HR Assistant: Onboarding & Employee Relations

EDF Energy Limited; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

EDF Energy Limited is recruiting an HR Assistant for the Hinkley Point C project to provide practical support across HR with a focus on employee relations and onboarding. You will work closely with the HR Advisor and team to progress formal and informal casework and maintain accurate minutes and documentation.

You will coordinate end-to-end onboarding, pre-employment checks, BPSS vetting, and ensure compliance with GDPR and project requirements, while delivering high-quality administration and

Qualifications

• CIPD Level 3 qualification (or equivalent recognised HR qualification).
• Experience in an HR Assistant/HR Administrator role, with exposure to employee relations.
• Experience attending HR meetings and producing clear, impartial minutes.
• Understanding of HR policies, employment law principles, and escalation procedures.
• Experience using HR systems and maintaining accurate employee and case records.
• Strong written communication and documentation skills.
• Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Office applications.
• Excellent organisation and ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
• Understanding of HPC onboarding requirements.
• Experience supporting disciplinary, grievance, investigation, absence, capability or consultation processes.
• Experience producing HR reports or maintaining employee relations case trackers.

Responsibilities

• Support the HR Manager, HR Advisor and wider HR team with employee relations casework, including investigations, disciplinary, grievance, capability, absence and other formal processes.
• Attend formal and informal HR meetings, taking clear, accurate and impartial minutes and recording agreed actions.
• Prepare meeting packs, invitations, outcome correspondence, case documentation and supporting records, ensuring documents are accurate and timely.
• Maintain ER/IR case trackers and records, monitoring key dates, actions and documentation.
• Handle employee relations information with discretion, confidentiality and professionalism.
• Coordinate the end-to-end onboarding process for new employees and staff transfers.
• Manage pre-employment checks and onboarding requirements, ensuring all documentation is completed prior to start dates.
• Administer the BPSS vetting process, including collecting, verifying, submitting, and tracking documentation.
• Liaise with candidates, employees, hiring managers and external agencies to ensure onboarding within agreed timescales.
• Monitor onboarding progress and maintain accurate onboarding records to support compliance requirements.
• Support mobilisation activities and workforce planning by ensuring personnel meet project onboarding requirements.
• Ensure employee records and supporting documentation remain audit ready and compliant.
• Provide day-to-day administrative support across the full employee lifecycle.
• Prepare and issue HR documentation including contracts, letters and amendments.
• Maintain accurate employee records with confidentiality.
• Act as first point of contact for routine HR queries.

Skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Discretion

Organisation

Education

CIPD Level 3 or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

HRIS systems

Job description

EDF Energy Limited is recruiting an HR Assistant for the Hinkley Point C project to provide practical support across HR with a focus on employee relations and onboarding. You will work closely with the HR Advisor and team to progress formal and informal casework and maintain accurate minutes and documentation.

You will coordinate end-to-end onboarding, pre-employment checks, BPSS vetting, and ensure compliance with GDPR and project requirements, while delivering high-quality administration and