Ref: DO 8026
Our client, an educational establishment based in Exeter, requires an HR Administrator to join their team on a full-time, temporary basis. Your main duties will include, preparing HR reports by collecting, analysing, and summarising data/ trends, assisting with payroll administration, supporting the HR Advisor with coordination of the recruitment process, and delivering a high-quality, professional HR service to the business. The successful candidate will have previous experience in a busy and fast-paced administration role, a methodical approach to work, and a full clean UK driving licence with access to own transport.
The duration of this post is approximately 3 months. The role has potential to go permanent for the right candidate.
Responsibilities include: -
- Manage individual payroll claims, authorisations, and ongoing administration requirements within the payroll system
- Prepare and send new contract letters advising payroll in a timely manner of any changes, ensuring payroll timelines are observed
- Take minutes at formal meetings (e.g. discipline, grievance, capability, absence)
- Provide administration support to the auto-enrolment pensions process
- Support the HR Adviser in co-ordinating the recruitment process
- Administer the external adverts on required websites
- Support with recruitment days, including being the HR representative onsite to ensure smooth running and good candidate experience
- Issue offers and contracts of employment for all employees
- Ensure that hard copy and electronic employee records are accurate and up to date, ensuring compliance with legislation
- Responsible for data entry, regular and ad hoc reporting, and administering an annual data cleansing exercise
- Manage a central HR policies folder
- Administer absence reporting and recording processes, ensuring that all absence is reported, recorded, and followed up in accordance with the appropriate policies and procedures
- Willing to travel to any site within the organisation as required
Requirements: -
- Minimum of 5 GCSE’s grade C/level 5 or above, to include Maths and English
- Proven experience in a busy and fast-paced administration role
- Level 3 HR or Business Administration qualification (desirable)
- Willingness to undertake further professional qualifications (desirable)
- Proven experience within an HR administration role (desirable)
- Proven experience in a role handling and maintaining confidential information
- Experience of managing priorities to meet agreed deadlines/timescales
- Proficient in using IT packages, including Word, Excel, and database/record systems
- Excellent organisational and planning skills
- Proactive and methodical approach in management and prioritisation of tasks
- Able to build and maintain professional and effective working relationships
- Personable, customer-focused, and enjoys meeting people
- Flexible attitude in supporting the overall team and workload, supporting to work outside normal working hours when occasional and reasonable requests are made
- A full clean UK driving license and access to own transport
Summary/closing paragraph:
If you would like to join a supportive and welcoming team and have the relevant skills and experience, we would love to hear from you.
Recruitment Consultant: Dani Osborne
Closing Date: All suitable candidates will be submitted as soon as received; our client reserves the right to appoint before the closing date. Please note that due to the volume of applications, if you haven’t received a response within 5 days of applying, then unfortunately on this occasion you won’t have been successful.
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