HR Administrator: Payroll & Onboarding (12-Month Contract)

The Business Connection Group; Chester; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free city centre parking

25 days holiday + Bank Holidays

Employee Assistance Programme

Employee recognition awards

Retail discounts platform

Job summary

The Business Connection Group in Chester is seeking an HR Administrator on a 12-month maternity contract to support the employee lifecycle and payroll-related information with accuracy and confidentiality.

Based in the city centre, you will work Monday to Friday 9am-5pm, providing essential HR administrative tasks across contracts, changes, onboarding, and reporting, while adhering to data protection and company policies.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in an HR administration, payroll administration or similar is essential.
• CIPD Level 3 qualification, or working towards this.
• Strong organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines.
• Able to work accurately under pressure and recognise when matters should be escalated to a more senior member of the HR team.
• Good IT skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and Teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support across the employee lifecycle, ensuring employee records, systems, documentation and payroll-related information are maintained accurately, confidentially and in line with company policies, data protection requirements and relevant employment legislation.
• Prepare and issue employee documentation including contracts, offer letters, contractual changes, family leave correspondence and leaver documentation.
• Process and maintain information relating to new starters, leavers, employee changes, absence, benefits, pensions and other HR administration activities.
• Prepare and maintain accurate payroll-related information, ensuring all updates are completed in line with monthly payroll deadlines.
• Support recruitment administration including coordinating vacancies, arranging interviews, maintaining recruitment records and administering the Recruitment SharePoint site.
• Prepare new starter and induction materials and co-ordinate onboarding activities.
• Allocate training through the learning management system and maintain employee training records.
• Record and maintain absence information on behalf of managers where required.
• Produce routine HR reports and provide general administrative support to the wider HR team.

Skills

HR administration

Payroll administration

Interpersonal skills

IT skills

Data protection

Education

CIPD Level 3 qualification

Tools

SharePoint

LMS

Excel

Outlook

Teams

Job description

The Business Connection Group in Chester is seeking an HR Administrator on a 12-month maternity contract to support the employee lifecycle and payroll-related information with accuracy and confidentiality.

Based in the city centre, you will work Monday to Friday 9am-5pm, providing essential HR administrative tasks across contracts, changes, onboarding, and reporting, while adhering to data protection and company policies.