Senior Human Resource Executive

**About the team**

Gush is an advanced materials company dedicated to innovating and developing products that improve living indoor spaces. At gush, we help to clear the air, better living spaces and embrace what it means to thrive. Our flagship product is an innovative paint that purifies air 24/7. Our paint not only protects the homes you live in, but also our environment - we’ve made a promise to be eco-friendly every step of the way. If our mission resonates with your personal beliefs, this is the place to be

Our company is helmed by young entrepreneurs but guided by industry giants, and we are currently raising our Series A round of investment. We are poised to expand internationally into markets such as the United States of America and Australia, to name a few. Join us and be a part of an exciting growth phase of gush.

This role reports directly to the Human Resource Manager. Together, the Human Resource team supports the HR operations and strategy of gush. This covers aspects of talent acquisition, talent retention, payroll, compensation and benefits, performance management, day-to-day operations, engagement, learning & development, and culture. Gush is undergoing a digitisation and automation drive and so your work will be eventually supported by HRMS and payroll software.

Functionally, your work will be key in ensuring gush’s talent acquisition and payroll aspects in supporting our blue-collar service staff are well taken care of. There may be other aspects of HR that you would be helping to support, so there would be plenty of room to grow, especially in performance management systems and learning & development. As gush is still growing, there will be opportunities to draw upon experience to put into place new structures, systems, and best practices.

A successful Senior Human Resource Executive would be one who is independent and detail oriented. This individual would be comfortable taking ownership of operational issues surrounding foreign worker hiring and payroll, ensuring that those processes run smoothly. Importantly, this individual would have existing experience with blue-collar workers in the construction industry, as well as networks or knowledge of foreign worker dormitory service providers and sources of man-year entitlements.

**Roles & Responsibilities**:

- Assist HR Manager in talent acquisition, from job description drafting, conducting and transcribing interviews, to on-boarding
- Conduct salary research to support talent retention
- Application, renewal, and management of work passes for foreign workers, including managing communications with the Ministry of Manpower
- Assist HR Manager in preparing payroll, with an emphasis on blue-collar workers
- Updating and maintaining database of HR software
- Assist HR Manager in developing and running learning & development programmes for staff
- Procuring dormitory services for foreign workers
- Assist HR Manager in planning and running employee engagement and welfare activities
- Administration of employee benefits
- Support company insurance procurement, update insurance companies on staff movements and staff claims
- Support various company claims from the government in areas such as training, salary support, maternity benefits and National Service make-up pay claims
- Develop and maintain performance management standards in line with existing company KPIs and performance management strategy for blue-collar workers
- Draft employee communications and letters
- Other duties as assigned

**Requirements & Experience**:

- Required Diploma/Degree, preferably in Human Resources
- Minimum 4-6 years’ experience in Human Resource-related functions
- Experience working in the construction or interior design industry is a must, with experience in working for a main contractor company being an advantage
- Existing networks and know-how in operational areas supporting blue-collar workers, such as procuring dormitory arrangements, man-year entitlements, and best practices for HR in the construction industry is necessary
- Able to work effectively with high visibility and transparency
- Experience in establishing/operating performance management systems or standards for blue-collar workers
- Familiarity with MOM employment regulations, including work passes
- Meticulous and detailed oriented
- Self-motivated and independent, with good time management skills
- Willing to learn how to use new software
- Strong spoken and written communication in English is necessary, second language proficiency is an advantage

**Salary**: $3,900.00 - $4,500.00 per month

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

**Education**:

- Local Polytechnic Diploma (required)

**Experience**:

- Human resources: 4 years (required)