HR Admin Assistant

**About the role**

The HR Department has a centralised HR Admin Team based in Banbury covering the overall HR administration requirements for 6 areas within the UK. The areas are split between three core HR Admin Assistants; primary areas will be assigned although there isan expectation to support administration across all areas as necessary. The role of HR Admin Assistant reports into the HR Admin Manager also based in Banbury.

The main purpose of this role is to support the business (Managers and colleagues) by completing HR administration tasks and providing HR information, ensuring excellent delivery of the core People agenda; cultivating and reinforcing Best/Booker as A Placeto Get On and a Great Place to Work where **Everyone is Welcome**.

**Role Responsibility**
- Primary HR Admin contact for 2 areas, whilst also supporting the wider team
- Provide first line HR policy/benefits information
- Creating and maintaining colleague records; joiners, movers, leavers etc.
- Providing information on HR admin processes and updating Line Managers on HR admin process changes
- Completing recruitment administration, including contract generation via our online system
- Supporting ad hoc recruitment activity for specific campaigns
- Validating Right to Work checks completed by Line Managers, ensuring we uphold all legal compliances
- Administering the process of formal colleague meetings
- Producing colleague facing letters (formal meeting letters, maternity, welfare etc)
- Track and document absences: provide absence history information to Managers
- Maintain and distribute absence dashboard
- Uploading new starters to Occupational Health for the medical questionnaire, monitoring completion and following up with site-based HR teams and managers
- Analysing HR data and completing/developing HR data reports relevant for Line Managers, parent company and the HR team
- Undertake other duties that may from time to time prove necessary

**You will need**

**Operational skills relevant for this job**:

- Approachable with a high focus on great customer service
- Pride in their work, showing a high level of attention to detail
- Ability to prioritise tasks, providing a responsive service in a high-volume admin office
- Clear sense of ownership and an ability to follow through tenaciously to resolve issues

**Experience relevant for this job**:

- Good written, verbal and listening communication skills
- Tact and discretion with an ability to work in a confidential environment
- Ability to work on your own initiative and as part of a team with a flexible approach

Working pattern is Monday to Friday 08:00 to 16:00 hours

**Whats in it for you**

**Benefits**: Pension, 29 days holiday pro rata, Healthcare Cash Plan, Personal Accident Scheme

**The additional Benefits of being part of the BEST team**
- 20% discount on F&F Clothing
- 10% discount on Tesco Café
- 10% Booker discount
- 25% discount at Burger King, Pizza Express, ASK, Zizzi and Coco Di Mama
- 25% discount at Pizza Hut after 3pm
- 15% discount at TGI Fridays Monday to Thursday

**About The Company**

Be part of something special. Join our team at Booker.

Booker is the UK’s leading food & drink wholesaler. We are privileged to serve independent retailers, caterers and small businesses, from locations across the country.

Booker Group comprises of Booker Wholesale, Makro, Booker Direct, Classic Drinks, Ritter Courivaud and Chef Direct. Our customers include Premier, Family Shopper, Budgens and Londis retailers and we have one shared aim - improving choice, price and servicefor all our customers.

Our business is incredibly diverse, so it takes a wide range of skills to deliver the exceptional service our customers require.

Wherever you join us, you’ll be part of an organisation that will help your career to keep moving forward.

*Booker Group is part of Tesco plc, however is operated separately from the core Tesco business and as such the benefits offered will be different from those offered at Tesco*