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HR Assistant

Cameron James
Posted a day ago, valid for 22 days
Location

London, Greater London EC1R 0WX

Salary

£24,000 - £28,800 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • A well-established Trade Union is seeking an experienced HR Assistant for a 6-month fixed contract, with a possibility of extension, to start as soon as possible.
  • The ideal candidate should have at least 2 years of experience in HR, particularly within trade union, public sector, charity, government, or education environments.
  • This hybrid role involves 2 days in the office and 3 days working from home, supporting approximately 200 employees with generalist HR functions.
  • Key responsibilities include HR administration, coordinating recruitment, managing HR queries, and assisting with employee relations cases.
  • The position offers a salary of £30,000 to £35,000 per annum, depending on experience, and requires candidates to be CIPD qualified or working towards it.

We are assisting a well-established Trade Union, and they are recruiting for an experienced HR Assistant to join the business for a 6 month fixed contract (possibility of extending), to start ASAP.

This role would be ideal for an experienced HR professional who has either trade union, public sector, charity, government, or education experience, with proven generalist HR exposure across the employee life cycle.

This is a hybrid role with 2 days in the office and 3 days working from home (with flexibility).

Reporting into the Head of HR and providing support to c200 employees, the focus of the role is to provide generalist HR support to the business in this busy period. The role will support across HR administration, coordinating recruitment, dealing with HR queries and supporting with ER cases. Key duties will include;

-Reporting into Head of HR and working as part of a team of 5

-Providing HR support to c200 employees, including dealing with HR queries and being the 1st point of contact.

-HR administration including on-boarding, off-boarding, updating HR systems, organising HR meetings and taking minutes.

-Supporting the business with HR best practice, HR policies and processors and compliance with experience sitting in on employee relation meetings

-Assist with the ER case load, including dealing with and advising on day-to-day matters, must have exoeruebce s

-Assisting the Deputy HR Manager by attending more complex ER cases to note take for grievances, disciplinaries, performance management etc

-Coordinate recruitment activities, including booking interviews, sending out interview packs and letters

-Manage and update the HR system, including maintaining records, producing monthly HR reports

-Support with L&D activities, including administration, updating training plans reviews etc

-Assisting with benefits, including updating spreadsheets and collating monthly benefits information

-Review and update HR policies

-Ad-hoc HR projects work and supporting the HR team with all aspects of HR

For this role candidates will need to have exposure within a busy HR team and be CIPD Qualified (or working towards). Candidates will need to have exposure within a similar working environment - trade union, public sector, charity, government, or education industry experience.

A confident and outgoing approach is required, with strong communication and interpersonal skills, as you will be liaising with stakeholders across the business.

You will be working as part of a well-established and collaborative HR team, in a flexible position.

This is an immediate need, so please apply now for more information and a consultant from Cameron James will be in touch ASAP.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.