HR Assistant

SRG; North East; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading life science organization in the North East is seeking an HR Assistant for a temporary role. The candidate will provide essential HR support, manage recruitment processes, and ensure compliance with HR policies. Applicants should have GCSE-level education in a related field and experience in HR functions. This onsite role offers an hourly salary of £12.21 - £14.50.

Qualifications

• Educated to GCSE level or equivalent in a relevant subject.
• Experience in HR or Learning and Development function.
• Experience in coordinating events and meetings.

Responsibilities

• Maintain compliance with SHE, GMP, and best practices.
• Support recruitment processes and manage applications.
• Administer HR documentation with confidentiality.
• Respond to HR queries and manage HR inbox.
• Coordinate Learning and Development activities.

Skills

Coordination of events

Recruitment processes

Document management

Education

GCSE or equivalent in admin/HR/business related subject

Job description

Job Title: HR Assistant
Job type: Temporary initial 3-6 months with a possibility of extension
Salary: £12.21 - 14.50 per hour
Location: Wilton & Sedgefield (onsite role)

SRG is exclusively working with a highly innovative Life Science organisation tasked with bringing the UK to the forefront of innovation. We are looking for a motivated individual to work with and provide HR support duties to the HR Department. We are looking for someone who can start immediately and can work onsite 5 days a week.

As an HR Assistant, you will oversee the fundamental operations, ensuring they are executed correctly and systematically, guided by a strategy rooted in compliance and best practices. You will also bring foresight, vision, and business acumen to elevate our HR functions. Additionally, you will provide administrative support to the Human Resources team, covering the entire employee lifecycle and HR operational tasks.

Key Responsibilities

• To maintain consistent and documented compliance with all relevant Safety, Health and Environmental (SHE), Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), Data Integrity (DI), quality and best practice requirements.
• To support the end-to-end recruitment process which includes managing applications, arranging interviews and offering roles to successful candidates.
• Ensuring that the Applicant Tracking System is up to date and accurate at all times.
• To manage a busy shared recruitment inbox, responding to all candidate and manager related queries, offering helpful advice and guidance on all recruitment matters.
• To support the new starter onboarding experience by preparing and sending new starter contracts, setting up personnel files and collating new starter information such as references and medical checks.
• To administer HR related documentation including contracts and letters, with appropriate confidentiality via our document management system.
• To manage the shared HR inbox, responding to all internal and external queries which relate to a broad range of HR activities (such as reward and recognition, HR system guidance, annual leave, and other general queries).
• To administer all activities relating to Learning and Development, which includes coordinating and booking training, including liaising with training suppliers. In addition, supporting the coordination of all internal and externally delivered development programmes.
• To raise POs and action invoices to ensure goods and services are purchased and processed in a timely manner.

Requirements

• Educated to GSCE level (or equivalent) in admin/HR/business related subject.
• Experience of working in a HR/L&D function.
• Experience of coordinating events, appointments and meetings.