Heart of England Co-operative Society have an exciting opportunity for a HR Administrator to join the People and Culture Team on a Fixed-term contract for 4 months.

Main purpose of job:

To assist the HR Team in the running of the administration function to ensure the effective delivery of the HR strategy.

Main Duties:

• Onboarding new starters, including the creation of contracts, liaising with Learning & Development, and ensuring all new starter work is returned and correct.
• Ensuring right to work documentation is up to date and compliant with Government legislation.
• Reference/ screening checks and requests.
• Contract changes and processing leavers.
• Maintaining the Society’s sickness absence records and checking documentation.
• Liaising with badge and uniform suppliers.
• Updating the internal HR system and employee files including data entry.
• Collate and provide reports for the Food and Funeral divisions.
• Paperwork audits.
• Assisting in the administration of absence and holidays.
• Liaising with Managers for any outstanding documents.
• Answering calls and general queries from colleagues, Managers, and external stakeholders.
• Supporting the HR Team with various project work and general admin tasks.
• Spreadsheet maintenance to track work progress.

Experience/skills/qualifications

• 5 GCSE’s, Grade A-C, or equivalent (desirable)
• Experience of working in a HR team (desirable)
• Experience of dealing with a great volume of data (desirable)
• Experience of assisting with Recruitment (desirable)
• Excellent organisation skills (essential)
• Able to use own initiative in a fast-paced environment in a professional manner (essential)
• Strict confidentiality (essential)
• Excellent IT skills - Experience in using MS Word, Excel, and Outlook (essential)
• Intermediate level Excel (able to use main maths and lookup functions) (essential)
• Excellent file management and organisational skills (essential)
• Great communication skills (essential)
• Excellent accuracy and attention to detail (essential)
• Ability to multitask and work on own initiative (essential)
• A strong, administrative background (essential)

Personal attributes (essential):

• A passion for HR and supporting others
• Calm under pressure
• Reliable
• Approachable
• Excellent team player
• Excellent communicator both verbally and written