HR Assistant

TN United Kingdom; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Greater Manchester seeks a proactive HR Shared Services Assistant for a hybrid role. This position offers administrative support throughout the employee lifecycle and is ideal for detail-oriented individuals passionate about high-quality service. The role provides opportunities for professional development and meaningful projects within a diverse team.

Benefits

28 days holiday per annum

Free bus travel within Greater Manchester

Local Government Defined Benefit Pension Scheme

Commitment to learning and personal development

Enhanced family-friendly leave policies

Qualifications

• Detail-oriented and customer-focused professional.
• Ability to handle queries with care and process employee changes.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support across the employee lifecycle.
• Handle queries and keep operations running smoothly.

Skills

Customer Focus

Attention to Detail

Organizational Skills

Job description

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Are you a detail-oriented and customer-focused professional looking to start or grow your career in Human Resources? If you have a keen eye for detail and a passion for delivering high-quality service, this could be the perfect opportunity for you!

Your Role

At Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM), we are seeking a proactive HR Shared Services Assistant to join our dedicated People team. This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a fast-paced and varied HR environment, where you'll provide essential administrative support across the entire employee lifecycle.

This is hybrid role where you will be expected to work in the office 2 days per week.

For more information, please see the role profile at the bottom of the advert.

Who are we?

Working in our People team means making a real impact, helping colleagues thrive while ensuring that our services reflect the diverse communities we serve. This role offers invaluable development opportunities, giving individuals the chance to grow their HR expertise, engage with meaningful projects, and contribute to an organisation that has a lasting effect on Greater Manchester’s workforce and transport future.

What you’ll bring

What you do and how you do it is important whatever type of role you work in at TfGM and even small behaviours and actions can have a really big impact. At TfGM, our behaviours bring to life our values of Deliver, Care and Adapt.

We’re looking for someone who knows how to give great service someone friendly, organised, and reliable, who thrives in a fast-paced HR environment. You’ll handle queries with care, process employee changes with precision, and keep things running smoothly behind the scenes. If you enjoy helping others, have an eye for detail, and love ticking tasks off your list, you’ll fit right in.

What we can offer you

This is an up to 12 month fixed term contract covering maternity leave with a salary of £28,069 - £29,881 per annum depending on skills and experience.

At TfGM we encourage candidates to discuss flexible working options at any stage of the recruitment process.

Our benefits include:

28 days holiday per annum (plus bank holidays)

Free bus travel within Greater Manchester and free Rail or Metrolink travel to and from work within the Greater Manchester boundary

Local Government Defined Benefit Pension Scheme which includes life cover of 3x your salary and options to increase your pension contributions

Commitment to learning and personal development and upskilling with reimbursement of professional fees, where essential to the role

We promote good physical and mental health and can provide additional support to staff via our employee assistance programme when required

Enhanced family-friendly leave policies, including those supporting fertility treatment, alongside flexible and hybrid working and a special leave policy to support a range of unexpected events. Please note that qualification criteria may apply, including a requirement to have been employed with the organisation for a minimum specified period of time.

What's next?

If you believe you have the skills and experience required, we’d really like to hear from you. When completing your application, please ensure that you provide clear examples against the criteria questions, all appointments will be based on merit.

Internal candidates - check with your line manager before applying for a secondment, to make sure you can be released from your substantive role.

We embrace AI to enhance our operations and to innovate our services. However, we value human talent and are looking for passionate individuals to join our organisation. Please ensure you personally complete your application and read all the instructions carefully to maximise your chances of success.

Applications that rely too heavily on AI may be rejected during shortlisting, however we understand that AI may be used as a reasonable adjustment, if using AI to support your application, please give a brief explanation why to help ensure fair selection process.

TfGM is proud to be an equal opportunities employer that encourages and celebrates diversity. We want to recruit and retain a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and welcome individuals from all backgrounds by committing to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We will offer support and reasonable adjustments if required and we also have a Guaranteed Assessment Scheme which you can find out more information on here.

For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK - if in doubt please visit the following link Employers' right to work checklist - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Please note we are not a licensed sponsor.

Please note we may close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications.

NOTE TO AGENCIES we will be accepting direct applications only for this role. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral CV.