Senior HR Assistant / Advisor in Glasgow

We are delighted to be working in partnership with a long-standing client who is looking to recruit an experienced Senior HR Assistant / Advisor to join them on a full-time, permanent basis. This is a brilliant opportunity for an experienced HR professional who offers experience supporting a wider HR team with all administrative tasks and is looking for their next step.

Your role will support the Senior HR Advisor & HR Manager in delivering a seamless service to colleagues across the business whilst assisting the business in achieving its ambitions for growth and supporting the development of their people by delivering core HR services to the business. This opportunity can be based from either Edinburgh or Glasgow with occasional travel to each.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Liaising with recruitment agencies; drafting job descriptions and adverts; and participating in shortlisting and interviewing candidates.
• Managing graduate recruitment which will include attending law fairs; reviewing traineeship applications; reviewing summer student placement applications; and co-ordinating the traineeship programme and PEAT 2 training requirements.
• Providing support to the Partners - supporting the needs of trainees throughout their employment including carrying out quarterly reviews, managing seat moves and booking any training requirements on their behalf.
• Peat 2 Training: liaising with supervisors and PEAT 2 co-ordinators, organising training, drafting relevant documentation required for training and submitting monthly reports to the Law Society of Scotland.
• Assisting with development planning cycle and co-ordinating budgets; sourcing courses and overseeing the organisation of training courses; assisting with the identification of high potential employees and development of succession planning.
• Co-ordinating the review and development of our rewards and benefits packages; co-ordinating reporting requirements for salary reviews.
• Completing research, reviewing and updating HR policies and procedures.
• Co-ordinating annual performance review process.
• Managing the annual employee survey including drafting relevant questions and communicating results.
• Assisting with advice and support to Partners, Managers and Employees on grievance and disciplinary issues; managing flexible working application process; and monitoring absence.
• Providing reporting when required to the HR Manager.
• Assisting with monthly payroll including checking figures and running relevant reports in a timely manner.
• Assisting with and/or co-ordinating key HR projects.

To be considered for this opportunity, our client does require the following experience/background:

• Previous experience working within an HR department and managing a wide range of tasks.
• Background working at an HR Assistant or Advisor level within the legal sector or a partnership owned organisation.
• Ability to build rapport and communicate positively across the business.
• Strong influencing skills with the ability to think on your feet and use your initiative.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Highly organised.
• Strong work ethic with high standards at all times.
• Ability to work under pressure and juggle a variety of tasks.
• Strong IT Skills and ability to use different systems including MS Office, Intranet.
• Ability to work independently.
• Willingness to be flexible and proactive.

Reward

• Salary £38,000 per annum.
• Generous holiday allowance.
• Excellent training and a clear career path.
• Pension.
• Life Assurance.
• Various incentives and rewards.

Next Steps

For further information, please apply by emailing your CV to Utopian Recruitment ASAP. Our client is looking to interview and recruit these positions as soon as possible. To keep up to date with current opportunities be sure to follow the Utopian Professional Recruitment page on LinkedIn, Instagram & Facebook.

Whilst Utopian Professional Recruitment strives to get in touch with all our applicants, it isn’t always possible. If you have not heard back from us within 5 working days after sending us your CV unfortunately you have not been shortlisted for this position.

Equal Opportunities

Utopian Professional Recruitment is committed to equal opportunities regardless of gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief and age.