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HR Advisor

We build ground-breaking games and content for some of the world’s biggest publishers including Microsoft, Sony, Apple and Sega. Sheffield is our largest studio and headquarters, situated just north-east of the city centre, where we’ve built and contributed to some of the world’s best-loved game franchises.

It’s an exciting time to be part of Sumo , winners of the Develop: Star Awards 2019 Best Studio ; big things are on the horizon and we want you to be part of our continued journey. Join us!

The fantastic HR team is expanding and we're excited to be recruiting for a HR Advisor to join our team and contribute to our continued growth. We're a lovely team made up of our recruiting team, our L&D team and our HR Generalist team in which this role sits. If this role sounds like the next job for you, get your application in. We look forward to hearing from you!

Within this role you will

• Provide confidential advice, support and guidance to employees and Line Managers.
• Facilitate, support and attend informal and formal meetings with Line Managers and employees as required.
• Support the effective management of the employee life cycle, ensuring it is driving engagement and retention.
• Effectively manage the onboarding and offboarding processes for employees, ensuring a timely, thorough and positive experience.
• Actively contribute to the development of line management skills and knowledge in managing the employment relationship
• Provide HR training on either an individual or collective basis as and when required.
• Work with the HR Administrator ensuring all employee administration is completed accurately.
• Oversee payroll processing on a monthly basis, ensuring any additional payments or deductions have been added.
• Provide management information/reports on a routine and ad-hoc basis.
• In conjunction with the wider HR team, be responsible for updating and creating HR forms and templates, processes and policies, ensuring quality, continual compliance with legislation and effective communication.
• Identify areas of improvement, opportunity and innovation.
• Contribute to and/or lead project work as requested/agreed within the HR Management team.
• Provide support to the HR Manager & ensure they are kept up to date will all matters of importance.
• Maintain employee data/records, ensuring they are accurate, kept up to date in a timely manner and stored in line with HR policy and GDPR regulations.
• Provide cover when necessary for other members of the HR team.
• Act as a mentor to more Junior members of the HR team.
• Any other duties as required.

What you need to have

• Minimum Level 5 CIPD Qualified.
• A good level of previous practical HR experience, ideal within a fast-paced, growing environment.
• Some previous HR advisory experience.
• MS Office experience – Word/Excel/Outlook.
• HR/Payroll Systems experience.
• A data and fact based decision maker.
• the natural ability to treat people with respect, always with a friendly and approachable style.
• A pride in your work, looking for better ways of getting results.

We offer a super benefits package including generous holidays and flexible working hours. Further perks include our legendary annual Sumo Big Day Out, plus epic Christmas parties, money on your birthday, on site free gym and free fruit for everyone! Our new, regular studio Game Jams are a highlight - staff spend a full day developing and pitching their own game ideas for possible development by Sumo.

Our environment is relaxed, friendly and built upon the basis of every team member having the opportunity to shine and have a realisable input into the games we create. We are a very happy ship with lots of incredibly nice people that partake in shared interest groups, lunchtime clubs, charity fundraising events and lots of socialising.

We are proud to be located in Sheffield, just off J34 of the M1 offering easy road and rail access from Leeds, Manchester and the Midlands. Sheffield itself enjoys wealth of facilities including world class sporting facilities, stunning theatres and galleries, the National Video Game Museum, shopping, restaurants and incredible parks and green spaces - all on the doorstep of the beautiful Peak District National Park. We love it here