HR Assistant
This is a proactive, varied and busy role whereby you will be representing the HR team across Savills UK and Savills Management Resources (SMR)
Role Overview
To provide comprehensive, proactive operational and generalist HR support to the Property Management division which is circa 4,300 staff across our UK offices and sites.
This is a proactive, varied and busy role whereby you will be representing the HR team across Savills UK and Savills Management Resources (SMR) working directly with stakeholders, supporting employees and building relationships with teams by providing general HR advice in line with company policies and procedures.
Key Responsibilities
The HR Assistant will play a key role in supporting the HR team and wider business by providing expert assistance across employee relations, HR processes, and data management.
This role involves offering HR guidance to employees, managing payroll instructions, handling contract changes, and coordinating processes such as appraisals and promotions. Responsibilities also include coordinating occupational health referrals, assisting with disciplinary and grievance investigations, and ensuring compliance with relevant legislation.
Additionally, the HR Assistant will produce statistical reports, maintain proactive communication, and contribute to initiatives for continuous improvement within HR and the division.
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Key Skills
• Previous HR Experience at Administration level
• Microsoft Office applications, including strong Excel knowledge.
• Comfortable with running reports and interpreting data
• Experience of working with HR databases
Team Overview
You will be working in a dynamic and fast paced team with a client group of approx.4,300 white & blue collar employee groups based nationally across Savills offices and managed sites. You will benefit from being part of the UK HR Operations team but also a wider Property Management team which in total comprises of 25 colleagues across both advisory and operations as well as key individuals that also support on people led matters such as Head of L&D, Engagement Manager, Talent Acquisition and D&I.
This opportunity will provide a great opportunity to work alongside knowledgeable, collaborative and friendly HR professionals.
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Recruitment agencies
Savills only pay agency fees where we have a signed agreement in place and that agency has been previously contacted and directed by a member of our recruitment team. We do not pay agency fees when speculative and unsolicited CVs are submitted to Savills or any of our employees other than via our careers website and through our recruitment process. If this is not adhered to, agency fees will not be paid.
Submission of any unsolicited CVs or proposals to Savills will be deemed evidence of full and unlimited acceptance of this approach.
- Business area
- Business Operations
- Role
- Human Resources
- Locations
- Margaret Street, London
- Contract Type
- Permanent, Full time
- Remote Status
- This role offers some working from home
- Salary
- Competitive
Colleagues
Margaret Street, London
Our offer
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Holiday
We understand the importance of a work life balance and offer you a generous holiday entitlement, which increases throughout your career as you progress through our job levels or reach service milestones.
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Health
Your wellbeing and that of your family is as important to us as it is to you. We offer Virtual Gp, Digital Health, Private Medical Scheme and mental health support amongst other benefits.
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Lifestyle
We promote a healthy work life balance, supported by our approach to flexible working and our wide variety of health, wellbeing and social programmes.
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Our Offer
Read more about our benefits and culture in our offer overview below
Values
No matter the role you’re in, we all share one purpose: to help people thrive through places and spaces. This is built into our DNA, shaping the way we behave to deliver the best results. We define it by four key values:
We listen: Tell us your goals and aspirations and we’ll provide the support you need to achieve them. We appreciate the individual value of every team member and create an environment where you can reach your full potential.
We empower: Here, there’s no limit to what you can achieve. We give you opportunities to have a real, positive impact in the community through the work you do, backed by access to our market-leading research and insights.
We challenge: The best results happen when we question the status quo. We create an environment where you can safely challenge our thinking, bringing fresh ideas to the table to innovate as a team.
We collaborate: When you join Savills, you become part of a 40,000-strong network of driven individuals, all sharing their knowledge and experience to push the real estate industry forward.
At the heart of it all, we deliver best-in-class insights and advice to help people make better property decisions. We're looking for colleagues who will help us on this mission. When you join Savills, our ask for you is simple – to be extraordinary, together.
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HR Assistant
This is a proactive, varied and busy role whereby you will be representing the HR team across Savills UK and Savills Management Resources (SMR)
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