Job Description
HR Assistant
Chesterfield (with occasional travel across the East Midlands)
Full-time
£27,000 - £30,000
Are you an ambitious and detail-focused HR professional looking to grow your career in a fast-paced environment? This is a fantastic opportunity to join a supportive HR team where you'll gain hands-on experience across the full employee lifecycle and play a key role in supporting a busy, growing organisation.
As the HR Assistant, you'll provide day-to-day operational support across a wide range of HR activities from recruitment and onboarding to employee queries, data management and administration. You'll be joining a friendly, collaborative workplace where development is encouraged, and you'll have the opportunity to build your HR knowledge with potential enrolment on a CIPD-accredited apprenticeship.
What you'll be doing:
- Maintaining accurate and up-to-date employee records
- Responding to employee and manager queries via email, phone and in-person
- Supporting the coordination of training and development activities
- Advertising vacancies, shortlisting candidates and arranging interviews
- Liaising with recruitment agencies where required
- Assisting with onboarding and offboarding processes
- Updating and maintaining the HR management system
- Uploading documents and ensuring data accuracy
- Supporting absence management administration, including processing forms and updating record
- Printing, scanning, filing and other day-to-day administrative tasks
- Providing reception cover in the absence of the receptionist
What we're looking for:
- At least 1 years HR administrative experience
- A fast learner with strong organisational skills
- Confident working independently as well as part of a team
- Strong communication skills and a professional, approachable manner
- Ability to handle confidential information with integrity
- Good IT skills, including familiarity with MS Office
- Willingness to travel to other East Midlands sites occasionally
What's on offer:
You'll be joining a friendly, people-focused organisation that values growth, development and work/life balance.
Benefits include:
- Online rewards & recognition platform with discounts at 900+ retailers
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Generous annual leave entitlement, including your birthday off
- Genuine career progression opportunities
- Summer and Christmas company events
- A supportive, welcoming office environment in central Chesterfield with great transport links
If this role might be of interest please apply through the link below!
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