HR Assistant / Human Resources Assistant

HR Assistant / Human Resources Assistant
Location: Flexible working between bpha's Bedford Heights Office and home
Hours: Full time, Monday - Friday, 37 hours per week
Contract: Fixed Term Contract, circa 18 months
Salary: Circa GBP28,000
Want to join a Great Places to Work organisation? bpha is the only housing association to be listed in the large UK employers' category for this award. We are seeking an experienced, passionate and skilled HR Assistant to join us in the HR team at bpha, a diverse, forward-thinking housing association.
When you work at bpha you're not just working for an organisation, you're part of a community. A positive, friendly, open and engaging environment where everyone is valued, celebrated and supported by one another. We achieve great things, because we work together - and it's through this togetherness that we grow, learn, share and work in a great culture that we can all be proud of. We achieve what we achieve through our people and the HR team is key to ensuring everyone who works for us is supported to be the best they can.
This is a busy and pivotal role within the HR team, providing a wide range of administrative support and second-to-none professional customer service to bpha's managers and colleagues as well as our external stakeholders. You will have depth and breadth in your workload and will need to be highly efficient with amazing organising and prioritising skills and a keen eye for detail.
What you will be doing:
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Managing all employee lifecycle administration including onboarding and processing changes for the payroll team.
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Managing the HR system, employee files and assisting with reporting, ensuring all information is up to date.
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Managing all compliance checks such as DBS, right to work documentation and background checks for our new starters.
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Be the first point of contact for our customers and be resolving first-line people-related queries.
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Administering membership of our benefit schemes.
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Leading on, and assisting with, project work linked to our operational plan of activities, including the performance appraisal process and HR process improvements.
We'd love to meet a super-efficient and experienced HR Assistant with:
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Experience of working within a busy HR environment and the ability to prioritise a varied workload.
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A high degree of IT literacy including Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.
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The ability to communicate confidently and articulately with excellent verbal/written communication skills.
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An analytical approach, impeccable attention to detail and high levels of accuracy.
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Previous experience of working with HR systems. Knowledge of working with iTrent would be an advantage.
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Experience of driving continuous improvements to HR processes and systems.
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A strong background of delivering excellent customer service.
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An up-to-date working knowledge and understanding of GDPR.
In return we will offer you:
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A competitive salary of circa GBP28,000
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28 days holiday PLUS Bank Holidays!
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A generous contributory pension scheme
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Private health care
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Free life assurance
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Access to an extensive suite of wellbeing services and tools including a digital gym
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Opportunities for learning and development
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Discounted gym membership
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Retail discount scheme
The successful candidate will need to complete a basic DBS application.
Closing date: 30th July 2021
Interviews will be held throughout the recruitment campaign
We reserve the right to close this recruitment if it is deemed that we have received a suitable number of applications. On this basis we would advise that applications are submitted as soon as possible