Senior HR Administrator – 9 month contract

Available to start at the beginning of December

£30,000 to £35,000 per annum

Hybrid arrangement – 2 days on site

Role Requirements

• Provide high-quality HR support to facilitate the resolution of everyday people queries and to ensure operational delivery of the full range of HR activities for the business.
• Maintain the HR and benefits systems with any changes to employees, terms, and conditions and produce appropriate letters as needed.
• Work closely with the Senior HR Manager to audit, review, and update all HR policies in line with current legislation and best practice.
• Support the various recruitment activities and manage the onboarding and offboarding processes, ensuring we adhere to compliance processes and create a positive candidate experience.
• Support the identification and deployment of learning and development programmes to build the right capabilities for our people.
• Support the delivery of reward and recognition activities across the business, including the annual reward review, performance management processes and other reward-related projects as needed, helping to drive a high-performing and motivated team.
• Process all monthly payroll changes, working closely with the Payroll team.
• Manage the employee onboarding process, including HR & Benefits Induction.
• Manage the employee offboarding process, including IT equipment retrieval.
• Support with note-taking for regular HR meetings/investigation meetings.
• Raise POs & process confidential HR invoices.
• Prepare paperwork for employee lifecycle events e.g. promotions, transfers.
• Create and maintain accurate employee records via our HRIS, Dynamics 365.
• Support HR systems projects, working with key stakeholders to ensure successful delivery and process improvements.
• Generate bi-weekly, monthly and ad hoc employee data reports.
• Provide support during our recruitment process.

What our client is looking for

• Be available to start from the beginning of December for an initial 9 month contract.
• A methodical, accurate, and organised approach, with excellent attention to detail.
• A calm and professional manner.
• A proactive and flexible attitude.
• Proven ability to prioritise, multitask and meet deadlines in a busy, ever-changing environment.
• Experience working with HR systems and processes.
• Ability to manage your time effectively and work autonomously with limited need for guidance and supervision.
• A willingness to learn, being solution-orientated and curious with an appetite to continually review and improve processes.
• The ability to remain discreet and professional and maintain confidentiality of information.
• A strong customer service ethos – always putting the needs of the employee and manager first.
• An understanding of the employee lifecycle.
• A solid working knowledge of HR practices and procedures, preferably within a global SME.
• Experience in undertaking transactional HR administrative work, including data entry into HR systems and creating paperwork.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Excellent computer skills: strong knowledge of Office 365 (Outlook / Excel / Word / Powerpoint /Teams) and PeopleHR.

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