Job Details
HR ASSISTANT
Sector:HR & Training
Region : North West England
Location: Blackburn
Salary: £22000 - £25000
Job Ref.: 50683238
Job Information
HR ASSISTANT
Salary: £22K-£25K
Based Blackburn (BB1)
Reports to: HR Director
Role
This role will report to the HR Director within the HR Department. You will provide full HR administrative and operational support to the HR Department in an efficient and professional manner. Your role will cover all aspects of the employee lifecycle and contribute to the overall success of the HR Department in achieving its objectives.
The HR Support must effectively support the HR team, they must have a keen attention to detail ensuring records for staff are managed and maintained in a methodical manner. They must be able to work in a fast paced and every changing environment and able to adapt accordingly.
Responsibilities
- Support the HR Team with all aspects of administration
- Prepare contract of employment and offer letters
- Conduct first morning induction meetings with new joiners
- Administer all new starter paperwork e.g. pre-employment checks and reference checking
- Update HR system including maintenance of employee records and reports
- General management of recruitment including running of assessment centres
- Ensure all performance reviews and conducted and that associated administration is completed in a timely fashion
- Ensure all absence paperwork is completed, filed and recorded both electronically and manually
- Reward, Recognition and Payroll administration – monthly collation of payroll data, ensure changes to individual’s monthly benefits and entailments are administered accurately.
- Ensure that any changes to individuals’ monthly benefits & entitlements are administered across all relevant areas
- Support with any ad hoc projects
Key Requirements
- Minimum of 2 years relevant HR experience.
- Enthusiastic, hardworking, and driven individual with a focus on providing the best possible service.
- Can demonstrate ability to work in a busy office environment, prioritise and organise workload to meet deadlines.
- Able to learn and take on new tasks quickly and use own initiative to explore possibilities before raising queries.
- Demonstrates pride in delivering excellent, quality service and endeavours to exceed expectations.
- Attention to detail in producing high quality output and able to maintain this when under pressure.
- Excellent communication skills with confidence to ask questions to ensure job requirements are understood.
- Commitment to identify opportunities to increase efficiency and quality of operational support.
- Proactive, showing initiative when completing tasks by pre-empting issues and proposing solutions for them.
- Confidence in building rapport and trust with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Academic qualifications, A-Level’s preferred. GCSE Mathematics C Grade upwards required. CIPD Level 3 or equivalent preferred but not essential.
- Work well as part of a team
- Strong IT & Systems knowledge
- Excellent attention to detail
- Able to meet deadlines and plan ahead