HR Assistant

Our Craft

Edrington’s vision is to give more by crafting exceptional ultra-premium spirit brands. The Macallan is our central focus, supported by Highland Park and The Glenrothes in the single malt category. Our portfolio is completed with Brugal rum from the Dominican Republic, Wyoming Whiskey in the American Whiskey category and Valdespino sherry from Jerez in Spain. Edrington also has a strategic partnership with No.3 London Dry Gin.

Our principal shareholder is a charitable trust, so we were built to make a world of difference. Discover a place where values define our culture. The home of exceptional brands, where people and teams thrive.

Our Blend of Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• 23 days holiday, plus 7 days casual leave plus 4 Giving More volunteer days.
• Provident fund contributions
• Private medical insurance
• Life Insurance
• Personal Accident Insurance
• 24/7 support for you and your loved ones to counselling, life coaching and information on financial, mental, and physical wellbeing
• Experience our exceptional brands with a generous annual product allowance
• Embrace work-life harmony with 50:50 hybrid working, 26 weeks’ paid maternity, paternity and adoption leave, and up to five paid carers leave days a year

Embrace Excellence

We have a rare and exciting opportunity to recruit a HR Assistant to join our MEIA sub-region on a part-time basis (20 hours per week). This is a true generalist HR role that provides a brilliant opportunity to develop your HR career within a global prestige business.

This role will have particular focus for our operations in India, and will be the first point of contact for India-related HR queries and support the HR Advisor in ensuring all HR processes are fully compliant with India employment laws and local regulations. This role will support and coach line managers on various people matters.

Make an Impact

Day to day, you will be responsible for the following:

• Regulatory compliance: Support the HR Advisor in ensuring the organisation’s compliance with all applicable labour and employment laws in India, including Central and State level legislations and to mitigate risk related to workforce management compliances
• Work in close collaboration with the HR Advisor and central resourcing team to coordinate recruitment, ensure that all vacancies are managed effectively from point of discussing resource requirements through to advertisement, offer and on-boarding.
• Support the delivery of the local (day 1) HR Induction process.
• Support the organisation of local learning and development activities.
• Proactively Support HR policy development and administration.
• Support the handling employment related disputes such as investigations, disciplinary, grievances and enquiries
• Support with the Well-being and DE&I agendas
• Proactively support with HR policy development and administration
• Ensure all data required for payroll is processed accurately and on time.

Your Talent and Skills

To be successful in of this role you will have previous experience in a similar HR position with up to date knowledge and practical experience of Indian employment and compliance laws. You will be approachable, proactive and able to communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders. You will have a passion for Generalist HR with the ability to plan for short- and long-term workload and be IT literate with strong experience of utilising HR technology.

We’ve put together some criteria that we think is important for this role, but don’t worry if your experience and expertise isn’t an exact match. If you feel that you can add value to our role and to Edrington more broadly, we would welcome your application and be eager to learn more about you.

A Place For Everyone

We’re proud of our inclusive culture – where unique experiences, ideas and perspectives are celebrated. We want everyone to feel respected and empowered to contribute to our success.

Get involved. From colleague networks like Balance, Pride and Kick-Start to inclusion allies and DE&I champions, we encourage our people to be curious, get involved and help us make change happen

Application Closing Date: 3rd November 2025