HR Assistant (5924) in Manchester

As a HR Assistant, you'll join our friendly People Services team. Even though the team is small, they're always busy handling all sorts of HR related requests and queries. Day-to-day tasks are split equally amongst the team, so you'll have exposure to a wide variety of HR activity right from the beginning.

This role will give you the opportunity to see first-hand how HR operates in a large professional services environment and play an important part in providing an excellent service to the business. If you're keen to gain HR experience, this is a great team to join as you'll deal with a variety of HR administrative tasks on a daily basis. You'll also have monthly one to ones with your Team Leader, so you can build your experience and begin to develop your skills in HR.

Responsibilities:

• Generating and processing offer paperwork
• Checking HR compliance, right to work documents and coordinating checks on new joiners
• Onboarding of new starters, as well as helping to coordinate internal moves and leavers
• Handling a variety of ad-hoc queries from the business including absences, holiday requests, family leave and queries about using the HR system
• Working closely with other areas of HR and payroll to resolve colleagues' queries as quickly and as seamlessly as possible
• Effectively communicating with other teams across the business to provide good service delivery and build strong relationships
• Provide wider support to HR Operations projects and initiatives

About our commitments:

Our responsible business programmes are fundamental to who we are and our purpose. We're committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish, and we have established a number of inclusion network groups across our business to support this aim. Our commitment to Social Responsibility, community investment activity and tackling climate change is a fundamental part of who we are.

Qualifications:

• A professional and approachable manner, and an ability to work with discretion and tact
• A great team player, with a willingness to get involved and share best practice
• An ability to work quickly, efficiently and accurately
• The confidence to help our colleagues at all levels across the whole business including working well with the wider HR team
• Previous HR admin experience
• Knowledge of pre-employment screening checks and right to work

Benefits:

• 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can "buy" up to 35hrs of extra holiday too.
• Generous and flexible pension schemes.
• Volunteering days - Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid)
• Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services.
• We also offer a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you're fully supported.
• This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements.