Location: Leicester (Hybrid – minimum 2 days per week in the office)
Salary: £32,050 per annum
Contract: 12-month Fixed-Term Contract
Reporting to: People Services Manager
About the Role
We are looking for an experienced, organised and customer-focused HR Coordinator to join a busy and collaborative People team on a 12-month fixed-term contract.
This is a varied role, providing essential HR operational support across the employee lifecycle. You will play a key part in delivering an excellent service to employees and managers, ensuring HR processes are completed accurately, queries are resolved efficiently, and employee records remain up to date and compliant.
Working closely with colleagues across the wider HR function, you will help drive service excellence, improve processes and deliver a positive employee experience.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide day-to-day HR administration and support across the employee lifecycle, including onboarding, contractual changes and offboarding.
- Manage employee and manager queries, taking ownership through to resolution and providing timely, professional guidance.
- Prepare employment documentation, including contracts, letters and contractual amendments.
- Maintain accurate employee records and HR system data, ensuring compliance with GDPR and internal policies.
- Ensure HR transactions and processes are completed accurately and within agreed service levels.
- Support HR reporting, data quality checks and audit requirements.
- Identify opportunities to improve HR processes, efficiency and the overall employee experience.
- Build effective working relationships across HR, Payroll, Recruitment and wider business teams.
- Manage competing priorities and ensure a consistently high standard of service delivery.
About You
We are looking for someone who is proactive, approachable and passionate about delivering an excellent customer experience.
You will have:
- At least 5 years' experience in an HR Administration or HR Coordinator role.
- Ideally, previous experience working within a shared services HR environment.
- Strong knowledge of HR administration and employee lifecycle processes.
- Experience managing employee and manager queries and providing customer-focused support.
- Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines.
- Experience using HR systems and Microsoft Office, particularly Word and Excel.
- A good understanding of UK employment legislation and HR processes.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to work with stakeholders at all levels.
- A proactive approach, with the ability to take ownership and identify opportunities to improve processes.
A CIPD qualification, or working towards one, would be advantageous but is not essential.
What's on Offer?
- Salary of £32,050 per annum.
- Hybrid working, with a minimum of two days per week in the office.
- The opportunity to work within a supportive and collaborative HR team.
- Exposure to a broad range of HR activities and the wider employee lifecycle.
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