HR Operations Assistant

3 days ago

Didcot, United Kingdom UK Research and Innovation Full time

**HR Operations Assistant**

**Salary**: £25,702 per annum (dependent on skills and experience).
**Hours**:Full time
**Contract Type**: Open Ended
**Location**:Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxford

**About Us**

The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) is one of Europe's largest science research organisations. We're trusted to support, enable and undertake pioneering projects in an amazing diversity of fields. Through world-class facilities and people,we're driving ground-breaking advances in science and technology.
STFC is one of nine organisations that have been brought together to create UK Research and Innovation (UKRI); a new organisation with a vision to ensure the UK maintains its world-leading position in research and innovation.

**Key Responsibilities include**:

- Provide advice to employees and managers' on STFC policy and processes
- Champion the use of HR self-service options to provide assistance to line managers and employees on generic HR policy and process queries
- Handle, manage and analyse data where required, and to run Management Information reports to assist with the smooth running of the department and also in support of initiatives within the department
- Support HR Advisors from time to time in the management of personal cases, for example acting as a note taker at formal meetings and making arrangements for attendance at those meetings
- Ensure all transactional activities relating to At Work and Leaving Work are approved and submitted for processing to the UK SBS in an accurate and timely manner and within payroll cut off deadlines
- Support HR initiatives and internal and major (Transformation) projects, as appropriate
- Manage STFC flexible working system alongside other HR Assistants, setting up new starters, answering queries and dealing with challenging enquiries and solving them
- Contribute to the discussions of the HR team, as a result of keeping up to date with professional developments and trends, in the introduction and operation of best practice business processes
- Deliver basic manager skills training
- Look for opportunities to continuously improve in-house HR related processes, also in conjunction with the UKSBS
- The role requires the post holder to display the confidence to act independently and decisively, including being able to judge when to refer elsewhere for advice.
- Lead and support activities such as Instant Award and In Year Award schemes.
- Support local and cross council project work
- Lead and support probation administration tasks for STFC

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