HR Assistant

• Provide comprehensive HR administration support across the full employee lifecycle.
• Manage and prioritise a high-volume workload, ensuring deadlines and time-sensitive processes are met.
• Coordinate recruitment administration, including candidate enquiries, interviews, agency correspondence and recruitment records.
• Prepare offer letters, employment contracts and onboarding documentation.
• Coordinate pre-employment screening, references, work permits, visas and other relevant checks.
• Arrange induction activities and support the onboarding of new employees.
• Process starters, leavers, transfers and contractual changes, maintaining accurate HR records.
• Administer probation documentation and monitor relevant deadlines.
• Respond to routine employee enquiries and escalate complex matters to senior HR colleagues.
• Maintain records relating to fixed-term contracts, work permits, housing permissions and visa renewals.
• Administer employee benefits, healthcare arrangements, long-service awards and related changes.
• Maintain accurate sickness absence records, medical certificates and return-to-work documentation.
• Prepare absence reports and support sickness benefit administration in conjunction with Payroll.
• Maintain confidential employee records and ensure compliance with data protection requirements.
• Support HR audits, regulatory reviews and reporting requirements.
• Coordinate training administration, learning records and employee development activities.
• Assist with careers events, student initiatives, work experience placements and employee engagement activities.
• Identify opportunities to improve HR processes, systems and administrative efficiency.

The ideal candidate will be CIPD Level 3 qualified, with practical HR administration experience gained within a fast-paced commercial environment. You'll have excellent organisational, planning and prioritisation skills, with the ability to manage a high-volume workload and adapt to changing deadlines. Strong written and verbal communication skills are essential, alongside excellent attention to detail and the ability to handle confidential or sensitive information with discretion and sound judgement. You'll be a confident user of IT and HR systems, with a proactive, resilient and flexible approach to work. The ability to work independently while supporting colleagues across a wider HR team will also be important.