HR Administration Assistant – 12 Months Fixed Term Contract

Addleshaw Goddard; Manchester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading law firm in Manchester is seeking a hardworking HR administrative assistant to support the global HR team. Responsibilities include managing HR lifecycle activities and payroll processes, ensuring compliance with service level agreements. The ideal candidate has a background in customer service, strong IT skills, and exceptional attention to detail. Join us to be part of a diverse and inclusive team that values personal growth and collaboration.

Qualifications

• Experience in a professional or commercial environment.
• Strong analytical skills with data manipulation experience.
• Demonstrable experience in working on service level agreements.

Responsibilities

• Provide diverse administration service in HR and Payroll.
• Ensure accurate payroll data entry for new starters and leavers.
• Liaise with payroll teams to resolve related queries.

Skills

Customer service experience

Operational administration experience

Attention to detail

Strong IT skills

Analytical skills

Ability to manage workload

Tools

HR systems

Excel

Job description

We are looking for a hardworking and reliable HR administrative assistant to join our ambitious Human Resources Administration dream team!

Your job will be working directly within our HR Administration team to provide support to the global HR team by performing a variety of tasks adhering to standard processes, ensuring the service is provided in an efficient and effective manner, in line with service level agreements. In this position, you will be involved in the full employee life cycle from onboarding right the way through to retiring.

What You’ll Do

• Delivers a diverse administration service which includes (but may not be limited to) Core HR lifecycle activity and Core Payroll activity for a number of different regions.
• Ensures all new starter, lifecycle changes and leavers are entered into the HR/Payroll systems in an accurate and timely fashion to meet payroll deadlines, allowing for accurate and timely payments via the payroll team.
• Provides advice to employees and managers on general HR and payroll related queries and how to access and use the HR system and other information sources.
• Liaises with the in-house and outsourced payroll teams to investigate and resolve any payroll related queries and issues.
• Provides feedback on a regular basis and identifies opportunities for improvements in our processes and automated functionality of the HR system.

Who We’re Looking For

• Customer service or operational administration experience within a professional or commercial environment
• Exceptional attention to detail in all aspects of work produced.
• Strong IT skills including use of complex HR systems and Excel, highly analytical with the ability to manipulate data as required.
• Experience of working to strict deadlines and managing a varied, changing & busy workload.
• Previous demonstrable experience of working within and delivering on service level agreements.
• Experience of liaising with third party suppliers to resolve issues.

Why Choose Us?

Addleshaw Goddard is a place where you are not just valued but encouraged to reach your full potential. Our culture promotes improvement, growth, and collaboration, making us the natural choice for top‑tier clients. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our employees.

Interested? If this role sounds like your next career step, we'd love to hear from you. Click the Apply button to view the full role profile on our website and start your application!