HR Administrator – Hybrid, Immediate Start, Temp-to-Perm

Search Consultancy; Kirkcaldy; Hybrid; GBP 16,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Search Consultancy is partnering with a leading business in Fife to recruit an HR Administrator. Based in Kirkcaldy with hybrid working available, the role offers 36 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with an ASAP start and ongoing temp contract that may become permanent.

The successful candidate will provide comprehensive administrative support to the HR team, handling payroll queries, pre-employment checks, staff records, and general HR duties across multiple functions.

Qualifications

• Previous experience within an Administration role is ESSENTIAL; HR or Recruitment Admin experience preferred
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, written and verbal
• Excellent organisation skills and ability to prioritise a busy workload
• Solid IT skills including MS Office, Excel; HR systems experience advantageous

Responsibilities

• Acting as a first point of contact for managers and employees regarding HR or payroll queries
• Investigating and escalating payroll queries to the payroll provider
• Preparing correspondence and documents for HR Advisors/Head of HR sign-off
• Admin of Long Service Awards, flexible working requests and early retirement applications
• Preparing and maintaining Excel sheets
• Collating and verifying pre-employment checks in line with policy
• Processing new starter documentation and contract changes in the HR system and submitting to payroll
• Updating staff details across the employee lifecycle
• Providing sickness and absence information to managers on request
• Assisting in HR database audits for accuracy
• Collating and maintaining electronic staff files
• General admin for the team including mail, filing, scanning; ad hoc tasks

Skills

Admin experience

HR Admin experience

MS Excel

Interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Payroll queries support

Tools

MS Office

HRIS system

Payroll system

Job description

Search Consultancy is partnering with a leading business in Fife to recruit an HR Administrator. Based in Kirkcaldy with hybrid working available, the role offers 36 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with an ASAP start and ongoing temp contract that may become permanent.

The successful candidate will provide comprehensive administrative support to the HR team, handling payroll queries, pre-employment checks, staff records, and general HR duties across multiple functions.