ABOUT US

Elevate is an award-winning global event staffing agency that connects people with brands. We lead the industry by enriching brand-consumer relationships through positive human connections. We’re award-winning and a global leader in creating high-impact experiences using innovation and insight. In the highly competitive world of experiential staffing, Elevate stands head and shoulders above other agencies and are the only truly global events staffing agency with offices in London, Paris, Berlin and Los Angeles. We partner with some of the biggest brands and agencies around the world, including Jack Morton, Havas, Meta, Jägermeister, and Boots Walgreens Alliance.

Our priority as a business is to help brands understand more about their consumers by collecting intelligence and insight for all the contacts we make. Elevate runs Impact, an industry-leading and data-driven reporting tool that enables marketers to evaluate the effectiveness of staff face-to-face engagement in real-time. This provides live insights into consumer engagement and is underpinned by data, produced by over 250 individual data points.

Our Mission

To attract the best staff through training, opportunities and reward
To build long standing partnerships with clients through expertise, commitment and success
To create a positive voice in our industry through thought leadership, sector representation and challenging the status quo

ELEVATING PEOPLE

As a people agency, we believe the personality and authenticity of our people sets us apart, we live and breath our People-People Company Value. We have a big focus on Inclusion, Equality and Diversity at Elevate, we celebrate and invite applications from all cultures and backgrounds. We treat all candidates equally and believe in hiring the best person for the job, we value the diversity of cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences within our team.

We absolutely welcome any application from anyone with a disability, and ask you to indicate if you require any adjustments during the interview or application process so we can support you.

THE ROLE

Elevate has recently secured a super exciting 5 year project with a world famous clothing brand, we will be the exclusive staffing partner working with this brand at one of the most prestigious sporting events globally!

The HR Manager role will have the below responsibilities working to successfully deliver this high profile and exciting project.

This role is a full time permanent position and works within our current hybrid working structure, where you will be expected to be present within our office in London at a minimum 2 days per week. There may be some occasional travel required with this position so you must only apply if you are comfortable with some International travel. This role is primarily working Monday to Friday, however your days may need to fluctuate during the weeks when we have a live activity to include some weekends throughout the year so you can best support the team.

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

HR lead for all HR matters related to this exclusive project.
Reporting directly into the HR Director, update share and communicate key HR issues and strategy with this project, plus active involvement in wider HR projects at Elevate.
Liaise with Partner Agencies to ensure local employment law and HR best practice is followed when operating in global markets.
Drive our DEI agenda across the business, actively developing ways to ensure we are always inclusive, training our team appropriately, recruiting diversly and growing in this area.
Act as HR lead for any grievance and disciplinary cases as they arise on this project, effectively ensuring all cases are reviewed in a timely manner and to a high standard in line with local employment law.
Setting up HR issue and escalation processes when issues arise on site during live days.
Administer and oversee all areas of the people life cycle including, but not limited to, contracts, compensation, benefits, and leave; disciplinary matters; disputes and investigations; performance and talent management; productivity, recognition, and morale; occupational health and safety; and training and development.
Handle all administrative tasks for onboarding, new hire orientation, offboarding and exit interviews, including entering data into HR information systems and auditing for accuracy and compliance. Both internal and field staff teams.
Health and Safety management for all matters relating to this project.
Working with the Finance team ensuring payroll data is processed accurately.
Employee morale strategy and implementation.
Maintain knowledge of trends, best practices, regulatory changes, and new technologies in human resources, talent management, and employment law; apply this knowledge to communicate changes in policy, practice, and resources to upper management
Active involvement in HR projects.
Being first point of contact during live dates for any potential escalation or support required.

REQUIREMENTS, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

Excellent communication skills, interpersonal skills, ethics, and cultural awareness
Knowledge of employment law in UK, France, Germany, US
Experience managing grievance and disciplinary cases from start to finish
Resourceful, problem-solving attitude and thorough knowledge of HR procedures and policies
Proven experience working in a HR department
Experience building and cascading HR policies and procedures
Experience partnering with external agencies in multiple markets
Comfortable with some International travel
Interest in sport would be a bonus
Flexibility in working days during live activities to best support the team, this may require working during weekend days occasionally.

SALARY AND BENEFITS

This role offers a salary between £30,000 - £38,000 per annum depending on experience.

Elevate also has a fantastic benefits package which is regularly reviewed and updated. Our benefits cover health and wellbeing, work environment and culture, development and financial support. Some of our benefits include:

Private healthcare
Annual bonus opportunity
Class pass subscription
Contribution to fitness kit
Flexible working opportunities – hybrid working with 3 days per week in the office
Contributions to your home office environment
Summer and winter company parties
A very competitive holiday allowance
Charity and volunteering days
A mentoring programme
Access to therapy and mental health first aiders
Financial advice
Pension scheme
Perkbox access

Job description is not all inclusive. Elevate reserves the right to amend this job description at any time.

Please apply ASAP if you are interested in working at this fun, fast-paced office and if you have the relevant experience.