HR Assistant: Launch Your HR Career in a Growth Team in Fleet

Kickstart your HR career with KaneHR! Kane HR is a rapidly growing HR Consultancy, renowned for its delivery of outsourced HR support to a varied portfolio of clients and industries. We have an excellent opportunity here at KaneHR for an HR Assistant to gain a valuable insight into the functioning of a busy role with HR at its core. We are looking for someone who wants to build a broad level of experience within the wider HR function, as you will play a pivotal role within the team, whilst having the opportunity to learn so much along the way. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone eager to gain real responsibility and exposure to the full employee lifecycle in a generalist capacity.

About the Role

As the HR intern, you will be responsible for providing day to day support to our knowledgeable internal KaneHR team and clients as required. Your responsibilities will include:

• Maintaining and updating employee records for clients, ensuring information is up to date and accurate.
• Supporting the team with investigations, disciplinaries and grievances, primarily in a note taking capacity.
• Reviewing, maintaining and updating new and existing policies and handbooks in line with client requirements and legislative changes.
• Carrying out ad hoc projects for clients including benchmarking exercises, performance management system development, staff communications, compliance research, training programmes and other ad hoc work as required.
• Assisting with new starter processes for clients; including drafting the relevant documentation, maintaining probation records, and proactively chasing and logging the return of signed contracts and other documents as required.
• Assisting with leaver processes for clients; including drafting relevant documentation, updating the relevant HR systems, calculating outstanding holiday, reviewing HR documentation to ensure correct leaver details are reflected in the documentation.
• Preparing reports for the senior team (for example; sickness absence reports, new starter and leaver reports and annual leave reports).
• Managing our applicant tracking system (ATS), screening candidates for potential job vacancies, organising and conducting initial screening calls, and arranging invitations to interviews.
• Acting as the first point of contact when answering the main telephone line, followed by transferring the caller to the correct person/department.
• Assisting with the drafting and posting of social media content on LinkedIn and other social media platforms.

About You

This role will suit an individual who is curious about HR, eager to learn, and keen to gain real-world experience in a professional environment surrounded by a team of HR professionals who are passionate about what they do. While previous work experience and/or HR administration experience would be preferable, we are more interested in your attitude, organisation and interpersonal skills, and willingness to learn, get involved, and build meaningful relationships.

We are Looking for Someone Who is:

• Curious and eager to learn
• Highly organised with meticulous attention to detail
• Able to multi-task and meet multiple deadlines, with excellent time management skills
• A confident communicator, both written and verbal
• Comfortable drafting short social media posts and newsletters
• Able to build strong relationships with team members and clients
• Able to work collaboratively, but also use their initiative to be pro-active

Education & Experience

Completed a university degree (or equivalent) in a business-focused / social sciences discipline is preferable, although other disciplines would be considered. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, with a gained minimum 2:1 degree classification. Previous office or HR experience is helpful, but not essential.

Salary: £25,000 per annum

The closing date for applications is 12th June 2026. Please note that applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis so this vacancy may be filled sooner than the closing date. Should you wish to apply, please provide your CV along with a brief cover letter explaining why you would be a good fit for this role.