Informa is a leading academic publishing, business intelligence, knowledge and events business, creating unique content and connectivity for customers all over the world. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 100.
Taylor & Francis Group operates globally and produces high quality, peer reviewed books and journals. We produce unique, trusted content by expert authors, spreading knowledge and promoting discovery globally. We aim to broaden thinking and advance understanding, providing academics and professionals with a platform to share ideas and realize their individual potential.
Our purpose is to foster human progress through knowledge. We strongly believe that this requires us to encourage and examine different ideas and voices, so that any work that meets our exacting levels of quality deserves to be included in our publications. This requires open minds, the opportunity for robust debate, and the courage to defend perspectives that stand up to scrutiny, even if they conflict with our personal beliefs or values. Because that’s the only way to find the best obtainable version of the truth and, ultimately, foster human progress. If you agree, then we’d love to hear from you.
Job Description
We have a fantastic opportunity for an HR Coordinator to join our People Operations Excellence Team.
This team looks after the full lifecycle of our Employees, ensuring a seamless end-to-end colleague experience, and allowing for improved communication, quick response rates, clear processes, and accurate data. Within the broader Taylor & Francis People Team, the People Operations Excellence team possesses a specific set of skills that fosters internal knowledge and expertise to support our colleagues.
This HR Coordinator role would be a great opportunity for someone looking to kickstart their career in HR, or to build on their current Support/Customer-focused experience, within a truly people-focused environment.
Help us progress human progress through knowledge! As an HR Coordinator you will aid in our mission by -
- Processing transactional elements of the employee lifecycle
- Developing and maintaining positive relationships with local colleagues and centres of excellence
- Proactively engaging and embedding with stakeholders across the People Team and wider business
- Managing the HRIS systems to ensure colleague profiles are created, maintained and accurately updated with any changes throughout the month
- Handling diverse and confidential information requiring extreme accuracy, independent judgement and discretion
- Supporting continuous process improvements to increase effectiveness, efficiency and digitization, active identification of improvement areas and pro-active suggestion of potential improvements
- Some administrative support to the People Relations team on an ad hoc basis
Qualifications
In order to be successful in this role you will:
- be truly passionate about the customer experience
- have excellent customer service and administration skills
- have great time management skills and the ability to manage a heavy and varied workload
- have the ability to prioritise, plan, and react to change
- ideally have some knowledge and understanding of HR administration (but full training will be given)
- have excellent communication skills with the ability to build good relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, internal departments and key contacts
- have a self-driven enthusiasm for continuous learning and development, and ideally a passion for people/building a career in HR
- have the ability to act with integrity, tact and diplomacy with sensitive and confidential information and handle it in a secure and safe manner at all times
- be effective at working both independently and as part of a collaborative team
- have a proactive problem-solving approach
Additional Information
Please note: You must have authorization to work and live in the US
Location: This role is offered on a part time basis - 3 days a week (21 hours total). The successful candidate must be able to work Mondays + 2 further week days, and the shift pattern is 9am to 5pm with 1 hour for lunch. We offer a truly balanced working model with the successful candidate being based a minimum of 1 day a week out of either our Philadelphia office or our Florida office, and the remaining days working from home.
Closing Date: Applications will close on 4th September 2024. Applications are shortlisted on a rolling basis, and we will be interviewing alongside advertising. We therefore encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity.
What we offer in return:
- A salary of $33,000 pa (for the 21 hours per week)
- Vacation time: 7.5 paid vacations days per year
- Sick time: 3 hours per month
- Eligibility for full participation in our 401k plan + up to 3% employer match
- An excellent work/life balance with a fantastic, flexible working culture
- 3 additional discretionary paid days off during the holiday season at the end of the year
- Seasonal social and charitable events
Being Yourself at Taylor & Francis
If you’re excited about working with Taylor & Francis to foster human progress through knowledge, we invite you to apply even if your existing skills and experience don’t fit every item listed above. At Taylor & Francis, we are at our best and most successful when colleagues can be themselves and make a contribution regardless of their identity or background. As a colleague, you will have the opportunity to further innovate and develop in areas that you are passionate about. Our goal is to empower you with the resources, incentives, and flexibility you need to enjoy success at work and to live a healthy, balanced life.
Taylor & Francis is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe in and value diversity of people and thought, fostering a supportive and inclusive environment where all colleagues can learn and succeed as their true selves. Taylor & Francis recruits, develops, and retains colleagues without regard to any protected personal characteristics or other non-merit based factor.
We genuinely care about our colleagues, promoting work-life balance, wellbeing, and flexible working. We believe that the skills and experience you bring to Taylor & Francis are invaluable. We want you to have the opportunity to develop your abilities, and to innovate and develop in areas which you are passionate about. To find out more about our business and the great career opportunities please go to our Careers Site: http://www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com/careers
Or better yet check out our LinkedIn ‘Life’ Page, highlighting our accomplishments, employees, and company culture. It’s also a good way of meeting our recruitment team, who will be happy to advise you on your journey here at T&F.
https://www.linkedin.com/company/taylor-&-francis-group/life/79e0c27c-afdf-4bbb-84e6-5f8ed5e10bb8/
Taylor & Francis Group an Informa Business
Informa is a leading academic publishing, business intelligence, knowledge and events business, creating unique content and connectivity for customers all over the world. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 100.
We know that sometimes the 'perfect candidate' doesn't exist, and that people can be put off applying for a job if they don't fit all the requirements. If you're excited about working for us and have most of the skills or experience we're looking for, please go ahead and apply. You could be just what we need! We believe strongly in the value of diversity and creating supportive, inclusive environments where our colleagues can succeed. As such, Informa is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, ancestry, national origin, religion, or religious creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, citizenship, or other protected characteristics under local law. This role may also be available on a flexible working or part time basis – please ask the Talent Acquisition team for more information.
To find out more about our business and the great career opportunities please go to our Careers Site: http://www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com/care