Title: HR Assistant, North America

Location: New York, US / 2 days in office minimum

Department: HR

Reporting to: Senior HR Business Partner

Salary: $75,000 bens

Role overview

The Human Resources Assistant will be part of a small but effective global HR team of 7 and is responsible for overseeing multiple functions of the HR department for North America including benefits, payroll, compliance, 401k and if experienced then some employee relations.

We are looking for someone who is well-versed on best HR practices, and is enthusiastic about bringing that knowledge to new and innovative programs to the North America team.

Responsibilities

• Create strong relationships with Time Out employees, including department leadership, in order to understand employee needs, goals, and benchmarks.

• Support the Senior Business HR business partner, North America in managing employee relations and management training.

• Support system and tools implementation - we are launching some great initiatives this year and want someone who is keen to support and take the lead on HR projects where capable.

• Manage payroll administration and utilize reporting tools with great accuracy.

• Partner with our benefits brokers and 401k provider to manage our plans and ensure Time Out is in compliance with all federal, state, and local regulations

• On-board all US new hires following process and ensuring all due diligence is

• Conduct exit interviews and provide feedback to the senior leadership team.

• Create original and fun employee engagement programs, and partner with the Office in order to execute this initiatives.

• Support remote staff in regional cities including Boston, Chicago, and Los Angeles/San Francisco, ensuring their employee experience is unparalleled.

Qualifications

• 2 Human Resources and payroll experience

• Strong knowledge of New York state and local labor laws. National experience is a plus!

• Proven ability in pulling reports from various HR tools.

• Organizational expert: If you love color-coding your closet, we want you on our team!

• Eager to support staff in their Time Out experience, and brainstorm ways for their experience to be even stronger.

• Strong communication skills, including e-mail, phone, and in-person communication.

• Strong relationship building and interpersonal skills

• Proficient in MS Suite (Outlook, Excel, Power Point, Word)

What we look for in a candidate

Time Out is a company filled with individuals as diverse as the cities we are in and cover. At the same time there are common characteristics and values we all share. To join our team, you’ll want to…

• Be commercially astute

• Either have experience at or want to dive headfirst into a fast-paced transformative company in pursuit of excellence

• Think globally

• Have excellent communication and relationship building skills

• Have a high sense of ownership, urgency and drive

• Be a team player

About our culture

At Time Out Group we believe in diversity and equal opportunity for all people. We do not discriminate against external or internal candidates on the basis of age; disability; gender, gender reassignment; race; religion or belief; sexual orientation; marriage and civil partnership; pregnancy and maternity. We believe that diversity develops creativity and enables personal and professional growth where we all learn from each other. We believe in an open culture where ideas are shared candidly and where there is no fear of failure, but rather an understanding that we must experiment and have the freedom to succeed. We believe that everyone has the right to express themselves as they are as this enriches us all. We believe in an open world, social justice, and the pursuit of happiness, after all, we are in the happiness business.
About Time Out Group plc

Through Time Out Media and Time Out Market we help our large audience go out in the world's greatest cities and connect global brands as well as local talents with this valuable audience.

Time Out Media’s multiple digital and physical channels span websites, mobile, social media, video, audio and Live Events. Across these channels, Time Out distributes its high-quality content – curated and created by a global team of local expert journalists – around the best food, drinks, culture, art, music, theatre, travel and entertainment in 333 cities and 59 countries. The Company is giving international, national and local brands and businesses the opportunity to connect with this global reach and strong traffic from a desirable audience by offering bespoke 360-degree multichannel advertising solutions. Since its launch in 1968, Time Out has become a global brand that advertisers and consumers love and trust.

Time Out Market is the world's first editorially curated food and cultural market, leveraging the Time Out brand to bring the best of the city together under one roof: its best chefs, drinks and cultural experiences – based on the editorial curation Time Out has always been known for. The first Time Out Market opened in 2014 in Lisbon, quickly turning into one of the most popular destinations in the city. The success of Lisbon brought further expansion and the portfolio currently includes eight Markets:
in addition to Lisbon, there are sites in New York, Boston, Montreal, Chicago, Dubai, Cape Town and Porto. More Time Out Market locations are in the pipeline as the global expansion continues.
Time Out is headquartered in London (United Kingdom) and listed on London's AIM stock exchange, trading under the ticker symbol 'TMO'.

Time Out is a dynamic, pioneering brand and so is our team. We want to work with the best and brightest talent because we work for the world’s greatest cities, the people enjoying them and the businesses in them. As a truly global team we get to collaborate with colleagues from New York to Paris, Cape Town and Sydney and beyond. It’s our expertise, authenticity and collaboration that make us successful and a unique team.