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Talent Advisory Assistant

Location: 

Liverpool, GB

Department or practice area:  Talent Operations

Taylor Wessing

 

Taylor Wessing is a global law firm that serves the world's most innovative people and businesses. Deeply embedded within our sectors, we work closely together with our clients to crack complex problems, enabling ideas and aspirations to thrive. Together we challenge expectation and create extraordinary results. By shaping the conversation in our sectors, we enable our clients to unlock growth, protect innovation and accelerate ambition. 

 

With 1200+ lawyers, 300+ partners, 28 offices and 17 jurisdictions we are looking to expand our Talent Operations  team, with the addition of a Talent Advisory Assistant.

 

The opportunity for you

 

The Talent Advisory Assistant role is part creative team that supports our people strategy in encouraging talent to flourish.  You will be a part of our Talent team, which currently comprises of 46 people split between Talent Acquisition, Talent Development and Talent Advisory functions.  We operate a one-team approach and you may be required to assist in other areas of the team, within the scope of your level and experience.

 

Responsible for your own business area, you will work closely with one other Talent Advisory Assistant in this role.

 

Key responsibilities

 

  • All HR administration duties, including preparing and issuing contract changes, confirmation of probations, family leave, and other documentation as required.
  • Maintaining and updating our HR database and ensuring that all trackers are accurate.
  • Supporting across the team to deal with day to day queries.
  • Supporting process improvement activity across Talent Operations.
  • Daily administration of our Talent Support Inbox including:
    • Responding to queries.
    • Actioning reference requests.
    • Competent working in Excel to enter, manipulate and report upon data.
  • Assisting in the ongoing review of our Talent policies and procedures.
  • Processing invoices and payments and ordering flowers, long service awards and other gifts.
  • Supporting other Talent Assistants with general administration tasks as required.
  • Initiating PowerPoint presentations and drafting documentation.
  • Payroll and Benefits administration duties.
  • Any other duties as reasonably required.

 

Knowledge, skills and experience

 

  • Hands-on approach and willingness to help across a multi-site team.
  • Ability to prioritise work, be highly organised and manage multiple projects.
  • Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
  • Cultural awareness.
  • Excellent communication skills both verbally and written.
  • Proof reading skills.
  • Excellent people skills (including influencing) – need to liaise with broad range of stakeholders.
  • Self-motivated with strong influencing skills.
  • Work well and effectively under pressure.
  • Team player but able to work under own initiative.
  • Flexible and accommodating. On occasions there will be the need to work outside of normal office hours at events or to travel to our other UK offices.
  • Computer literacy: including Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
  • Creative with plenty of ideas and enthusiasm.
  • Customer service orientated.

 

Benefits

 

Here are a select few benefits that Taylor Wessing offer; 

  • Hybrid working (Offering the opportunity to work remotely, while maintaining a social boundary by working from our award-winning offices for 3 days a week) 
  • Holiday (Our basic annual holiday entitlement starts at 25 days, with a further discretionary day of paid leave in December. You may also purchase up to five extra days each year (pro rata). 
  • Enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave (After one-year service, you are entitled to up to 26 weeks leave full pay if you or your partner give birth or adopt a child). 

 

Along with these there are many more benefits we offer, with the addition of a comprehensive flexible benefits package available. 

 

Our culture

 

Nurturing a diverse, inclusive culture allows all of our talent to flourish, sparks creativity and powers innovation.  We continue to build a team that exemplifies inclusivity and reflects the firm's core values: creative, excellence, integrity, responsible, respect and team.  We value and celebrate the differences in who we are, what we have experienced and how we think, so all candidates will be treated fairly regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, marital status, neurodiversity, pregnancy, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.

 

The way we work

 

At Taylor Wessing, we never settle for average. We're creative thinkers, problem solvers and continuous learners who excel at what we do and believe our best work is still ahead of us. We are a firm that's large enough for you to achieve your ambitions, but connected enough to be a true community.  

 

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