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HR Assistant

United Kingdom, London 14.80 GBP / Hour · Job Posted January 26, 2026
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We are seeking a highly organised and motivated individual, with strong administrative skills to join our HR department on a part time basis for 6 months. The HR Assistant role involves providing HR administrative support to all employees at Margaret Howell. This position is a perfect opportunity for someone who is keen to start their career in HR, providing exposure to all aspects of the employee life cycle in a truly generalist role.

Job Responsibility

  • First point of contact for employees by overseeing the shared HR inboxes and dealing with queries appropriately, responding or referring to the HR team as appropriate
  • Assist with employee life cycle administration, such as onboarding and off-boarding processes, creating employee contracts and other HR letters, supporting with employee surveys, employee benefits, and training administration
  • Maintain the HRIS, taking responsibility for all employee records to ensure the system remains the ‘one source of truth’ for the department
  • Maintain the HR department diary, ensuring key employee training and review dates are diarised and reminders are sent to the appropriate parties to enable comprehensive preparation
  • Provide administrative support throughout the recruitment process, assisting with candidate packs, advertising, shortlisting and conducting first interviews as required to contribute to successful resourcing campaigns for vacancies
  • Support line managers across shops and head office functions with HR queries
  • Provide administrative support throughout payroll process, processing monthly timesheets, updating overtime and absences as well as collate and process from inception to end monthly payroll information and calculations within set deadlines
  • Undertake HR projects as directed by the Head of HR to support changing business needs, including collating departmental reports in order to support the review of HR strategies

Requirements

  • Basic understanding of HR
  • Basic understanding of HR data protection
  • Previous experience in office administration or exposure to office working environment
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, confidence and professionalism
  • Strong numerical skills with an acute attention to detail
  • Strong IT skills, working with intranet and MS Office, including Excel
  • Working with HR systems (desirable)
  • Excellent time management skills with the ability to work to manage multiple tasks to deadlines and prioritise work
  • The ability to work as part of a team and the desire to develop a career in HR

Nice to have

  • Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
  • Willingness to engage with a diverse range of work and projects, handing information discretely and sensitively
  • Customer-focused with a positive and resilient attitude
  • Ability to build strong stakeholder relationships and engage with managers across cross functional departments

What we offer

  • 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays, increasing to 6 weeks with service
  • Generous clothing allowance
  • Significant staff discount
  • Life insurance
  • Contributory pension and salary exchange scheme
  • Personal development grant
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Birthday day off
  • Volunteering day off
  • IVF support for parents
  • Opportunity to request flexible working
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