HR Assistant

7 days ago

Bedford, Bedford, United Kingdom Howden Group Holdings Full time

From day one, our mission has been to create an independent business with a unique culture - one that is controlled by the people who work for it.

Finding the most talented and entrepreneurial people has always been key to our success.


People come to Howden Group Holdings for lots of different reasons, but they stay for the same one: our culture.

That's what sets us apart, and why we nurture and retain the best talent in the market.

Whatever your priorities - work/life balance, career progression, sustainability, volunteering - you'll find like-minded people driving change at Howden Group.


This is an exciting opportunity to deliver first class HR Services support to our UK businesses, providing first line HR support to a fast-growing and transformational business.

This is a varied role as you will provide HR support on all operational elements from on-boarding, job change, family leave through to leaving.


You will role model HR best practice; establish credibility and trust with stakeholders at all levels; support innovation through advising, informing, challenging and facilitating discussions with the business and HRBP's in equal measure on a wide range of issues - all in the context of a rapidly evolving and growing business.


We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic individual looking to take the next step on their HR journey, to join a growing team within HR Employee Services.

You will pride yourself on providing a high quality client focused service, driving self-service and continuous improvement in a fast paced and entrepreneurial environment.

Role responsibilities

  • Provide a client focused HR service across the employee lifecycle, delivering a great experience to our people.
  • Working as an advocate and expert on Workday HR, guiding and supporting people, whilst promoting selfservice capability.
  • Responsible for follow up actions and ongoing enquiries, ensuing processes are completed to a high standard and in time for payroll cutoff.
  • Works closely with colleagues within HRES to drive consistency across the business, improve processes and gain efficiencies.
  • Working collaboratively with the group HR centres of excellences, HRBP, reward, change, payroll, learning and HRIS teams.
  • Validates data, ensures job details are correct, such as roles, teams and cost centres.
  • Make appropriate decisions and use own judgement on work prioritisation ensuring expectations on service delivery can be met.
  • Works within GDPR guidelines, managing people data requests and the confidentiality of data.
  • Contributes to wider projects and initiatives within HR, driving process improvements, automation and efficiencies.
  • Ensures cases and requests are completely correctly and in time for payroll.
Key requirements

  • Delivery focused and able to demonstrate putting client experience first.
  • Selfmotivated with a positive attitude.
  • Strong relationship building and influencing skills.
  • Works well under pressure to meet deadlines whilst managing conflicting demands.
  • Strong attention to detail.
  • Team player with the ability to learn quickly.
  • Workday and HR Shared Services experience desirable.
  • Ability to work well independently with confidence.
  • Strong administration, organisational, communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Problem solver with resilience, initiative and ability to challenge the status quo.
  • Smart pragmatic and positive approach, able to build trust and offer proactive solutions.
  • Workday and HR Shared Services experience desirable.
What do we offer in return?

A career that you define.


Yes, we offer all the usual rewards and benefits - including great healthcare provision, a wide variety of wellbeing offers, competitive salary, generous pensions and more - but we know you expect all that.


What you might not expect is a job where everyone has a voice, where volunteering in the community is part of the day job, and where everyone is encouraged to play a part towards our sustainability goals.

We want people who want to make a difference - not just in the workplace, but in the industry and in the wider community.


Our Culture:
People First

We are proud to be at the global table, but we are most proud of our culture.

It has been built on a single and constant set of principles over more than 25 years, and it has helped us become:

  • An international group with independence and people at its heart
  • A home for talent with a unique culture: the biggest small company in the world
The focus on being a People First business has always been at the very heart of the Group.

David's vision was to create an independent business with a unique culture; one that would survive and thrive as a business controlled by the people working for it.

Finding the most talented and entrepreneurial people to join the Group has been and will continue to be key.

Diversity & Inclusion

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