HR Coordinator

The Growth Company; Manchester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

The Growth Company is seeking a HR Coordinator to support colleagues across the employee lifecycle, delivering expert advice, handling HR administration and ensuring our people processes run smoothly and compliantly.

In this busy role you will manage contracts, probationary stages, changes and data accuracy, support payroll changes and generate reports. You will build strong relationships with managers and staff, contributing to a positive, inclusive workplace.

Qualifications

• Experience providing HR administration or employee-related support within a customer-facing role.
• Strong working knowledge of HR policies, procedures and employment-related processes, CIPD knowledge desirable.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to prioritise workloads and manage multiple tasks.

Responsibilities

• Provide first-line HR advice and guidance to managers and employees on policies, procedures and employee-related matters.
• Manage employee lifecycle administration, including contractual changes, probation completions, flexible working requests and fixed-term contracts.
• Maintain accurate employee records across HR systems, ensuring data is up to date and compliant.
• Support payroll processes by ensuring all employee changes are processed accurately and within deadlines.
• Act as a key point of contact for HR queries, delivering a professional and customer-focused service.
• Produce regular and ad hoc reports to support business needs, projects and decision-making.
• Support organisational change activities, including restructures, TUPE processes and job evaluation administration.
• Contribute to continuous improvement projects, helping to enhance HR and recruitment processes across the business.

Skills

HR administration experience

Excellent communication

Attention to detail

Prioritisation

HR reporting

Stakeholder management

CIPD knowledge

Education

CIPD qualification (desirable)

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, Word)

Job description

Passionate about people and delivering great employee experiences?

The Growth Company’s (GC) Corporate Services team are looking for a HR Coordinator to support colleagues throughout the employee lifecycle, providing expert advice, managing HR administration and helping ensure our people processes run smoothly, efficiently and compliantly.

Our HR team is dedicated to creating a positive and inclusive workplace where people can succeed. We provide expert support across recruitment, employee relations, learning and development, wellbeing, and people services, helping colleagues throughout every stage of their career journey. Working in partnership with teams across the organisation, we ensure our people remain at the heart of everything we do, enabling us to deliver meaningful impact for individuals, businesses, and communities.

This position is offered on a fixed-term basis until 4 February 2028.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide first-line HR advice and guidance to managers and employees on policies, procedures and employee-related matters.
• Manage employee lifecycle administration, including contractual changes, probation completions, flexible working requests and fixed-term contracts.
• Maintain accurate employee records across HR systems, ensuring data is up to date and compliant.
• Support payroll processes by ensuring all employee changes are processed accurately and within deadlines.
• Act as a key point of contact for HR queries, delivering a professional and customer-focused service.
• Produce regular and ad hoc reports to support business needs, projects and decision-making.
• Support organisational change activities, including restructures, TUPE processes and job evaluation administration.
• Contribute to continuous improvement projects, helping to enhance HR and recruitment processes across the business.

About You:

• Experienced in a HR or people administration role within a busy, fast-paced environment.
• Customer-focused with a passion for delivering an efficient and high-quality service.
• Highly organised and able to manage a varied workload while meeting competing deadlines.
• Confident communicating with stakeholders at all levels in a professional manner.
• Proactive, adaptable and comfortable working in a constantly evolving environment.
• Able to handle sensitive and confidential information with tact and discretion.
• Positive, solutions-focused and committed to continuous learning and development.

Skills Required:

• Experience providing HR administration or employee-related support within a customer-facing role.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Excel and Word.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy when processing data and maintaining records.
• Ability to prioritise workloads and manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Experience producing reports and analysing HR-related information.
• Strong relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.
• Understanding of HR policies, procedures and employment-related processes, with CIPD knowledge or qualifications desirable.