate

• Strong face to face customer service skills

• Strong administration and organisation skills

• Ability to prioritise a busy workload and work to various deadlines

• The flexibility and willingness to learn

• The ability to work accurately, with strong attention to detail

• Confident dealing with stakeholders from all levels of the business

• Display initiative in undertaking all aspects of the role

• Be a willing contributor to the department, who offers ideas and suggestions

• Commercial understanding and experience

Desirable

• Experience working as an HR Assistant/Administrator

• Experience providing remote support to global colleagues 

What’s in it for you? Our Benefits

Our benefits vary depending on location, but we are committed to providing best in class perks across all our offices as well as an inclusive environment to develop your career. Examples of our benefits include; generous annual leave allowances, flexible working (including working from home), medical cover, enhanced maternity & paternity packages, subsidised gym memberships and Giving Back opportunities. Full details of our benefits can be found here.

Further Information

The FT is committed to providing an inclusive working environment for all. We are an equal opportunities employer who seeks to recruit and appoint the best talent regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We have implemented a hybrid working model and we also promote flexible working and will consider specific requests around flexibility for all roles where it can be accommodated. Please let us know if you require any adjustments as part of the application process or to enable you to attend an interview. If you would like to discuss your requirements, or have any questions, **@ft.com and a member of our team will be happy to help.

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