HR Officer

3 days ago


SouthendonSea, United Kingdom Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited Full time

HR Officer
**Your new organisation**
Southend on Sea Borough Council is a Unitary local authority, providing vital services to meet the needs of the local community. We employ around 1,800 staff who are working alongside our partners and local communities to deliver the Southend 2050 ambitionand make lives better for the people of Southend.
Working for Southend on Sea Borough Council offers a challenging and rewarding career in local government within a collaborative and innovate environment, with the benefit of flexible working practices to support a positive work life balance. As a Unitary Authoritywe are responsible for all local government functions ranging from social services, transport, public health and parks through to planning, trading standards, community safety and education, so we offer a wide range of career opportunities. The diversity ofour economy and communities and investment in a number of exciting regeneration projects makes our Council a great place to work, learn and make a difference.
**Your new role**
Southend Borough Council are looking to appoint a permanent HR Officer to join their friendly team on a full time and hybrid working basis. As a HR Officer (Shared Services) you will support and assist the continued development of the provision of a high qualityand efficient HR and Payroll service to all departments within the Council and external customers who contract the service. You will assist the HR Manager and the HR Service Manager, Advisory & Wellbeing Services, in ensuring that all HR and Payroll transactionsare processed in an efficient, effective and timely manner with minimum supervision, but within the context of priorities of the HR service. You will be working in a busy HR Service Team processing starter, leaver and other changes to employment by liaisingwith customers, managers and other 3rd parties to ensure all processes and procedures are followed accurately and in a timely manner. This role supports the delivery of monthly payroll by uploading key information onto our HR/Payroll system and drafting letters,contracts and other correspondence to customers. You will monitor, manage and respond to customer queries via a busy HR Mailbox and MS Teams until completion of the task with mínimal supervision.
As part the Shared Service Team you will be the initial point of contact for customers queries and will enable customers to resolve these through self-serve of the Council's intranet site and working in collaboration with other teams across HR.
For an informal chat about the role and/or to request a copy of the full job description, please contact Uzo Nebechi on.
**What you'll need to succeed**
To be successful in this role, it is essential that you are able to build strong working relationships and offer high levels of customer service. Attention to detail and the ability to work using your own initiative to ensure that deadlines are met will bekey. Previous HR administration experience is ideal but not essential to be successful in this post. You must have strong administration and processing skills and be confident in handling sensitive employee information via the DBS portal and be able to completeDBS checks with internal and external employees.
This is a busy role so we are looking for a self-starter who is flexible and self-motivated to join our small but busy team. This is a fantastic opportunity for an individual who enjoys all aspects of HR administration and is keen to broaden their experiencewithin a professional and welcoming team environment.
**What you'll get in return**
If you join the Council, you will enjoy a range of benefits including flexible working (with a blended approach to office and home working), salary sacrifice schemes, 24 days holiday (excluding bank holidays) and excellent training and development opportunities.A full list of benefits provided by Southend-On-Sea Borough Council can be found on the Jobs at the council web page under the "Why Work for us Tab".
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