Human Resources Assistant

12 hours ago


Edinburgh Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom Venesky Brown Full time

Venesky-Brown’s client, a public sector organisation in Edinburgh, is currently looking to recruit an HR & Payroll Assistant for a contract until 31 December 2024 on a rate of £13.38/hour PAYE.


Must have a Disclosure Scotland or be willing to apply for one.

Role is Hybrid with 2 days in the office each week.

The successful candidate needs to be self-sufficient and motivated

Responsibilities:

- Coordination of the various HR & Payroll inboxes, escalating complex queries to HR Officers or Payroll Officers

- Supporting both HR and Payroll Officers with accurately updating our HR Management system with any changes to employee and payroll records

- Input and payroll calculation checking

- Proficiency in annual leave and salary calculations

- Delivering administrative work to a high standard and on time

- Taking notes for internal meetings, Disciplinary, Dispute Resolution and Attendance Management cases and swiftly producing accurate, high-quality, formal notes

- Supporting the HR Officers and Resourcing Manager with administrative recruitment and selection related activities, delivering a high standard of administrative support to internal and external customers throughout the recruitment process

- Maintaining good records management practices through regular filing into our online records management system, SharePoint, following the department’s retention schedule and assisting with regular file cleansing.

- Undertaking other ad hoc tasks and duties as requested by HR Managers, People Services Lead, People Partner or Head of People Services.

- Supporting project work on areas such as testing our HR System and administrative tasks

Essential Skills:

- Previous experience of data entry, processing and analysing large volumes of data accurately

- Able to demonstrate a pro-active approach to work and the ability to prioritise a busy workload and self-manage your time

- General office/administration experience

- Demonstrable strong written communication skills, including experience of formal notetaking, with the ability to produce high quality, accurate notes

- Proficient in the use of Microsoft packages, specifically Outlook, Word, Excel and Teams


Desirable Skills:

- Proven track record of taking the initiative in order to deliver an excellent, customer focussed service

- Experience of using web-based HR systems

- Experience of using SharePoint

If you would like to hear more about this opportunity please get in touch.



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