HR Administrator

Wates Group; London; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading family-owned business is looking for a passionate HR Administrator to join their team in London. This role will provide crucial administrative support throughout the employee life cycle, enhancing data integrity and communication within the HR department. Ideal candidates will have experience in a busy HR environment and possess qualifications such as CIPD Level 3.

Qualifications

• Administrative experience gained in a busy HR team.
• Qualified to CIPD Level 3 is ideal.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage high volume queries/tasks from employees.
• Fulfilling the onboarding process from offer to first day.
• Process changes to employees’ terms and conditions.

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Education

CIPD Level 3

Job description

The Vacancy

Do you have a passion for working with people? Are you a highly organised individual who is looking to grow and develop in a well-established family run business?

The Vacancy

Do you have a passion for working with people? Are you a highly organised individual who is looking to grow and develop in a well-established family run business?

We have a great opportunity for a HR Administrator to join our WPS team based in our Finsbury Park office, where you will be providing administrative support to managers and employees within our Wates Property Services Business.

Wates are a flexible employer so we can offer a hybrid working environment for this role.

The HR Administrator’s role is to support the end to end employee life cycle in an efficient and customer focused manner through effective administration and assistance on all employee related HR transactional processes, ensuring data integrity and input of employee information into the our HR database.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage high volume queries/tasks from employees, external organisations and former employees received via our case management system through to resolution within agreed service level agreement timescales
• Fulfilling the onboarding process from offer stage through to the first day of employment, including contract creation, compliance checks, and first day check-ins
• Process changes to employees’ terms and conditions including, change of job title, hours, salary, promotions, bonuses etc, ensuring the required approvals are obtained, the Payroll Team are notified, and contractual changes are confirmed to the employee in writing
• To ensure leaver administration is actioned accurately and in a timely manner, to provide employees with experience a smooth and problem free exit from the business
• Maintain the HR database and investigate and resolve discrepancies with personal and contractual l data
• Maintain process trackers to ensure an up-to-date record of transactions is kept
• To ensure compliance with HR Policies and Procedures, HR governance, and relevant service level agreements
• To provide guidance to Line Managers and employees on Wates’ policies and procedures / best practice, referring more complex enquiries to a HR Advisor or HR Business Partner
• Conducting diarised and ad-hoc audits to ensure data accuracy is maintained
• To respond to all external reference requests ensuring compliance with Data Protection legislation working alongside our external provider
• Provide feedback and suggestions for improvement to the HR Delivery Manager and Senior HR Operations Manager to support process efficiency
• Support ad-hoc and periodic tasks including pay review, bonus payments and audits
  
  

We are looking for you to already have administrative experience gained in a busy HR team and ideally qualified to CIPD Level 3. Alongside this you will have excellent written and oral communication skills; able to communicate with people at all levels and be highly motivated with an attention to detail.

Given the nature of this position, you will need to undergo a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) at offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be assessed individually, and we assure you that we do not discriminate based on an applicant's criminal record or the details of any disclosed offenses. Additionally, certain roles may be subject to additional pre-employment checks.

To learn more about the checks included in this process, please click on the following link: National Security Vetting

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies. Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:

Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.

Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.

Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in, and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer. We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.

Work for Wates

Wates Group is one of the largest, and most successful family-owned private construction, development, and property services companies in the UK. We are building a place to work where everyone belongs, by one small act of inclusion at a time. We celebrate difference and welcome diversity.

As a responsible and inclusive employer, we are committed to equality and are proud to have been recognised for this through a range of accolades including gold accreditation with Investors in People, we are also a Disability Confident employer. Being a family owned, business means we understand and value long term relationships.

The Wates Group are committed to three ambitious environmental targets for 2025: Zero Waste, and Zero Carbon, from our operations and Positive Nature Enhancement. Wates are pushing to take a leading role in reducing our industry’s environmental impact.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Human Resources

• Industries

  Construction

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