HR Assistant

Our client is a professional, well established business. They are seeking a HR Assistant to deliver excellent customer service and provide first line support as part of the HR Service, focussed on administration and handling queries into the core HR shared service team. Working closely with the wider HR team to provide professional, efficient, and timely administration support and guidance to line managers and employees in all areas of HR, including recruitment, onboarding, advising on policies and procedures and HR system administration;

• Processing HR shared service requests or queries in line with our service level agreements, covering all elements of the employee lifecycle including but not limited to recruitment, onboarding and pre-employment, contract changes, OH referrals for pre-employment, policy questions, data protection, digital filing, or signposting to the relevant SME.
• Requests could be from candidates, employees, managers, HR Business Partners, security team, data requests and occasionally others e.g. third party suppliers.
• Ensuring that the relevant HR systems are updated accurately and in a timely manner.
• Providing basic level management information from the relevant HR system when required.
• Co-ordinating recruitment activity, campaigns, and onboarding in line with UKHO policy and Civil Service best practice.
• Completing employee lifecycle administration including but not limited to updating digital employees files, job and contract changes, payroll input changes, processing leavers, onboarding and pre-employment screening, maternity and shared parental leave including basic employee relations admin and ensuring the HR System is up to date and accurate.
• Run regular routine reports from the HR system.

Experience

• Experience of working in an administrative environment, preferably within a HR Assistant role.
• Experience of updating and using systems.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Word, PowerPoint and Excel.

Skills

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, balancing multiple priorities.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Good attention to detail and accuracy.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Good time management and prioritisation skills.
• Team player.

HR Assistant: Full time, 12 months to start 18.11.24. Salary GBP13.03ph. Hybrid available to be in the office 2-3 days per week.. PLEASE NOTE Due to the nature of the business, you must declare if you have been out of the UK for longer than a 28 day period in the last 5 years and a basic DBS would be required for the role.