HR Coordinator in Harrogate

HR Coordinator

Location: Harrogate – Office based (with up to 1 day working from home)

Salary: £30,000 – £33,000

Hours: Full-time, Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm or Part-time (4 days per week or school hours)

Benefits: 28 days holiday + your birthday off, bank holidays, Medicash plan, free onsite parking

We are recruiting an organised and proactive HR Coordinator to join a growing business in Harrogate. This role supports the day-to-day HR function, with a strong focus on employee relations support, HR administration, and ensuring smooth across employee lifecycle.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with HR coordination or assistant-level experience who is looking for a varied, people-focused role within a supportive environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the first point of contact for routine employee relations enquiries, escalating where required.
• Assist with documenting employee relations matters, maintaining confidential files, and preparing follow-up communication.
• Coordinate new starter onboarding including paperwork, induction scheduling, and policy compliance.
• Maintain accurate employee records in the HR system and process employee changes, promotions, and leavers.
• Support benefits administration, responding to general queries and assisting with enrolment and documentation updates.
• Monitor attendance and leave requests, supporting leave of absence processes in line with policy.
• Assist with HR communications, intranet updates, and distributing policy changes.
• Prepare HR reports and support compliance activity such as audits, document reviews, and policy updates.
• Support employee engagement initiatives, wellbeing programmes, and internal events.
• Provide general administrative support including scheduling, filing, data entry, and managing HR documentation.
• Support payroll administration tasks.

About You

Experience in an HR Coordinator, HR Assistant, or similar administrative HR role.

CIPD Level 5.

Good understanding of HR operations, employee relations, and basic employment law.

Experience using HRIS systems is beneficial.

Excellent attention to detail and strong organisational skills.

Confident communication skills, both written and verbal.

Able to handle confidential information with professionalism.

If you are an organised, people-focused HR professional looking for your next opportunity, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today