People Advisor, Keywords Studios
6-12 Months Fixed Term Contract
Technical & creative services provider
Job no longer available
Technical & creative services provider
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
To use the passion for games, technology, and media to create a global services platform for video games.
Role
Who you are
- Degree in related discipline or CIPD is highly desirable
- Minimum of 2 – 4 years of work experience in a Human Resources role
- Experience with Workday manager, employee self service and case management tools is essential
- Computer literate, proficient in Word, Microsoft Outlook and Excel with experience of tools that ensure that enable digital transformation of the function
- Committed to personal learning and self-improvement, including continuous professional development
- Strong interpersonal and presentation skills along with the ability to communicate effectively with others at all levels of the organisation
- Capable of multi-tasking and being flexible, organised and able to prioritise and manage own workload
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high activity environment, on a wide variety of matters and able to handle the requirement to quickly shift from one situation or task to another
- Strong research, analytical and critical thinking skills
- Accountability and dependability with the ability to work both independently and as part of a team
- Excellent communication skills and strong attention to detail
- Fluency in English (additional languages are an advantage but not required)
What the job involves
- The People Advisor will support the implementation of Workday and the introduction of a Electronic Document Management System
- This exciting role focuses on delivering efficient, high-quality people services and support
- You will handle routine tasks, ensure compliance, manage employee inquiries, and facilitate people processes such as onboarding, payroll, benefits administration, and employee relations
- By providing responsive and standardised people services, you will enable the people function to support day-to-day operations effectively, allowing other people roles to focus on strategic initiatives
- Regular maintenance of Workday, ensuring updates are made in a timely fashion and carrying out regular data cleanses
- Preparing requested reports and completing analysis of information to identify trends, areas of improvement and continued business excellence
- Effective management of queries through Workday case management system within agreed service levels
- Support with the implementation of Workdays Electronic Document Management System, creating and reviewing necessary documents
- Proactively encouraging the use of self-service tools and portal by all employees and managers
- Collaborating with People Centres of Excellence to resolve any questions that ‘break policy’ and provide feedback on questions / issues
- Administration support for onboarding, off boarding, payroll and personnel administration process, as needed – preparing contracts, updating relevant systems
- Collating HR Policies and templates in line with legislative changes
- Administration support for performance management and employee development in line with performance management policy
- Supporting staff recruitment processes, including handling of the application and shortlisting process, liaising with candidates and scheduling of interviews, preparing offers and contracts of employment, referencing, and collecting required documentation at offer stage
- Provide support relating to Employee Relations matters
- Ensure consistent Human Resources administration is followed in all studios; including personnel files, contracts, job descriptions, annual leave and sickness records etc
- Maintain Right to Work checks ensuing Visas are in date
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Keywords Studios is an international technical service provider to the global video games industry and beyond. The company works as an external development partner for its users, enabling leading content creators and publishers to leverage Keywords' expertise and capacity across the lifecycle of interactive content. In so doing the company enables its clients who are operating in complex and fast-moving environments to remain lean and agile, and to focus on creating and monetising the most engaging experiences.
The company has over 70 studios in 26 countries across the globe. Providing integrated art production, engineering, audio services, testing, localization, and player support services in more than 50 languages and 16 game platforms.
With a strong market position, Keywords provides services to nearly all of the prominent gaming companies, including T2, EA, Ubisoft, and Square Enix. Keywords had also been on an acquisition spree, with its total acquisition count sitting at 60 before it was acquired by private equity firm EQT in 2024.
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Company
Company benefits
- Medical, dental and vision benefits
- WFH Opportunities
- Flexible working hours
- Bonus Schemes
- And More (Varies by Location)
- 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays)
- Pension Scheme
- Tech & Bike Schemes
Company values
- We are passionate
- We thrive on diversity
- We are resourceful
- We celebrate uniqueness
- We value team-work
Company HQ
Carmanhall And Leopardstown, Dublin, Ireland
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Leadership
Bertrand Bodson
(CEO, not founder)Current Non-Executive Director at Tesco and Wolters Kluwer. Co-Founder & former CEO of Bragster.com (Acquired by Guinness World Records). Previous Chief Digital & CMO at Sainsbury's, and Non-Executive Director of Electrocomponents.
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