HR Assistant

Hays Human Resources; England; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading HR organization is seeking an HR Assistant in Cheltenham for a temporary to permanent role. The position offers an opportunity to join a supportive HR team, providing comprehensive HR support throughout the employee lifecycle. Candidates should be CIPD Level 3 qualified with prior HR experience, and organizational skills are essential.

Benefits

Excellent pension scheme

Generous holiday entitlement, starting at 26 days

Flexible working options

Health Plan with various supports

Cycle to work scheme

Local staff discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in maintaining HR systems and providing first-line HR support.
• Solid understanding of current employment law and HR best practices.
• Highly organized with a track record in HR roles.

Responsibilities

• Provide all-round HR support including recruitment, onboarding, training, and offboarding.
• First port of call for HR queries and maintaining accurate database records.
• Conduct activities supporting the full employee lifecycle.

Skills

Attention to detail

HR systems management

Customer-centric approach

Education

CIPD Level 3

Job description

Your new company
This organisation is committed to being an employer of choice where everyone is treated fairly and feels valued and supported. They aim to provide a stimulating and rewarding working environment which encourages our people to work together, and provides opportunities for them to reach their full potential and achieve a healthy work/life balance.
Your new role
HR Assistant, Temp to perm, £16 p/h, Cheltenham, CIPD & HR experience essential
This is an opportunity to join a friendly and supportive HR department with a strong team ethos. You will be providing seamless all-round HR support, including being the first port of call for HR queries, so you should be experienced in HR roles and CIPD qualified. In this interesting and varied role, you will be conducting a range of activities to support the full employee lifecycle, such as recruitment, onboarding, training and offboarding. You'll need to ensure information is accurately inputted into the database - this will include important information which impacts payroll. This is a temporary to permanent opportunity with a strong potential to move to a permanent contract if all goes well.
Based onsite full-time initially with the option to move to a hybrid longer term.

What you'll need to succeed
A proven track record in HR roles includes:
Experience of maintaining HR systems and records
Experience of providing first-line HR support to employees and managers
CIPD Level 3 Qualified
Solid understanding of current employment law and HR best practice
Highly organised individual who is meticulous and well versed in roles which require attention to detail
Team player with a customer-centric approach
What you'll get in return
Excellent pension scheme

• Life cover and a pension for your spouse, civil partner or eligible cohabiting partner and eligible children in the event of your death in service
• The option to take a flexible retirement. If you reduce your hours or move to a less senior position at or after age 55, you can, subject to agreement, take some or all of the benefits you have already built up, helping you ease into retirement.
• Flexibility to pay more or less contributions

Generous holiday entitlementStarting at 26 days and increasing each year to reach 31 days after five years. Part-time employees receive a pro rata entitlement of 26 days. There is also an opportunity to buy and sell leave.Flexible workingIn recognition of the importance of work-life balance, we aim to provide a flexible and agile working environment. It may depend on the job role, but we want to provide opportunities to work from home or elsewhere and flexibility in how hours are worked, with schemes such as flexitime or a reduced working week.Employee developmentA comprehensive programme of learning and development that is available to all. In addition to our e-learning system, which provides a huge range of courses and awareness training, we also support career and personal development through in-house courses and working with colleges and professional institutions.A commitment to health and wellbeing

• Promotional campaigns to support health and wellbeing initiatives
• Awareness training in all subjects related to health and wellbeing
• Specific policies and procedures to provide support
• Access to the Health Plan

Health PlanOur free Health Plan allows employees to claim money back on the cost of dental, eye care and other treatments such as osteopathy and chiropody. Benefits include free access to other healthcare support, digital physiotherapy and unlimited calls to a virtual GP service. Dependent children are also covered, meaning that money can be claimed back for them too. Employees can also choose to pay for an increased cover level as well as add a partner if they wish.The plan also includes discounted gym subscriptions and exclusive shopping discounts with major retailers.Rights for employees who are terminally illWe have signed up to the TUC's
Dying to Work campaign
To protect and support employees who are terminally ill.Further benefits include:

• Up to two days time off for volunteering in the community
• Maternity and paternity schemes which offer more than the statutory schemes
• A cycle to work scheme provided by
  Cycle Solutions
  . It's a government-backed initiative that enables employees to get a bike and/or cycling accessories to use for riding to work whilst making tax and NI savings from their gross pay.
• Low-cost town centre parking for some jobs, depending on work location
• Local staff discounts

The parking permit is available at £10 a month and allows parking in certain car parks, including on the weekends.
What you need to do now


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