HR Assistant

Age UK; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Age UK is seeking an HR Assistant on a 12-month fixed term contract to support the HR Team in providing high standards of service. This role involves managing HR processes related to the employee life cycle and requires knowledge of employment law and strong administrative skills.

Benefits

26 days annual leave + bank holidays

Excellent pension scheme

Life assurance and health cashback plan

Car Benefit Scheme and Cycle to Work Scheme

Techscheme for purchasing technology

Recognition awards

Qualifications

• Experience at HR Assistant Level.
• Experience in a fast-paced organization.
• Competent in Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, and Teams.

Responsibilities

• Support HR processes including recruitment and employee relations.
• Provide efficient HR administration service.
• Liaise with employees and managers on HR queries.

Skills

Knowledge of employment law

Competent in Microsoft packages

Ability to produce professional communications

Job description

Age UK Warrington, England, United Kingdom

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Base pay range

Salary: £22,757 - £25,152, 12- month fixed term, hybrid contract

Age UK is recruiting for a proven HR Assistant on a 12-month fixed term contract. In this role you will support the HR Team to deliver the highest possible standards of service to our internal customers (employees) across the charity.

With an understanding of employment law, you will be responsible for providing an efficient and customer focused HR administration service.

You will play a vital supporting role covering the HR processes associated with an employee life cycle including, probation, flexible working requests, termination and any other contractual changes, you will ensure that all relevant changes are communicated to the relevant teams and appropriate HR systems are updated.

Supporting the delivery of a customer focused HR service, including employee relations, recruitment, training, HR operations and payroll, employee wellbeing, culture, DEI and safeguarding. You will have the opportunity to liaise with our employees and managers, responding to a wide range of HR related queries and escalating any complex employee queries to a more senior member of the HR Team.

We operate a hybrid-working model, a blend of home and office working. This role will include regular days working from our Warrington office. Your travel costs to the Warrington office are not covered by the charity.

Closing date for applications - Friday, 30th May, 2025.

Age UK Grade 8N

Must haves:

The below competencies will be assessed at the indicated stage of the recruitment process:

Application = A, Interview = I, Test = T, Presentation = P

Experience

*Experience at HR Assistant Level - A

*Experience working in a fast-paced organisation with changing priorities and deadlines - A, I

Skills & Knowledge

*Knowledge of employment law in practice and interpreting HR Policy - A, I

*Competent in the use of Microsoft packages, including excel, word, outlook and Teams - A

*Ability to produce professional and accurate letters/emails for internal customers - T

Personal attributes

*Balanced and measured approach to decision making - I

What we offer in return

• Competitive salary, 26 days annual leave + bank holidays + annual leave purchase scheme
• Excellent pension scheme, life assurance, health cashback plan and EAP
• Car Benefit Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme and Season Ticket Loan
• Techscheme - buy any tech from Apple or Currys, up to £1000, and spread the cost over 12 months, interest free
• Blue Light Card Scheme
• You Did It Awards - recognition awards from £100-250.

Additional Information

Supporting statements and anonymisation

Candidates are expected to provide a supporting statement that explains how they meet the competencies annotated with an 'A' in the job description, to assess suitability for the position. Age UK acknowledges and accepts that AI may be used to support the application; we do expect candidates to personalise experience, knowledge and skills and failure to do so, may result in your application being rejected.

CVs will be anonymised by our recruitment system when you apply for a role. Our system is unable to anonymise supporting statements. Please could you remove any personal information including your name before you upload to support our inclusive recruitment process. All equalities monitoring information is also anonymised and not shared with the hiring panel. Your name and address will only be known to us if invited for interview.

Equal opportunities & Disability Confident Scheme

Age UK is an Equal Opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital/civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity. Age UK is a Disability Confident Scheme employer. Due to high numbers of applications received, Age UK reserves the right to limit the overall number of interviews offered, and therefore, it may not always be practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people that meet the minimum criteria for the job.

Reasonable adjustments

Disabled job seekers can access reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. All requests for reasonable adjustments are considered on a case-by-case basis, in collaboration with the disabled job seeker to best meet their needs, by contacting Disability disclosures will be kept confidential and only shared on a need-to-know basis to support the implementation of adjustments. Disclosures will not be used to inform hiring decisions.

Age UK is committed to safeguarding adults at risk, and children, from abuse and neglect. We expect everyone who works with us to share this commitment.

Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert at any time.

Age UK politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

For a full list of benefits please click here https://www.ageuk.org.uk/about-us/jobs/employee-benefits/

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