HR Assistant

Coburg Banks; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent law firm in the UK is looking for a motivated HR Assistant to join their People Services team. Based near Sheffield, this role offers a salary of £25,000 with a range of excellent benefits including well-being initiatives and flexible working options. The ideal candidate will have experience providing HR support in a professional setting, demonstrating organizational skills and a professional manner. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your HR skills in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Pension scheme

Critical illness cover

Discounted gym membership

Well-being initiatives

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Experience providing a high standard of HR support within a professional services environment.
• Ability to work flexibly and prioritise workload to meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Generate and process offer paperwork.
• Check HR compliance and coordinate checks on new joiners.
• Onboard new starters and coordinate internal moves.
• Handle ad-hoc queries regarding absences and holiday requests.

Skills

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

Professional and approachable manner

Ability to work with discretion and tact

Confidence in working with colleagues

Job description

We're looking for organised and motivated HR Assistants to work for our client, one of the UK’s largest and foremost law firms. The role will suit a professional and approachable individual with experience providing a high standard of HR support within a corporate environment.

Full-time roles on a fixed term 12 or 14 month contract with hybrid working options, you will ideally be based near the Sheffield office. Offering a salary of £25,000 plus excellent benefits including pension scheme, critical illness cover, and discounted gym membership, plus a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace.

This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your skills as part of a supportive team within one of the most respected law firms in the UK, recently ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations 2024.

The Role

As a HR Assistant, you’ll join a small and 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.

Daily tasks may include…

• 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

The Candidate

The ideal candidate for this HR Assistant role will have experience providing a high standard of HR support across a professional services environment. In addition, it's essential that you possess the following…

• A professional and approachable manner, and an ability to work with discretion and tact
• Exceptional organisational skills, working flexibly and prioritising workload in order to meet deadlines
• Excellent attention to detail
• Confidence to help colleagues at all levels across the whole business including working well with the wider HR team

The Package

Salary £25,000. You'll also get the following benefits with the role :

• A huge number of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace
• Flexible working options to make sure that you’re fully supported to work the way that best suits you
• Westfield health membership, offering discounted leisure and travel and refunds on medical services

The Company

The business you'll be working for is one of the largest law firms in the UK, operating out of 14 UK offices with over 2,500 members of staff. They are proud of their values and offer a huge number of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace.