HR Assistant

SRG; Sedgefield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is seeking an HR Assistant to support compliance and recruitment processes in an onsite role. The ideal candidate has GCSE-level education in a relevant field, along with experience in HR or Learning and Development. This temporary position offers £12.21 - £14.50 per hour and requires onsite presence five days a week.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Maintain compliance with HR best practices.
• Support end-to-end recruitment process.
• Administer HR documentation with confidentiality.
• Manage recruitment inbox and respond to queries.
• Coordinate training and development activities.

Skills

HR compliance knowledge

Event coordination

Communication skills

Education

GCSE level in admin/HR/business

Job description

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. The role requires onsite presence 5 days a week and immediate start.

As an HR Assistant, you will oversee 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 and provide administrative support to the Human Resources team, covering the entire employee lifecycle and HR operational tasks.

Key Responsibilities

• 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.
• Support the end-to-end recruitment process, managing applications, arranging interviews and offering roles to successful candidates.
• Ensure that the Applicant Tracking System is up to date and accurate at all times.
• Manage a busy shared recruitment inbox, responding to all candidate and manager related queries, offering helpful advice and guidance on all recruitment matters.
• 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.
• Administer HR related documentation including contracts and letters, with appropriate confidentiality via our document management system.
• 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).
• Administer all activities relating to Learning and Development, coordinating and booking training, including liaising with training suppliers and supporting the coordination of all internal and externally delivered development programmes.
• Raise POs and action invoices to ensure goods and services are purchased and processed in a timely manner.

Requirements

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

SRG specialises in the science, engineering, clinical, pharmaceutical, food/FMCG, renewable, biotech, chemicals and medical devices sectors.