HR Administrator

**HR Administrator** | 3 month FTC | Circa £28,000 (pro-rated) + excellent benefits | Hybrid | Part-time

**We’re hiring**

Are you ready to join us during an exciting and busy period for our business? We’re looking for an experienced HR Administrator to support our People team on a 3 month fixed term contract. This role offers part-time hours, ideally 20-25 hours per week.

We are seeking a highly organised and detail-oriented individual experienced in administrative support and handling confidential information.

Do you thrive on preparing correspondence to a high standard, coordinating starters, leavers, and change processes, and supporting the induction and onboarding of new employees? Are you a whiz at accurately collating data within tight deadlines? If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you

**Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities**
- Provide administration support and prepare routine & accurate correspondence such as contractual changes, reference letters.
- Co-ordinate and ensure that starters/leavers/change processes are initiated and followed, providing support as required with induction and onboarding of new employees.
- Assist with arranging promotion of benefits events and raise purchase orders for HR activities as required.
- Support the co-ordination of online DBS checks and arrangement of regular health surveillance medical appointments.
- Assist with co-ordinating and recording training activity and provide L&D admin support as required.
- Provide support on an ad hoc basis to the team in relation to collating information for project based work and broader HR activities.

**Essential skills and experience we think you’ll need to be successful**
- Technical Skills: A high standard of knowledge in relation to MS Office 365 and IT literacy. The ability to mail merge from Excel into Word would be highly advantageous.
- Administrative Skills: Strong organisational abilities, attention to detail, confidentiality and proficiency in managing databases and documentation.
- Interpersonal Skills: Ability to build relationships and work collaboratively with others.
- Communication Skills: Effective verbal and written communication is crucial for interacting with employees, management, and external partners.
- Work Experience: Experience in HR roles, such as operational HR, recruitment, payroll, and/or employee relations.
- Technical Skills: Familiarity with HR software and tools.
- HR Policies and Procedures: Understanding of HR practices and employment laws.

**About you**

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**Perks & Benefits**

Salary - Circa £28,000 (pro-rated) dependent on skills & experience.
- 10% non-contributory pension
- 29 days holiday (inclusive of Christmas shutdown) + public holidays (pro-rated for part-time)
- Group Life Assurance (equal to 3 x basic salary)
- Group Income Protection (after 2 years’ service)
- Moneyhealth’s Financial Coaching & Wellbeing Platform
- Health Cash Plan (cash back on eligible medical treatments)
- Reward & Recognition Programme
- Discounted gym membership
- Sports & Social club
- Payroll charitable giving
- Subsidised on-site restaurant
- Free on-site parking

**When we work**

Our standard working hours are** 8:30 - 16:30** Monday - Thursday, **8:30 - 15:45** Fridays. (_Please note that this is a part-time role, ideally 20-25 hours per week. Talk to us about flexible working if this doesn’t quite suit you - we take work-life balance seriously)_

**How we work**

We understand the benefits of remote and in-person collaboration, and therefore have a hybrid working model - you’ll be expected to work from our office in Thatcham at least two days per week.

**What we do**

At the cutting edge of automotive research in the UK, Thatcham Research has a unique role in shaping the design of new vehicles and influencing ever higher standards of safety, security and repair.

With an on-site Crash Laboratory, Repair Technology Centre and Training Academy, our research expertise is driving some of the very latest automotive developments in technology, materials and standards in this fast moving and highly technical industry. Our active safety track site is one of the leading accredited Euro NCAP testing facilities, trialling and assessing the very latest developments in vehicle safety and assistance technologies.

**Our Values**

**Our Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging**

We are dedicated to fostering an inclusive workplace which values diversity and embraces each individual's authentic self. We are proud to champion a culture where colleagues freely share their diverse perspectives, recognising that these contribute to our innovative spirit. Our journey of growth and understanding is continuous as we actively invest in diversity training, workshops, and partnerships to ensure positive change.

Beyond our silver membership in the Automotive 30% Club, we collaborate with various organisations to advance equity not only in gender but also across ethnicity,