About the Role
The UK HR function plays a critical role in enabling business performance by delivering seamless, compliant, and people-centric HR operations. This role bridges strategic HR initiatives with outstanding day-to-day delivery, partnering closely with managers and employees across the UK business.
Responsibilities
- Own and deliver the full UK employee lifecycle, ensuring smooth, compliant, and positive touchpoints from offer to exit.
- Act as an advisor on employee relations matters, providing guidance and handling sensitive situations with care and integrity.
- Ensure payroll inputs are accurate and timely.
- Maintain HRIS and NetSuite records for reliability, structure, and insight.
- Stay updated on UK employment legislation and refine policies for compliance.
- Utilize HR data to identify trends and provide insights for decision-making.
- Deliver high-quality, compliant, and efficient HR operations.
- Act as an expert across employee lifecycle management, employee relations, payroll coordination, and HR systems.
- Champion best practices and maintain HRIS and NetSuite data integrity.
- Provide insights through HR data and analytics to support workforce planning and strategic decisions.
- Ensure compliance, governance, and health & safety alignment.
- Elevate people practices, enhance employee experience, and contribute to a high-performing organization.
Requirements
- Proven HR experience within a fast-paced or corporate environment.
- Experience operating at HR Advisor or Senior Administrator level.
- Solid, hands-on experience handling UK employee relations casework and applying UK employment law.
- Proven experience preparing and validating payroll inputs within a monthly corporate payroll cycle.
- Strong experience managing HRIS platforms, with exposure to NetSuite or complex ERP systems preferred.
- Strong analytical capability, with advanced Excel skills and experience producing HR metrics and insights.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with confidence to challenge and advise senior managers.
- Highly organised with exceptional attention to detail, particularly across payroll data and system accuracy.
- Strong focus on delivering high-quality HR operations, compliance, and continuous improvement.
- Act within the powers of their role, leading by example and following GM compliance, ethics and company values.
Skills
- Employee lifecycle management
- Employee relations
- Payroll coordination
- HR systems management
- HRIS
- NetSuite
- Complex ERP systems
- Data analysis
- Excel
- HR metrics and insights
- Communication
- Stakeholder management
- Attention to detail
- Compliance
- Governance
- Health & safety alignment
Location
- London (hybrid)
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior HR Advisor
Education Level
- CIPD qualified (Level 5 preferred)
- Degree in Human Resources, Psychology, or a business-related discipline
About the Company
- Global Maritime is a leading marine, offshore, and engineering consultancy.
- We offer intellectually stimulating work within a deeply collaborative culture and with uniquely supportive leadership.
- We directly contribute to unique, often world-first projects on the global stage.
- We are driven by a vibrant culture of innovation, including dedicated R&D, advanced in-house software, and the freedom to develop your own ideas.
- This rapid exposure across the entire spectrum of marine, offshore, and engineering consultancy accelerates expertise.
- Global Maritime stands out as the premier destination for any maritime professional due to our unique blend of technical opportunities – the chance to shape the industry's future on globally significant, cutting-edge projects – within a genuinely supportive and collaborative international community.
- This is all combined and led with leadership that actively mentors your growth within an empowering non-political environment.
- We cultivate close-knit global teams built on transformative relationships, not transactional ones.
- Expect transparent, two-way communication and a genuine sense of community, fostered through shared celebrations, activities, and a commitment to social responsibility.
- Your journey will be guided by leaders defined by integrity, accessibility, and honest investment in your growth.
- You can expect clear strategic direction, open communication channels right up to the CEO, and a transparent Career Framework.
- You'll be mentored and developed by recognized industry thought leaders within an informal, flat structure where data drives decisions.
