Associate HR Operations

Evotec WD; Macclesfield; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Evotec is seeking an HR Advisor to deliver high-quality HR administration across the full employee lifecycle, including Workday transactions, at Alderley Park, Macclesfield with a hybrid pattern (3 days on site). You will maintain records and support key HR programmes to ensure a positive employee experience.

You will provide first-line HR guidance to managers and staff, administer benefits and payroll changes, and contribute to audits and HR projects while upholding confidentiality and data

Qualifications

• Significant experience in human resources.
• Knowledge of UK employment law and regulations.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong organisational skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and HRIS software.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information.
• Candidates must have the right to work in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Managing the full employee lifecycle through Workday, including onboarding, employee changes, transfers, promotions, salary updates and leaver processes.
• Maintaining accurate employee records and HR data, ensuring compliance with data protection and company policies.
• Providing first-line HR support and guidance to managers and employees on HR policies, procedures and systems.
• Administering employee benefits, payroll-related changes and ensuring timely and accurate processing of HR transactions.
• Supporting cyclical HR activities, including merit reviews, long service awards, annual processes and other people programmes.
• Producing HR data, supporting audits, and contributing to HR projects and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

HR experience

UK employment law

Communication

Organization

MS Office

HRIS

Confidentiality

Right to work in UK

Education

Bachelor's in HR

CIPD (preferred)

Tools

Workday

MS Office

HRIS software

Job description

Job Title: HR Advisor

Location: Alderley Park, Macclesfield (Hybrid – 3 days on site)

Reports to: HR Operations Team Leader

Job Summary: As part of the HR Operations team, the HR Advisor delivers high-quality, customer-focused HR administration across the full employee lifecycle. The role manages Workday transactions, maintains accurate employee records, and supports key HR programmes and annual people processes to ensure a positive employee experience.

Responsibilities

• Managing the full employee lifecycle through Workday, including onboarding, employee changes, transfers, promotions, salary updates and leaver processes.
• Maintaining accurate employee records and HR data, ensuring compliance with data protection and company policies.
• Providing first-line HR support and guidance to managers and employees on HR policies, procedures and systems.
• Administering employee benefits, payroll-related changes and ensuring timely and accurate processing of HR transactions.
• Supporting cyclical HR activities, including merit reviews, long service awards, annual processes and other people programmes.
• Producing HR data, supporting audits, and contributing to HR projects and continuous improvement initiatives.

Requirements

• Must have significant experience within human resources.
• Knowledge of UK employment law and regulations.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong organisational skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and HRIS software.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information.
• Candidates must have the right to work in the UK.

Preferred qualifications (not a requirement)

Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business Administration, or related field CIPD qualification in People Management

FR : Dans le cadre de sa politique Diversité, Evotec étudie, à compétences égales, toutes les candidatures dont celles des personnes en situation de handicap.

EN: In the frame of our Diversity policy, Evotec considers, with equal competences, all applications including people with disabilities.

IT: In compliance with fundamental ethical and professional principles and with Legislative Decree 198/2006, Evotec is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to fostering a safe, diverse, and inclusive workplace built on mutual respect. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified candidates and employees based on their skills, experience, and professional qualifications. In line with our ethical and professional principles, all employment-related decisions, including recruitment and selection processes, are made fairly and without any form of discrimination. All qualified candidates will be considered for employment regardless of race, color, sex, age, disability, genetic information, gender expression, gender identity, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law.

Established in 1999, Cyprotex has over 150 staff based at its sites in the UK (Alderley Park in Cheshire) and in the USA (Watertown, MA).

We operate as a contract research organisation and we have over 1700 customers worldwide within industries such as the pharmaceutical, cosmetics and personal care and the chemical and agrichemical markets.

Outstanding customer service excellence and quality are key focuses of the business.

In addition to our customer projects, we invest heavily in Research and Development of new techniques – many of these projects are exploring new in vitro or in silico methods to understand how chemicals or new pharmaceuticals may behave in humans in terms of their safety or efficacious effects.

Cyprotex is a growing and successful business and we are constantly recruiting for motivated and hardworking staff who thrive within a dynamic and vibrant organisation.

We are committed to providing an environment where employees can learn and develop their skills and are recognised and rewarded for the contribution they make to the Company.

Much of our work is performed in multi-disciplinary project teams that enables exchange of ideas and knowledge, enabling people to develop and take on additional responsibility either within the team or across teams in the business.