HR Assistant

GET STAFFED ONLINE RECRUITMENT LIMITED; Chippenham; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment firm is seeking a full-time HR Assistant to join their team in Yate, England. The successful candidate will support HR activities, manage personnel files, and engage in recruitment processes. Key qualifications include CIPD Level 3 knowledge and strong administration skills. This is an exciting opportunity for growth in a supportive environment with a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

20 days holiday + bank holidays

Workplace Pension Scheme

Life Assurance Scheme

Income Protection Scheme

Employee Health Assured Program

Staff discount on company goods

Free onsite car parking

Free annual eye test

Free tea and coffee

Qualifications

• Completion of, or working towards, CIPD Level 3 certification.
• Knowledge of employment law and eagerness to learn.
• Strong attention to detail in administrative tasks.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and manage employee personnel files.
• Respond to HR queries and provide advice.
• Support recruitment processes and onboarding activities.

Skills

CIPD Level 3

Employment law knowledge

Strong administration skills

IT literacy

High level of confidentiality

Interpersonal skills

Tact and diplomacy

Organizational skills

Tools

Microsoft Office

HR databases

Job description

HR Assistant

Location: Yate, Bristol

Salary: From £26,000 per annum (depending on experience)

Job type: Full time, Permanent (37.5 hours per week; Monday-Friday)

Our client is a Bristol based independent wholesale company, who are currently seeking a Full Time, Permanent, HR Assistant.

This is a new and exciting position, reporting to the HR Manager. You will be responsible for assisting the running of a small, but mighty, HR team offering support to all company employees and responsible for creating, implementing and maintaining company process and procedures.

This is an exciting time to join the company as they go through a period of growth. With this role there will be plenty of opportunity to grow and develop in a busy friendly working environment.

About You

The HR Assistant will be expected to have the following skills and attributes:

• Completed, or working towards CIPD Level 3 or have experience in HR.
• Knowledge of employment law and eagerness to learn new skills.
• Strong administration skills, with strong attention to detail.
• IT literate and familiarity with business software such as Microsoft Office and HR databases.
• A high level of confidentiality, awareness of GDPR and the importance of compliance.
• Strong interpersonal skills, and able to deal with difficult and sensitive situations with a professional approach.
• Friendly, helpful, and disposition with excellent people skills. Ease of building report with others.
• Tact and diplomacy.
• Highly organised with the ability to remain clam when working under pressure and to deadlines and plan own workload.

What You Will Get In Return

• 20 days holiday + bank Holidays, increasing to 25 days with length of service
• Workplace Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance Scheme – enrolment from day 1 of employment
• Income Protection Scheme – enrolment from day 1 of employment
• Access to Employee Health Assured Program (EAP)
• Staff discount on company goods
• Free onsite car parking and covered bicycle rack
• Free annual eye test
• Free tea and coffee and occasional cake!

The Role

This is a hands‑on, busy HR role. As a small team, you will be expected to get involved in a variety of HR activities with lots of opportunities to learn and grow. Some of the key activities will be:

• Maintain, amend and manage employee personnel files.
• Respond to HR queries and provide general advice to managers and employees.
• Support managers and employees on HR related issues including notetaking for HR related meetings across sites.
• Manage HR database, inputting data and completing reports.
• Log and file employee absence, identifying any absence trends and reporting these to the Department Manager.
• Support the HR Manager with the recruitment process, writing job adverts, advertising on job boards and social media, sourcing candidates, liaising with Department Managers, CV screening, arranging and conducting interviews, and collating paperwork providing feedback.
• Raise and issue offer paperwork for new joiners.
• Organise onboarding from offer letters to inductions, ensuring all paperwork is completed and returned in a timely manner.
• Arrange temporary agency staff as and when required.
• Source and schedule induction / training courses and provide training materials / confirmations. Review and update skills matrix with management assistance as and when required.

So interested? If this sounds like the ideal step in your HR career, then apply today with an up‑to‑date CV.