HR Associate – First-Line Support & Recruitment

United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory; Warrington; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family-friendly policies

Pension plan

Annual leave

Cycle to work

Employee assistance

Health care plan

Company bonus

Learning opportunities

Job summary

UK National Nuclear Laboratory is seeking a proactive HR Administrator to join the HR Support Team as the first line advisory contact for employees and managers. You will handle generalist HR queries, recruitment support and learning & development in a busy, GDPR-compliant environment.

The role involves coordinating HR processes, maintaining records, generating HR metrics, and contributing to process improvements.

Qualifications

• Essential Criteria for HR Administrator
• Desirable Criteria for HR Administrator
• Experience of working within HR
• Confident in MS Office including Word and Excel in particular
• Good organisational skills, with excellent attention to detail
• Strong phone, email and in-person communication skills with enthusiasm to deliver excellent customer service
• A willingness and determination to learn
• Able to work on own initiative and meet deadlines
• Experience of using HR Information Systems
• Experience of working with Applicant Tracking Systems
• CIPD qualification or working towards
• Experience of working with Business World ERP
• Experience of Right to Work checks and reviews

Responsibilities

• Process documentation and transactions in accordance with service requirements
• Organise, maintain and update personnel records in line with GDPR
• Preparing HR documents such as employment contracts, contractual changes and guidance for employees
• Work with HR data reports and provide HR metrics to our internal customers
• Ensuring internal databases are maintained and updated, including our HR Information System, Internal Management System of documents
• Providing excellent customer service and being the first line support for HR queries relating received by email and telephone
• Provide support across a range of HR processes which include absences, reward, leavers and all other HR tasks
• Assist in the full recruitment lifecycle, from job posting, scheduling interviews, liaising with hiring managers to onboarding
• Maintain candidate databases and recruitment records in the Applicant Tracking System
• Supporting Right to Work and all other pre-employment
• Maintain process flows and user guide documentation for HR processes
• Participate in project delivery within the HR team
• Proactively recommend and implement process improvements
• Ensure compliance with and contribute to risk management, governance and assurance processes in HR

Job description

UK National Nuclear Laboratory is seeking a proactive HR Administrator to join the HR Support Team as the first line advisory contact for employees and managers. You will handle generalist HR queries, recruitment support and learning & development in a busy, GDPR-compliant environment.

The role involves coordinating HR processes, maintaining records, generating HR metrics, and contributing to process improvements.