Job Specifications
Join Kainos and Shape the Future
At Kainos, we’re problem solvers, innovators, and collaborators - driven by a shared mission to create real impact. Whether we’re transforming digital services for millions, delivering cutting-edge Workday solutions, or pushing the boundaries of technology, we do it together.
We believe in a people-first culture, where your ideas are valued, your growth is supported, and your contributions truly make a difference. Here, you’ll be part of a diverse, ambitious team that celebrates creativity and collaboration.
Ready to make your mark? Join us and be part of something bigger.
You will be at the heart of delivering a brilliant employee experience for one of the UK’s best places to work. We know that a happy and healthy team is key to success and you will be integral to ensuring Kainos supports its global team through every stage of the employee lifecycle and celebrate the moments that matter in their career.
This is a brilliant opportunity for an ambitious HR professional who is at the beginning of their career journey. You’ll get to work with like-minded individuals who will share their experience and knowledge giving you learning opportunities. Alongside that you will be making a real impact to Kainos’s future success.
What You Will Be Doing
You will directly support our people through their Kainos career and confirm for them that working for Kainos is the best decision they have ever made, to you, that is not work – that is impact.
You will be delivering a step change in the Kainos employee experience. You will do this by guiding our people through the employee lifecycle. And this will be achieved by working in partnership with the recruitment, HR business partners, payroll and communications teams to build a seamless service for Kainos employees.
We’ll need you to bring you’re ‘A’ game, accuracy, creativity, flexibility, communications and stakeholder management experience that will help nurture a healthy workplace for Kainos employees at all levels.
Key Responsibilities
Deliver brilliant employee experience. Handle day-to-day administration of general employee queries via employee ticketing system
Act as custodian of employee data. Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of employee data and assist with preparing reports and contract documents for HR-related activities
Deliver awesome people support to employees and managers with their employee life cycle
Make sure Kainos is operationally compliant in the countries in which we operate by interpreting, implementing and managing employment policy and process.
Grab development opportunities by collaborating on some of our transformation projects to make sure we are always improving and representing Kainos’ best self in the workplace
Think creatively and work with the teams to provide valuable insight, help identify trends and accurate reporting that helps the business make informed decisions.
Contribute to making the People Operations team run smoothly by rolling up your sleeves and getting stuck in.
Minimum (essential Skills) Requirements
Minimum of 1-year experience in HR working environment with an approachable, mature, collaborative style in a customer facing environment
Working towards an HR qualifcations e.g CIPD
Ability to carry out responsibilities totally aligned to company policies, procedures and processes.
Effective personal time management and planning skills to deliver a high level of accuracy and attention to detail in tight timeframes/targets.
Ability to work efficiently, make sensible decisions under pressure and prioritise your workload in a fast-paced environment.
Able to be trusted to handle confidential information whilst remaining impartial throughout.
A self-starter who can work on their own initiatives with minimal supervision
Effective verbal and written communication skills
Experience with Office 365 Suite or equivalent
Desired Experience
Ability to collaborate effectively within a multi-disciplined team
Ability to identify and communicate areas for improvement within the team and business
Experience with JIRA, Microsoft teams, SharePoint or Workday
Demonstrate commercial awareness and understanding of project and business dynamics.
We all work in teams here in Kainos – a proven ability of strong team skills, including taking direction from others, is crucial
Who You Are
You’re confident, articulate and personable, you will have energy, drive and enjoy working at pace.
You’re someone who can take a large problem and come up with lots of possible solutions, get people on board and make them happen fast.
Calm under pressure: you remain cool as a cucumber no matter how many deliverables you are juggling at any one time
Willing to go the extra mile: you will genuinely strive to make Kainos the coolest workplace on the planet
Approachable: you will be championing a positive and proactive culture across the business.
Learning oriented (curious, up to date with latest thinking and external
About the Company
At Kainos we use technology to solve real problems for our customers, overcome big challenges for businesses, and make people’s lives easier.
We build strong relationships with our customers and go beyond to change the way they work today and the impact they have tomorrow.
Our two specialist business areas, Digital Services and the Workday Practice, work globally for clients across healthcare, commercial and the public sector to make the world a little bit better, day by day.
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