HR Assistant

Irwin Mitchell; England; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading national law firm is seeking an HR Assistant for a 6-month fixed term contract. This role offers exposure to various HR activities and the opportunity to develop skills in a supportive environment. Key responsibilities include onboarding new staff, processing HR compliance, and responding to HR queries. Ideal candidates will have previous experience in HR administration and a professional approach to teamwork.

Benefits

Flexible by Choice programme

Well-being initiatives

Diversity and inclusion support

Qualifications

• Ability to handle HR compliance checks and coordinate onboarding processes.
• Experience in managing ad-hoc HR queries from employees.
• Demonstrated discretion and tact in a professional setting.

Responsibilities

• Generate and process offer paperwork.
• Check HR compliance and coordinate checks on new joiners.
• Onboard new starters and coordinate internal moves.
• Handle a variety of HR queries including absences and holiday requests.
• Collaborate with payroll to resolve employee queries.

Skills

Professional and approachable manner

Team player

Ability to work quickly, efficiently and accurately

Confidence to help colleagues at all levels

Previous HR admin experience

Knowledge of pre-employment screening checks

Job description

We’re a national law firm with a local reach. Our legal experts are here for you. Whether it’s personal or business, we understand that everyone’s situation is different. But we’re more than just a law firm – we’re a team of people working together to help individuals and businesses navigate life’s ups and downs. Working here you’ll feel a part of our friendly and inclusive environment.

We’ll value you for who you are and what you bring. We support each other and push boundaries to achieve incredible things and make a real difference to our clients and communities.

As a HR Assistant, you’ll join our friendly People Services team. Even though the team is small, they’re always busy handling all sorts of HR related requests and queries. Day-to-day tasks are split equally amongst the team, so you’ll have exposure to a wide variety of HR activity right from the beginning.

This role is a 6 month fixed term contract, with potential to be extended.

What’s in it for you?

This role will give you the opportunity to see first-hand how HR operates in a large professional services environment and play an important part in providing an excellent service to the business. If you’re keen to gain HR experience, this is a great team to join as you’ll deal with a variety of HR administrative tasks on a daily basis. You’ll also have monthly one to ones with your Team Leader, so you can build your experience and begin to develop your skills in HR.

What you’ll be doing:

• Generating and processing offer paperwork
• Checking HR compliance, right to work documents and coordinating checks on new joiners
• Onboarding of new starters, as well as helping to coordinate internal moves and leavers
• Handling a variety of ad-hoc queries from the business including absences, holiday requests, family leave and queries about using the HR system
• Working closely with other areas of HR and payroll to resolve colleagues’ queries as quickly and as seamlessly as possible

What we're looking for:

• A professional and approachable manner, and an ability to work with discretion and tact
• A great team player, with a willingness to get involved and share best practice
• An ability to work quickly, efficiently and accurately
• The confidence to help our colleagues at all levels across the whole business including working well with the wider HR team
• Previous HR admin experience
• Knowledge of pre-employment screening checks and right to work

We also offer a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you’re fully supported. This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements.

We have been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2024!

Our responsible business programmes are fundamental to who we are and our purpose. We’re committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish, and we have established a number of inclusion network groups across our business to support this aim.

Our commitment to Social Responsibility, community investment activity and tackling climate change is a fundamental part of who we are. It’s made up of four strands: Our People, Our Community, Our Environment and Our Pro Bono.

As part of the Irwin Mitchell Group’s on-boarding process all successful applicants are required to complete the group’s employment screening process. This process helps to ensure that all new employees meet our standards in relation to honesty and integrity therefore protecting the interests of the Group, colleagues, clients, partners and other stakeholders.

We carry out pre employment screening to establish your eligibility to work in the UK, criminal record and financial checks with our trusted 3rd parties. The employment screening process will fully comply with Data Protection and other applicable laws.

Irwin Mitchell LLP is an equal opportunity employer.