HR Assistant

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:

• All aspects of general HR administration including T&A management and reporting, managing holidays, sickness absence monitoring etc.
• 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.
• Assist with the recruitment process, preparing offer packs, drafting up contracts, and saving the returned documents on personnel files.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Update and maintain the information in the time & attendance system.
• Support the HR Team to deliver the required daily, weekly and monthly reporting requirements including headcount and key metrics.
• Management of the employee uniform process, including ordering, issuing, processing payments, lockers etc.
• Support the HR department team with any employee relations issues including organising investigation meetings, absence review meetings and any other relevant HR issues.
• Supporting the site Senior Leadership team with any general administration activities.
• 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.

• Part CIPD qualified would be advantageous, but not essential.
• Experience in a HR department is required.
• An ability to handle a busy and diverse workload.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Word and PowerPoint
• Understands and adheres to the confidentiality requirements when handling employee issues and data.
• Excellent people skills
• Ability to meet deployment timetables and deadlines.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work within a close team but also work independently without requiring constant guidance.
• Good business acumen with an understanding of the impact HR can make in attaining wider business goals.
• 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)