At a Glance
- Tasks: Support HR and payroll activities, ensuring accurate employee information and timely processing.
- Company: Join Nordex, a dynamic company in Didsbury with a focus on employee wellbeing.
- Benefits: 33 days annual leave, health perks, and paid volunteering days.
- Other info: Great career growth opportunities in an international setting.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in HR while enjoying a supportive work environment.
- Qualifications: Experience in HR administration and proficiency in MS Office required.
The predicted salary is between 30000 - 40000 £ per year.
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Didsbury, Manchester
Hours: 37 hours per week, including a 3pm finish on Fridays
How can you make a difference? As the Human Resources & Payroll Administrator at Nordex, you will support the delivery of day‑to‑day HR and payroll activities across the UK & Ireland. The role ensures that employee information, processes, and payroll‑related tasks are managed accurately and efficiently, while providing a reliable first point of contact for our employees and managers.
What will you be doing?
- Act as the primary contact for payroll queries, liaising with the payroll provider to ensure accurate and timely processing and resolution of queries
- Monitor system‑generated timesheets to ensure approval within agreed deadlines
- Support employees with system‑related queries, including access issues
- Perform administrative tasks such as producing contracts of employment, changing terms and conditions, and maintaining accurate employee records
- Maintain external systems, including the benefits platform and right‑to‑work and reference systems
- Triage any queries that come into shared mailboxes
- Support the Recruitment Specialist with screening, shortlisting and interview coordination
- Coordinate onboarding requirements for new starters, including scheduling medicals
- Produce and distribute regular reports, including absence, holiday, and other ad‑hoc HR reports as required
- Support compliance activities as and when required
What are we looking for?
The successful candidate will be an experienced HR Administrator, highly proficient in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and experienced with HR systems, including data management and report generation. Strong communication skills, the ability to work independently, and a high attention to detail with a focus on data accuracy and quality are essential. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are required.
- Hands‑on approach with a proactive mindset
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to manage confidential information with discretion
- Ability to use initiative, prioritise tasks, work under pressure, and meet strict deadlines
- Understanding of how P&C processes support the wider business
- Experience working in an international, medium‑sized organisation (desirable)
- General understanding of employment law and payroll processes (desirable)
Other essential skills and behaviours required for this role:
- Discretion when handling sensitive and confidential data
- Initiative, prioritisation of tasks, and meeting strict deadlines
- Good time‑management skills with the ability to work under pressure
- A good understanding of employment law (desirable)
What we can offer you?
- Time Off: 33 days annual leave, including bank holidays. After two years of continuous service you are entitled to an additional day per annum (maximum 5 days). An extra day off for your birthday and the option to purchase up to 5 days of additional annual leave every year.
- Health & Wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme (therapy sessions), Bike2Work Scheme, Paid eye tests & contribution towards glasses, Option to purchase private healthcare.
- Volunteering: All employees can use 2 paid working days per calendar year to carry out volunteering activities.
- Family friendly: Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, compassionate leave and life insurance.
- Memberships: Nordex reimburses the cost of one annual professional subscription fee to one relevant professional institution.
HR and Payroll Administrator in Manchester employer: Nordex SE
At Nordex, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a supportive work culture in Didsbury, Manchester, where employees can thrive both personally and professionally. With generous benefits such as 33 days of annual leave, health and wellbeing initiatives, and opportunities for volunteering, we foster a positive environment that prioritises employee growth and satisfaction. Join us to be part of a dynamic team that values your contributions and encourages a proactive approach to HR and payroll administration.
