HR & Payroll Assistant

Our client is a leading business support and skills solutions provider and part of a University group. For over 20 years, they have provided more than 100,000 private and public-sector organisations with expertise to help them and their employees realise their potential. They have approximately 250 employees across several sites.

They are looking for an ambitious HR & Payroll Assistant who wants to grow their career in HR in a busy environment. You may be working as an HR Administrator currently and are not ready to work at Adviser level or you may be looking for a more diverse workload in a different industry.

Reporting to the HR Manager, you will support all aspects of the employment life cycle. You should be prepared to challenge and question anything out of the ordinary to ensure consistency, escalating any issues as appropriate. You should also have the confidence to support all levels across the business in a professional manner. In return you will have a varied and interesting workload and have the opportunity to develop your HR skills and knowledge.

Key responsibilities include: leading on the administrative support for recruitment, new starters and leavers' processes, payroll and benefits administration; managing HR information system in compliance with the legal and company standards; assisting with the provision of advice and support to managers and employees; and supporting the HR Manager in planning and implementing HR projects.

What they are looking for:

- Awareness of general employment issues and knowledge of employees' rights and entitlements as required by employment legislation/policy
- Experience of working within HR function and understanding of general personnel processes and procedures, particularly recruitment
- PC literacy, excellent interpersonal skills and customer focus
- Ability to work at a fast pace while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail, prioritising and managing own workload and communicating relevant issues within the team
- Ability to deal with sensitive and confidential issues in an appropriate and positive manner
- Awareness of own limitations of knowledge and ability to exercise judgement of when to refer situations
- Flexibility and adaptability to meet changing business needs
- Can do attitude but firm with managers or employees when their requests are not appropriate

It would be desirable if you also have:

- Good English and Maths to minimum GCSE standard or equivalent
- CIPD Foundation-level qualification or equivalent
- Some experience of payroll and knowledge of HR systems (in particular CoreHR)

The salary is up to £21,000 pa and there is a non-contributory pension scheme (10.5% of which 5% can be converted to cash), 26 days holiday plus bank holidays, Life Assurance and Income Protection.