Assistant Advisor, People and Culture

• Recruitment and selection – drafting/posting adverts, advising hiring managers, sifting CVs, arranging interviews, screening calls
• New starter processes - preparing offer and contract paperwork, completing pre-employment checks, updating the HR database and records in line with GDPR
• Dealing with probations, parental leave, flexible working requests, performance and development processes, health matters and other Employee Relations matters
• Policy updates, communication and roll out
• Assisting with EDI initiatives, training programmes, and other ad hoc project work
• Payroll inputting/checking

• Experience in an HR/ People and Culture team as an Assistant, Administrator, Advisor or equivalent
• Experience of recruitment and employee life cycle administration are essential
• Basic knowledge of Excel for inputting and working with data is needed
• Experience of providing well considered Employee Relations advice, helping managers to handle people matters fairly, consistently, and in line with employment law and company policy and values
• Ready to offer suggestions and opinions
• Strong organisation skills, self-driven and proactively able to manage your own workload, meet deadlines and deliver a consistently high-quality service
• A good grasp of HR issues and a genuine interest in how people and organisations work
• Excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to handle sensitive and confidential information and situations with professionalism and discretion
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• The successful candidate must have permission to work in the UK/Ireland by the start of their employment

some experience of payroll would be beneficial