HR Assistant - 6 Month Fixed Contract

We are assisting a well-established Trade Union, and they are recruiting for an experienced HR Assistant to join the business for a 6 month fixed contract to start ASAP.

This role would be ideal for an experienced HR professional who has either trade union, public sector, charity, government, or education experience, with proven generalist HR exposure across the employee life cycle.

This is a hybrid role with 2 days in the office and 3 days working from home (with flexibility).

Reporting into the Head of HR and providing support to c200 employees, the focus of the role is to provide generalist HR support to the business in this busy period. The role will support across HR administration, coordinating recruitment, dealing with HR queries and supporting with ER cases. Key duties will include;

• Reporting into Head of HR and working as part of a team of 6.
• Providing HR support to c200 employees, including dealing with HR queries and being the 1st point of contact.
• HR administration including on-boarding, off-boarding, updating HR systems, organising HR meetings and taking minutes.
• Supporting the business with HR best practice, HR policies and processors and compliance with employment law
• Assist with the ER case load, including dealing with and advising on day-to-day matters
• Assiting the Deputy HR Manager by attending more complex ER cases to note take for grievances, disciplinaries, performance management etc
• Note taking on management meeting, taking minutes and agendas
• Coordinate recruitment activities, including booking interviews, sending out interview packs and letters
• Manage and update the HR system, including maintaining records, producing monthly HR reports
• Support with L&D activities, including administration, updating training plans reviews etc
• Assisting with benefits, including updating spreadsheets and collating monthly benefits information
• Review and update HR policies
• Ad-hoc HR projects work and supporting the HR team with all aspects of HR

For this role candidates will need to have exposure within a busy HR team and be CIPD Qualified (or working towards). Candidates will need to have exposure within a similar working environment - trade union, public sector, charity, government, or education industry experience.

A confident and outgoing approach is required, with strong communication and interpersonal skills, as you will be liaising with stakeholders across the business.

You will be working as part of a well-established and collaborative HR team, in a flexible position.

This is an immediate need, so please apply now for more information and a consultant from Cameron James will be in touch ASAP.