HR Assistant - Maternity Cover - 12 months

Ainscough Crane Hire; Stroud; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A major player in the crane industry seeks an HR Assistant for a 12-month maternity cover in Standish. The role involves providing administrative support to the HR team, managing records, and ensuring effective HR services. Candidates should possess strong customer service skills and a proactive approach to HR responsibilities.

Benefits

Bi-Annual retention bonus

24 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Holiday purchase option

Employer pension scheme

Access to benefits platform

Qualifications

• 1+ year in HR Assistant role preferred.
• Excellent customer service skills essential.
• IT literate, comfortable with systems.

Responsibilities

• Act as first point of contact for HR queries.
• Manage personnel records and HR database.
• Support absence management processes.

Skills

Customer service

IT literacy

Team player

Education

Experience in HR Assistant role

Open to further learning

Tools

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

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HR Assistant - Maternity Cover Contract - 12 months

Head Office - Standish, Wigan

Full time, 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday

Ainscough Crane Hire have a rare opportunity to join our busy HR Team as a HR Assistant, on a maternity cover contract for 12 months. You will assist the Senior HR Business Partner and HR Advisor in providing effective and efficient HR administrative services through first line support to line managers and employees. You will also manage the starter, leaver and amendment administration for monthly and weekly staff and always deliver quality customer service at all times.

Benefits

• Hybrid working
• Bi-Annual retention bonus (worth £3k)
• 24 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Holiday purchase, the option to buy an additional 5 days each year (via salary sacrifice)
• Group life assurance 3 x basic salary
• Pension 4% employer 5% employees
• Online access to payslips, book and view holidays and personal info
• Access to the Ainscough Advantage (People Value) benefits platform
  
  

Ainscough Crane Hire are the UKs leading crane company.

Based across 30 locations, our dedicated team of experts are passionate about delivering projects on time, to budget and, most importantly, to the highest possible standard of safety. Our industry-recognised Make the Safe Choice ethos is at our core and underpins every single thing we do, from contract lifts and crane hire to specialist projects for customers.

Our reputation as a market leader is not just a result of our expansive fleet and comprehensive network of locations across the UK, but is also derived from the workplace culture that allows our team to perform their duties with passion and pride.

Key Responsibilities of a HR Assistant

• Act as a knowledgeable first point of contact for General HR queries with regards to policies, procedures and best practice from all employees
• Responsible for managing personnel records and updating the HR/Payroll database in relation to new starters, leavers and contract changes, for both weekly and monthly paid employees.
• Supporting the Recruitment Business Partner where required
• Support the absence management process in relation to logging and monitoring employee's sickness levels, updating absence records
• Work with external stakeholders to deliver a robust administration service
• To be responsible for own performance and actions.
• To undertake any other duties which fall within the job holder's capabilities aligned to normal duties that management may reasonably request and to continually seek ways to improve the way in which your function operates within the business.
  
  

Person Specification

• 12 months within an HR Assistant level role (desirable).
• Experience of working with a multi-site environment (desirable).
• Open to further learning.
• Prioritise own workload to meet business needs.
• Completer - Finisher.
• Deliver work with a high degree of accuracy - Getting it right first time.
• Excellent customer service skills (internal and external customers), including face-to-face, written and on the telephone.
• Ability to generate ideas regarding business improvements.
• A team player, flexible to work within an evolving department.
• IT literate - comfortable using systems Excel/Word/PowerPoint
• Tasks completed in a timely manner to meet service levels.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Human Resources

• Industries

  Construction

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