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Human Resources Advisor

Job title: Human Resources AdvisorLocation: MilanReports to: Office Managing Director and the Assistant Human Resources Director What are we looking for?We are looking for an experienced, detail ...

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Permanent - Full Time

Location

Milano

Job Role

Human Resources



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Job title: Human Resources Advisor

Location: Milan

Reports to: Office Managing Director and the Assistant Human Resources Director

 

What are we looking for?

We are looking for an experienced, detail oriented and driven Human Resources Advisor to support our Milan and Padova offices.  Based in the Milan office and reporting into the Italian Office Managing Director and the Assistant Human Resources Director, the Human Resources Advisor will be responsible for providing a high quality HR presence within the Italian offices. 

The Human Resource Advisor is a 'people-person', and is skilled in managing the day-to-day activities and HR requirements in Italy.  It is a varied role, requiring the incumbent to have strong decision making, influencing and excellent communication skills.  This position suits an experienced advisor with strong people, communication and problem solving skills, all developed within an international law firm environment.

This is a permanent, full time position working Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 6:00 pm.  Flexibility is required from time to time.

 

Areas of focus and responsibilities

  • Primary liaison for general partner and staff employment related queries.
  • Work closely with the London Recruitment team in recruiting of support staff and fee earners, producing job descriptions, placing adverts, working with recruitment consultancies, organising interviews and managing the induction process.
  • Coordinate the new joiner process for support staff and fee earners e.g. preparing offer letters, requesting references, coordinating activities to ensure office and IT equipment is set up liaising with the Milan IT Support Analyst as necessary.
  • Coordinate any leavers e.g. sending documentation, notifying all relevant parties (Italian bar and Insurance Broker) and instructing payroll services as required.
  • Co-ordinate the fee earner, staff and secretarial appraisals, probation reviews and training in conjunction with the HR.
  • Ensure firm and office policies and procedures are being implemented within the Italian offices and work alongside the London HR team with annual updates to the policies and procedures manuals.
  • Provide the Italian office input to the salary review process by researching salaries and ensuring they are in line with the local firms and market, co-ordinating the Italian salary review process and helping to communicate salary and bonus payments.
  • Maintain accurate and up to date records of all absence and holiday and coordinate the overtime records across the office.  Manage any parental leave requests to include maternity, paternity or adoption leave.
  • Working with the London HR team to coordinate the annual performance appraisal process and mid-year conversations.
  • Contribute to the annual HR budget setting and oversee/authorise HR expenditure.
  • Prepare the Italian monthly payroll instruction and liaise with the external payroll company.
  • Assist in the coordination of secondees to/from the Italian offices.
  • Support the provision of learning & development initiatives, identify training and development needs, ensure ongoing provision of coaching and counselling, support staff welfare and wellbeing initiatives, and support the firm's benefits offering.
  • Manage any performance or employee relations matters to include time keeping and attendance.
  • Act as a specialist on Italian employment law (working as requested with outside counsel locally).
  • Work with the global HR team on any HR related initiatives and projects.
  • General ad hoc HR administration tasks as required.

 

This list of duties and responsibilities is not exhaustive.  It is intended to describe the general content of, and requirements for the performance of this job, and as such, the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required.

 

Technical skills and experience

  • Educated to degree level, or equivalent
  • Fluent Italian and English language skills are essential
  • Ideally experience working in a law firm environment in an HR management role that covers the majority of the areas above
  • Technically competent, with the ability to adapt, think laterally and apply software to produce the desired documents/outcomes
  • Excellent IT skills

 

Interpersonal skills

  • Good people-management skills and the ability to develop and improve working relationships
  • Smart, calm and professional manner
  • Highly self-motivated with the ability to present ideas in business-friendly and user-friendly language
  • Be a team player that will integrate well with people from all parts of the business
  • Ability to take command of individual projects with full support from senior managers
  • Ability to plan out and work on a number of tasks and projects simultaneously
  • Ability to analyse and solve problems quickly and efficiently
  • Commercial approach with a robust attitude
  • Flexible approach and a strong desire to provide an outstanding service
  • Good interpersonal skills and good oral and written communication skills
  • Ability to effectively prioritise and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
  • Keen attention to detail and able to organise effectively, with a sense of urgency
  • Be reliable, enthusiastic and have total discretion
  • Confident and comfortable dealing with fee earners
  • Highly self-motivated and keen to learn new skills (enthusiastic and willing)

 

About Withers Worldwide

Withersworldwide has been acting for successful individuals, families and institutions for over 100 years.  We advise clients on the full range of their business, personal and philanthropic legal needs, both at home and abroad. With offices in the key financial centres of Europe, Asia-Pacific, the United States and the Caribbean, we provide coverage and services that other law firms focussed on the needs of the individual cannot.  We have represented 70% of the Top 100 in The Sunday Times Rich List, 25% of the Forbes 400 List, 35% of the Hong Kong Forbes Rich List, and 35% of Forbes Asia's Richest Families list.


Equal Opportunities Employment Statement

It is the policy of Withers Worldwide to provide equal opportunities for all employees in relation to recruitment, training and promotion.  Decisions in these areas will be made only by reference to the requirements of the job and shall not be influenced by any consideration of ethnic origin, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation or disability.



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