HR Generalist

Are you an experienced and proactive HR Generalist who wants to provide first-line operational HR support to line managers and employees across our EMEA region?

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in delivering high-quality HR support while gaining exposure to employment practices across Europe.

The Role

As our HR Generalist, you will act as a trusted advisor to managers, managing employee relations matters, supporting compliance and ensuring smooth HR processes throughout the employee lifecycle.

This is a hands-on, varied role combining employee relations, organisational support, engagement initiatives, and operational HR administration.

• Provide first-line HR advice to managers and employees on all employee relations matters
• Manage a broad range of casework including disciplinaries, grievances and absence management
• Coach and support managers to strengthen their people management capability
• Help deliver a consistent and engaging employee experience, including onboarding, inductions, and support engagement initiatives and communications
• Produce contracts, variations and employee documentation across the full lifecycle (transfers, promotions, resignations etc.)
• Manage the HR inbox (references, employee requests, information queries)
• Support payroll processes and wider HR administrative activities
• Track, analyse and interpret HR metrics including sickness absence, turnover and exit interview trends.
• Use data insights to advise managers on key focus areas and develop improvement initiatives.

About You:

You're a proactive and credible HR professional who enjoys balancing HR administration, employee relations and data analysis.

You're organised, resilient, and a self-starter with the professional courage to handle sensitive situations with fairness and integrity.

You have:

• CIPD Level 3 (minimum)
• Solid experience managing employee relations casework
• Experience working with HR systems
• Strong analytical skills - you're comfortable working with absence, turnover and feedback data and turning this into meaningful insight
• A high level of professionalism and confidentiality
• Confidence to professionally challenge and influence line managers
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
• Experience of European employment law or languages such as Spanish, Italian or Dutch would be advantageous
• A collaborative mindset and willingness to support across the HR shared service function

What's in It for You?

• You can join a HR team supporting the wider EMEA region
• You'll gain exposure to employment law and HR practices across multiple European countries
• You can develop your skills and experience in HR areas you haven't yet been exposed to
• The ability to support and deliver on key HR projects.
• Be part of a collaborative, supportive HR function where your contribution genuinely matters

Location/Benefits:

This is a full time role working from our site in Belton (near Loughborough).

• Starting salary of £33,256 (or more depending on experience)
• 33 days' holiday (including 8 bank holidays)
• Pension, life assurance, and income protection (after qualifying period)
• Flexible benefits including private healthcare, dental, tech discounts, and retail savings
• Employee wellbeing support via EAP, fitness and wellness platform, and mental health resources

You'll need a driving licence as we're in a rural location with no public transport to the site.

Due to biosecurity requirements, you can't keep pet rodents or rabbits. Please also let us know if you have animals that feed on rodents (e.g. snakes or birds).

About us:

Inotiv is a growing global contract research organisation (CRO) supporting drug discovery and development. Our work contributes to scientific and medical advances that improve health and wellbeing worldwide. At every stage of the journey, our teams play a key role in delivering quality science and operational excellence.

If you're ready to take the next step in your HR career and broaden your international exposure while making a real impact locally, then click APPLY now - we'd love to hear from you.

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Inotiv is a growing contemporary drug discovery and development company where we "Play to Win" in an industry rich with opportunity. Together, we face challenges and together we win in the delivery of world-class drug discovery and development solutions that impact the health and well-being of people all over the world. There's an opportunity for everyone at all phases of a career, each individual's unique skill set has an impact on the work we conduct. If you have the talent and desire to impact the quality of people's lives, we have the career opportunities to make it happen. Join us in embracing research and science to impact the health and well-being of people all over the world.

Salary will be commensurate with experience and responsibilities.

Inotiv is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide a fair and equal employment opportunity to all persons, regardless of age, race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law. This policy governs all aspects of employment, including selection, job assignment, compensation, discipline, termination and access to benefits and training.