Senior HR Adviser

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Human Resources Division

Senior HR Adviser

Maternity Cover for one year starting from May 2022

Salary from £38,313 to £46,820 pa inclusive with potential to progress to £49,614 pa inclusive of London allowance

The London School of Economics is recognised as one of the leading social science universities in the world, ranked among the top universities nationally and internationally. The School is synonymous with quality, progressive thinking and delivering excellence.

The Role

This role will support the Head of HR Operations (HHRO) in delivering continuous improvement of HR processes to improve operational service and customer experience.

The post holder will be responsible for reviewing current HR processes and proposing process improvements and solutions to increase efficiency and effectiveness of HR services.

The post holder will address key pain points in current HR processes by identifying, planning and delivering changes in line with and supporting the longer-term HR Transformation Programme.

Skills and Experience

• Proven experience of mapping existing complex HR business processes into As-is documentation and process flow diagrams

• Experience of identifying improvements, mapping them to To-be process documentation and explaining business benefits

• Excellent stakeholder management skills to influence and train users in new processes

• Knowledge of configuring ETL tools and/or ability to write code to automate data flows using API to various systems as part of automation/process improvement

• Experience of Power Automate, Power Apps, Smartsheet, SharePoint

• Experience of working with complex Excel formulas

• Self-starter who can manage end-to-end project on their own while keeping stakeholders aware of progress, risks and migitation plans

Prior experience of configuring and creating workflows in Smartsheet will be preferred

Applicants should have an active and demonstrable interest in HR and be highly analytical in your thinking and approach to documentation and communication.

If you have any questions about this role, please email Saima Ali on s.f.ali@lse.ac.uk

If you have any queries on the application process or any system related queries please contact hr.jobs@lse.ac.uk

We offer an occupational pension scheme, generous annual leave and excellent training and development opportunities.

For further information about the post, please see the how to apply document, job description and the person specification.

If you have any technical queries with applying on the online system, please use the “contact us” links at the bottom of the LSE Jobs page.

The closing date for receipt of applications is Sunday 12 March 2023 (23.55 UK time). Regrettably, we are unable to accept any late applications.