HR Assistant

Essential Employment; Crewe; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Essential Employment in Crewe is seeking an HR Assistant on a temporary contract to support safeguarding and recruitment activities. The role operates on a PAYE basis with a stated hourly rate of £14.36.

You will coordinate job adverts with hiring managers, schedule interviews, issue offers, and manage pre-employment checks and documentation. The role includes transitioning agency workers to permanent roles and handling a high-volume workload across multiple vacancies.

Qualifications

• Carry out budget checks and approval processes to support recruitment activity.
• Coordinate and schedule interviews, ensuring a positive candidate experience.
• Prepare and issue offers of employment to successful candidates.
• Support managers to complete all necessary pre-employment checks in line with safeguarding and safer recruitment requirements.
• Obtain and manage all pre-employment documentation and clearances for successful applicants.
• Support the transition of agency workers into permanent employment opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Oversee a high-volume recruitment workload, typically managing 10 candidates simultaneously across multiple vacancies.
• Maintain accurate records and monitoring systems to track recruitment activity and pre-employment check timescales.
• Act as a key point of expertise on safeguarding and safer recruitment processes, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation, policies and procedures.

Skills

Budget checks

Interview scheduling

Offer letters

Pre-employment checks

Safeguarding compliance

Agency worker transition

Records management

High-volume recruitment

Tools

Applicant Tracking System

Job description

HR Assistant needed in Crewe, £14.36ph PAYE – Reference: 5304148

Providing 360 support for children’s safeguarded recruitment, including (but not limited to):

• Carry out budget checks and approval processes to support recruitment activity.


• Work collaboratively with hiring managers to create engaging and attractive job advertisements.


• Coordinate and schedule interviews, ensuring a positive candidate experience.


• Prepare and issue offers of employment to successful candidates.


• Support managers to complete all necessary pre-employment checks in line with safeguarding and safer recruitment requirements.


• Obtain and manage all pre-employment documentation and clearances for successful applicants.


• Support the transition of agency workers into permanent employment opportunities.


• Manage agency worker engagement and records through the candidate management system.


• Oversee a high-volume recruitment workload, typically managing 10 candidates simultaneously across multiple vacancies.


• Maintain accurate records and monitoring systems to track recruitment activity and pre-employment check timescales.


• Act as a key point of expertise on safeguarding and safer recruitment processes, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation, policies and procedures.

This is a full time role on a temporary contract basis.

All our roles may be subject to pre-employment checks including references so please beprepared.

Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.