HR Assistant

3 months ago

Heywood, United Kingdom James Cargo Fulfilment Full time

We are looking for an HR Assistant to join our HR team and provide support to the existing HR Assistant and HR Manager. To be successful in this role, you should be highly organised, have a friendly approach but confidential manner is required, hard-working and have a willingness to support other departments as and when required.

Key Responsibilities

Employment HR
- Processing new starters, preparing and issuing employment contracts, ensuring all necessary forms are completed and arranging online courses
- Conducting 5-year background checks on new starters
- Compiling and maintaining paper, digital and electronic employee records including holiday and sickness leave
- The ability to process the payroll and process leavers if required
- Entering employee data into the HR system and ensuring records are maintained and kept up to date
- Continuously learn the latest HR best practices to improve workplace efficiency
- Collating and processing weekly timesheets
- Managing temporary recruitment agencies, overseeing and collating weekly timesheets, scanning information to the agency and responding to queries as required
- Handling dismissals, grievances, disciplinaries and welfare meetings as they arise
- Work together with Employment Lawyers or seek legal advice as required
- Annual Performance reviews for employees Health & Safety
- Compliance with Health and Safety and employee wellbeing including risk assessments, warehouse accreditation, maintaining staff records, booking and overseeing staff training
- Work together with the General/ Warehouse Manager to review all work procedures and ensure they meet Health & Safety standards
- Conducting in house training on Health & Safety awareness
- Responsible for staff inductions and first day walk arounds
- Stay up to date with Health & Safety regulations

Other
- Providing administrative support to the warehouse team and other admin staff as required
- Managing sensitive and confidential information
- Eagerness and willingness to learn and develop within the role

Skill and Qualities
- Previous HR and Health & Safety knowledge
- Min GCSE requirement
- CIPD or working towards preferable but no essential
- Ability to work accurately, under pressure to tight deadlines, be motivated, work flexibly, be open-minded and have a positive pragmatic attitude
- Ability to work unsupervised, prioritise own work and resolve queries.
- Excellent communication skills and conflict resolution
- Excellent organisational and problem-solving skills
- Strong IT skills
- Impeccable writing skills and attention to detail

Please be advised that the Company reserves the right to amend the requirements and responsibilities of this role, and that in addition to the requirements and responsibilities listed above, you may be required to perform additional (or other functions) that are considered necessary to meet the needs of the Company

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £26,000.00-£27,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus scheme
- Commission pay
- Performance bonus
- Tips
- Yearly bonus

**Experience**:

- Human resources: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

- CIPD (preferred)

Ability to Commute:

- Heywood (required)

Ability to Relocate:

- Heywood: Relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person

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