HR Administrator: Payroll & Onboarding Lead

Confidential; Chester; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Employer pension scheme

Private healthcare

Life assurance

Income protection

Critical illness cover

Wellbeing programme

Career development

Job summary

Confidential, based in Chester, is seeking an HR Administrator to support day-to-day operations of the HR team in an industrial and manufacturing environment. You will handle contracts, payroll data, onboarding, and employee records while ensuring accuracy and confidentiality.

You will coordinate with our outsourced payroll provider, assist with recruitment activities, and look for ways to improve HR processes.

Qualifications

• Experience in an HR Administrator/HR Assistant role.
• Experience using HRIS to maintain employee records and lifecycle changes.
• Proven experience preparing payroll information for monthly payroll processing.
• Experience working with an outsourced payroll provider.
• Excellent organisational skills with high accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines, priorities and routine HR/payroll tasks.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive HR administrative support including contracts, amendments, absence documentation, and employee correspondence.
• Assist onboarding and offboarding, ensuring documentation, compliance checks and HR system updates.
• Maintain accurate employee records and HR databases with confidentiality.
• Prepare and submit monthly payroll information (starters, leavers, salary amendments, absences).
• Liaise with outsourced payroll provider to resolve queries and ensure timely submission.
• Review payroll reports and investigate discrepancies prior to processing.
• Administer employee benefits and respond to HR/payroll queries.
• Support recruitment and lifecycle activities including interview scheduling, offers, and pre-employment checks.
• Handle confidential employee information with discretion and professionalism.
• Identify opportunities to improve HR processes and administrative efficiency.

Skills

HR administration

Payroll coordination

Confidentiality

Organisational skills

Communication

MS Office

Education

CIPD Level 3 (or studying)

Tools

HRIS (Cascade/HiBob)

Payroll systems

Microsoft Excel/Office

Job description

Confidential, based in Chester, is seeking an HR Administrator to support day-to-day operations of the HR team in an industrial and manufacturing environment. You will handle contracts, payroll data, onboarding, and employee records while ensuring accuracy and confidentiality.

You will coordinate with our outsourced payroll provider, assist with recruitment activities, and look for ways to improve HR processes.