HR Coordinator

Senior; Royston; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension up to 15%

Life insurance 6x basic

Health cash plan

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Holiday buy/sell

Employee assistance programme

Employee discounts

Job summary

Senior Aerospace Thermal Engineering seeks an HR Coordinator to provide first-line advisory support across the employee lifecycle within the Thermal division. The role focuses on attendance and performance management, flexible working, leave types, and embedding our values and behaviours while maintaining confidentiality.

You will combine practical HR administration with system ownership (HR/Payroll, LMS, Orbit) to ensure data accuracy, timely reporting and compliant practices, and you will lead

Qualifications

• Must have the right to work in the UK.
• GCSE Maths and English at minimum.
• Experience in an HR, people administration or complex administrative role.
• Foundational knowledge of employment law.
• Ability to build effective working relationships with employees and managers at all levels.
• Customer-focused approach with good problem-solving skills.
• Strong administrative skills with excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Confident in using systems, managing data and reporting.
• Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills to meet deadlines.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills able to adapt to different audiences.
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion and professionalism.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.
• CIPD Level 3 Foundation Certificate in People Practice.
• Working knowledge of employment legislation and HR best practice.
• Experience supporting employee engagement initiatives, employee forums or staff networks.
• Supported absence and performance management processes
• Experience of HR reporting and data analytics.

Responsibilities

• Provide first-line HR advisory to managers and colleagues across the employee lifecycle.
• Support attendance and performance management, leave types and flexible working.
• Lead on HR systems: HR/Payroll, LMS and Orbit ensuring data accuracy and timely reporting.
• Use employment law knowledge to implement best practices and deliver training.
• Act as a trusted first point of contact for HR queries with confidentiality.
• Drive employee engagement initiatives and engagement tool actions as an ongoing programme.

Skills

People administration

Communication

Relationship building

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Confidentiality

Microsoft Office

HR reporting

Education

GCSE Maths & English

CIPD Level 3 Foundation Certificate in People Practice

Tools

LMS

HR/Payroll system

Microsoft Office

Job description

Senior is an international, market-leading, engineering solutions provider with 20 operating businesses in 10 countries. Senior designs and manufactures high-technology components and systems for the principal original equipment manufacturers in the worldwide aerospace, defence, land vehicle and power & energy markets. The Group is split into two divisions, Aerospace and Flexonics, servicing five key sectors.

Senior Aerospace Thermal Engineering is part of the Aerospace division and a leading aerospace components manufacturer, supplying aero engine and airframe OEMs and their Tier 1 suppliers globally.

Using high technology processes, we specialise in

• Hot and cold formed components in high temperature aerospace alloys
• Complex fabricated assemblies
• Thermal insulation heat shields and systems

Senior Aerospace Thermal Engineering has over 30 years of experience of the quality standards in the aerospace industry with certification to AS9100 revD and accredited by NADCAP for our special processes.

Job Description

As HR Coordinator you will provide a comprehensive first line advisory service to managers and colleagues across Thermal on all people related processes covering the whole employee lifecycle. Particular focus will be on attendance and performance management, flexible working and other leave types, employee engagement and embedding our values and behaviours.

Combining operational HR support with excellent administrative capability, you will take the lead on systems; HR/Payroll, Learning Management System (LMS), Employee Engagement (“Orbit”) ensuring data is accurate and up to date and reporting is timely. Through a working understanding of employment law and best practice implementation, you will drive adoption of best practice employee relations using documentation, education and training and hands on support.

You will act as a trusted first point of contact for HR queries through inbox and colleague drop ins, maintaining the highest levels of confidentiality whilst delivering an efficient, professional and customer-focused service. You will drive employee engagement initiatives supporting both engagement survey and engagement tool actions as an ongoing programme of work.

Qualifications

• Must have right to work in the UK
• Educated to GCSE level in Maths and English
• Previous experience in an HR, people administration or complex administrative role.
• Foundational knowledge of employment law
• Ability to build effective working relationships with employees and managers at all levels.
• Customer-focused approach with good problem-solving skills.
• Strong administrative skills with excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Confident in using systems, managing data and reporting.
• Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills to meet deadlines.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills able to adapt to differentaudiences
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion and professionalism.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
• CIPD Level 3 Foundation Certificate in People Practice
• Working knowledge of employment legislation and HR best practice.
• Experience supporting employee engagement initiatives, employee forums or staff networks.
• Supported absence and performance management processes
• Experience of HR reporting and data analytics.

Additional Information

Development:

There is lots of variety in this role with plenty of opportunity to develop knowledge and practical skills across all aspects of HR through everyday activities and project work. Professional development is an option post-probation.

• Generous employer pension contributions up to 15% linked to employee contribution level
• 6 x basic salary Life Insurance cover
• Health Cash Plan
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Holiday Buy/ Sell
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee Discounts

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