HR Generalist | UK | Fully Remote

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This a Full Remote job, the offer is available from: United Kingdom

What we are looking for:

Here at Escape Velocity, we are looking for an HR Generalist to join the Operations team. This role will be working in partnership with the Director of HR & Leadership, this role will provide administrative support to our team.

You will help organize our HR department, keep processes running smoothly, and build rapport with employees. In this role, main areas of focus will be onboarding, HRIS administration, payroll processing, reporting, daytoday employee inquiries, and supporting employee initiatives. This person will work collaboratively to review and continually improve the employee experience.

Requirements

What we will do together:

  • Assist with administration of Human Resources policies, processes and procedures; makes recommendations for improvement and changes to maintain highest levels of employee satisfaction
  • Manages onboarding process for new hires, including but not limited to performing background checks, scheduling first day activities, conducting new hire orientation, explaining new hire processes, and arranging periodic checkins with new hires to ensure their continued success
  • Aids with intercompany employee transfers and relocations as well as initiates relocation support.
  • Ensures all paperwork for new hires, terminations, and employee changes are received, approved, and filed in a timely fashion
  • Utilizes company HRIS platforms to process all job changes
  • Carries out twicemonthly timecard audit and coordination of payroll processes; ensures timely and accurate management of any discrepancies
  • Produces census, PTO, and AdHoc reports
  • Assists with employee programs, including but not limited to research, coordination of vendors, and communications about program additions or changes
  • Reviews and responds to daily internalexternal mail and email
  • Demonstrates a high level of professionalism in dealing with confidential and sensitive issues
  • Performs other duties as assigned, including special projects

    • What you will bring:

      • Phenomenal customer service skills with a passion for helping others
      • Excellent communication skills both written and verbal to provide reliable and consumable information to the team and across the organization
      • Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to deal effectively with a diversity of individuals and cultures at all levels
      • Excellent attention to detail
      • Curious mindset and a thirst for learning
      • Problem solving skills that often lead to innovative solutions
      • Selfmotivation to manage priorities and workflow that typically completes projects on or ahead of schedule
      • Versatility and a willingness to work within constantly changing priorities with enthusiasm
      • Flexibility with working hours (core hours 9am6pm), recognizing that we’re a global studio with multiple locations internationally
      • Desire and openness to travel as and when required
      • Strong Microsoft Office Suite skills

        • Benefits

          Interested… a bit about Escape Velocity:

          Escape Velocity is a team of passionate, talented developers working at a studio that offers excellent benefits, on what we believe is a unique project with a committed publisher. But that doesn’t necessarily make us unique. What does make us special? We value the time, energy, and talent of our players and our colleagues. We want every hour spent developing and playing our games to be an incredibly rewarding and worthwhile use of your time.

          To that end, we are ‘Fully Remote’ and support team members nearly anywhere in the world. We prioritize honesty, even when that means sharing bad news. We strive to give everyone autonomy so they can determine how best to work and play, and we care more about what you bring to the game and studio than how many hours you’re clocking. We’re dedicated to building a culture of play, which not only makes us better game makers, but also strengthens the bonds between us all. We believe in constant improvement across all areas – from the game itself to our production design – and are constantly reevaluating how we spend our time to ensure that we’re not wasting yours and we’re all always working on the most important things.

          A few benefits you can expect from us:

          • A generous PTO allowance
              • Summer and Winter holidays studio closure (separate to PTO allowance)
                  • Private Medical & Dental Healthcare
                      • Private Mental Health scheme
                          • A generous annual Health & Wellbeing allowance
                              • Discretionary Studio Bonus
                                  • Top range tech for your home set up
                                      • Other benefits based on your region

                                        • How to apply:

                                          Click apply and complete an application along with a Resume CV. If we would like to move forward with your application, a member of the Recruiting Team will reach out to you and guide you through our process.

                                          Escape Velocity is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to hiring, promoting, and compensating employees based on their qualifications and demonstrated ability to perform job responsibilities.

                                          Applications will be considered​ regardless ​of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief, race, or any other protected category.

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