HR Manager UK

The HR Manager has responsibility for overseeing HR initiatives and HR administration for both the Ethylene Oxide and Gamma facilities within the United Kingdom.

• Apply standardised policies, programs and tools 
• Ensure consistency, compliance and integration of HR practices within the facilities
• Maintain good employee relations
• Maintain and oversee dispute, grievance and disciplinary policies and procedures in co-ordination with departmental Managers
• Make suggestions to develop and improve HR administration, policies and procedures through effective communication and driving change
• Provide proactive guidance to both employees and management on the interpretation and implementation of such policies and procedures
• Ensure employee personnel files are maintained in good order and kept up to date
• Prepare headcount and other HR reporting as required
• Attend HR meetings as required
• Support corporate HR training and development initiatives
• Assist with the rollout of the new e-Learning Management System
• Execute company’s Performance Management and Talent Management processes
• Coordinate with hiring managers on hire requisition process and liaise with recruitment agencies as necessary
• Shortlist, schedule and perform interviews in co-ordination with facility management
• Prepare and issue job offer letters and contracts
• Prepare and complete onboarding activities and co-ordinate induction training plan with departmental management
• Assist benefit programs, such as pension scheme, company car, private health cover, life insurance and any other benefit programs
• Undertake any other duties deemed necessary by the Director HR, EMEAA and facility management.

Knowledge/Education And Training:

• Circa 5-7 years progressive HR experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Management or similar field.

Experience:

• HR background and understanding of the function in order to implement HR programmes and initiatives
• Useful to have experience within life sciences industry
• UK labour and employment law experience is essential 
• Ability to manage high workload and multiple priorities
• Strong bias for action and execution excellence
• Must have a can-do attitude
• Leverage technology and defined processes to support execution of services
• Ability to communicate within a matrixed organisation
• Detail oriented with ability to work independently in fast-paced environment, cross functional partnering with other departments such as Operations, Sales, Engineering, Quality, EHS, IT and Legal

Skills:

Timely decision making – makes good decisions sometimes without complete information and under tight timelines and pressure. Spends time on what matters.

Courage – lets people know where they stand, faces up to people and situations, deals with problems directly, will take negative actions when necessary, steps up to conflict and can find common ground with minimal noise.

Deals with ambiguity – is flexible and can combine seeming opposites. Knows how the organisation works and can navigate to find answers. Can shift focus easily and operates comfortably in “the gray”.

Manages through others – can marshal resources to get things done. Good at figuring out process, practices and procedures to accomplish goals. Can impact people and results remotely. Knows how to organise people and activities to get more out of fewer resources. Trusts people to perform and holds them accountable.

Can do attitude – Be determined and driven to get things done and built out. Need to understand the vision and how to get there. 

Develops others – blends people into teams, provides learning opportunities, lets people be responsible for their work, provides candid feedback to managers and employees for improvement, maintains two-way dialogue on work and results.

The name Sotera Health was inspired by Soteria, the Greek goddess of safety, and reflects the Company’s unwavering commitment to its mission, Safeguarding Global Health®. Sotera Health Company is a leading global provider of mission-critical sterilization and lab testing and advisory services for the healthcare industry. With a combined tenure across our businesses of nearly 200 years and our industry recognized scientific and technological expertise, we help to ensure the safety of millions of patients and healthcare practitioners around the world every year. Across our 64 facilities worldwide, we have over 3,000 employees who are dedicated to safety and quality. We are a trusted partner to more than 5,800 customers in over 50 countries, including more than 40 of the top 50 medical device companies and 8 of the top 10 global pharmaceutical companies. 
Sotera Health goes to market through its three best-in-class businesses – Sterigenics®, Nordion® and Nelson Labs®. Sterigenics is a leading global provider of outsourced terminal sterilization and irradiation services for the medical device, pharmaceutical, food safety and advanced applications markets. Nordion is the leading global provider of Co-60 and gamma irradiators, which are key components to the gamma sterilization process. Nelson Labs is a global leader in outsourced microbiological and analytical chemistry testing and advisory services for the medical device and pharmaceutical industries. Learn more about Sotera Health at soterahealth.com.