People and Culture Assistant

**Starting Salary**:£12,510 (£20,850 full time equivalent)

**Job Type**: Permanent

**Location**: Lancaster, with flexibility on work location where possible however some office attendance will be required

**Contracted Hours**: 21 hours per week, worked Monday to Friday - pattern of hours is flexible.

**Are you a HR Administrator looking for your next opportunity to progress in HR? Or perhaps you are an experienced administrator wanting to make the move into HR? We want to hear from you.**

**About the team**

In the role of People and Culture Assistant, you will undertake administrative tasks to ensure the smooth running of the People and Culture team. You will also get to be involved in administering wellbeing and engagement activities. This role is definitely varied and you will continually learn new things. The team will value your input and there will be lots of opportunities to put forward your ideas to improve the employee life cycle in line with our strategic aims.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to join our team, and in return, we can provide you with flexible working, personalised development plans and the ‘feel good’ factor, knowing that what you do makes a difference.

We’re a successful educational charity, the type of company that you’d want to tell your friends about. We have also won an Employer of the Year Award and you can find out what our employees have to say about working at Ascentis by watching this video or reading some testimonials on our careers page

In this role you will:

- You will have great attention to detail to ensure accuracy when undertaking administrative duties such as drafting letters and documentation. These tasks are pivotal in supporting a range of People and Culture processes relating to (but not restricted to) joiners and leavers, promotions, fixed-term contracts, flexible working, family-related leave, and compassionate leave.
- Exhibit digital fluency when maintaining and updating the People and Culture system, including updating employee records, processing joiners and leavers, updating annual leave and service awards, running reports, undertaking data checks and audits and any other reasonable duties
- You will be passionate about providing first-line advice/training to managers regarding recruitment processes on our new applicant tracking system, general process and initial stages of absences.
- You will be a team player ensuring you support your team members when needed as our team has a one-team ethos and we will always help each other.

The full Job Description can be found by clicking here.

**So, what are you waiting for?**

If you like the sound of the role and the organisation, and you think the below attributes describe you well, then we would love to hear from you.
- Qualified to GCSE level 4 or above, or equivalent, in English and Maths
- Ability to communicate effectively with people at all levels of seniority in an organisation, both verbally and in writing, to provide excellent customer service
- Experienced and confident user of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft PowerPoint
- Experience of writing letters
- Ability to organise and prioritise work with experience of achieving agreed targets and working to deadlines
- Ability to work both independently and with others in a team

If you have the following attributes, then we’d be even more impressed:

- CIPD Level 3 Qualification
- Previous experience in an HR or Recruitment role
- Experience of accurately inputting to an HR system
- Experience of taking notes

**Further Information and How to Apply**

**A little more about who we are**

We are proud to be one of the UK’s leading educational charity groups, encompassing an awarding organisation, a provider of dyslexia intervention software and an online training organisation. Our enthusiastic people bring genuine passion and natural energy to everything that they do and through their infectious energy they transform the lives of thousands of people each year through the power of education. It has never been a more exciting time to join The Ascentis Group as we continue on our journey of growth across the UK and overseas.

The Ascentis Group is made up of brilliant people, unique in terms of background, personality, characteristics, experience and skill. We value our people for the differences they bring to the table and believe this diversity is powerful. We are an equal opportunities employer and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.

**Benefits**
- 25 days annual leave plus 8 public holidays, plus an additional day off on your Birthday after completion of probation period, days gifted during the Christmas period, increased annual leave with