HR Assistant
Location: Brierley Hill
Salary up to £30k (Dependant on experience)
Role Purpose:
The primary function of this role would be to provide Human Resources administrative support. The role supports both the Head of HR and Senior HR Generalist with the day-to-day administration as well as supporting with the day to day running of the department. This role is ideal for a HR Administrator who has experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
Main Role Duties:
1. All aspects of general HR administration including T&A management and reporting, managing holidays, sickness absence monitoring etc.
2. Management of the temporary workers, keeping a record of starters, leavers, and current temporary staff, providing the worked hours to the agency on a weekly basis, assisting with any pay queries and reconciling the agency invoices to ensure prompt payments to our supplier.
3. Assist with the recruitment process, preparing offer packs, drafting up contracts, and saving the returned documents on personnel files.
4. Lead the new starter induction for new hires ensuring all the necessary paperwork and systems are updated with the required information including the HR & TA system.
5. Maintain the Occupational Health Surveillance, creation of health packs, organising appointments, keeping the OH tracker up to date and ensuring all employee health checks are current.
6. Support the Senior HR Generalist in the maintenance with updates of employee and organisational information in the HR and Payroll system - including but not limited to changes in working hours, job roles, shift patterns, department changes etc.
7. Update and maintain the information in the time & attendance system.
8. Support the HR Team to deliver the required daily, weekly and monthly reporting requirements including headcount and key metrics.
9. Management of the employee uniform process, including ordering, issuing, processing payments, lockers etc.
10. Support the HR department team with any employee relations issues including organising investigation meetings, absence review meetings and any other relevant HR issues.
11. Supporting the site Senior Leadership team with any general administration activities.
12. Cover the HR office in the absence of the Senior HR Generalist and the Head of HR.
Person Specification / Required Skills:
The successful candidate will be self-motivated and a self-starter, able to demonstrate excellent communication skills and feel comfortable interacting with colleagues at all levels within the business. Candidates must have a proactive and hands on approach to tasks alongside high levels of problem-solving skills with high attention to detail. You should be capable of working to your own initiatives, and competent in satisfying demanding deadlines.
13. Part CIPD qualified would be advantageous, but not essential.
14. Experience in a HR department is required.
15. An ability to handle a busy and diverse workload.
16. Advanced Microsoft Excel
17. Microsoft Word and PowerPoint
18. Understands and adheres to the confidentiality requirements when handling employee issues and data.
19. Excellent people skills
20. Ability to meet deployment timetables and deadlines.
21. Excellent verbal and written communication skills
22. Ability to work within a close team but also work independently without requiring constant guidance.
23. Good business acumen with an understanding of the impact HR can make in attaining wider business goals.
24. Excellent analytic skills required for producing reports, metrics, and data.
Working Hours:
Monday to Thursday : 08.00 am to 4.30 pm
Fridays : 08.00 am to 1.30 pm (Early finish)