HR Officer

Empower Family Group; West Monkton; On-site; GBP 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing HR company in Taunton is seeking an HR Officer to support the HR Manager with recruitment, onboarding, and employee relations. This full-time on-site role offers a starting salary of £26,500 per annum, along with various benefits including learning opportunities and annual pay reviews. Ideal candidates are organized, communicative, and able to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

Excellent starting salary

Learning and development opportunities

On-site parking

Employee Assistance Programme

Pension - NEST

Qualifications

• Logical and methodical approach to tasks.
• Strong understanding of confidentiality when handling information.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• Self-motivated with a collaborative spirit.
• Basic knowledge of employment law.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support to the HR Manager.
• Assist with recruitment and onboarding processes.
• Monitor HR inbox and manage incoming emails.
• Support managers with employee relation casework.
• Update job descriptions as required.

Skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

IT skills

Tools

Office 365

Job description

Role: HR Officer
Contract: Permanent

Contracted Hours: 40 per week, working Monday to Friday 08:30am – 4:30pm
Location: Full-time on-site role in Monkton Heathfield, Taunton

Annual leave entitlement: 28 days including bank holidays
Annual Salary: £ 26,500 per annum

Empower Family Group’s office-based role!

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is enthusiastic and motivated, developing their career in HR within a growing and innovative company.

You will provide administrative support to the HR Manager and Empower Family Group based at our head office in Taunton and support a wide range of HR duties covering the full employee life cycle including but not limited to recruitment and onboarding, training and development, employee relations support and offboarding.

Key skills for this vacancy are professionalism, strong organisational skills, the ability to plan your own work, willing to use initiative and meet deadlines, reliability and honesty, good IT and communication skills.

Below is a list of some of the main duties and responsibilities of the post:

Assist Admin & HR Manager with taking minutes in ER case meetings

Issue contracts of employment to onboarding candidates in line with employment legislation

Assist the recruitment team with safer recruitment checks during the full recruitment lifecycle as and when required

Assist the Admin & HR Manager in the production of quantitative and qualitative data for the monthly HR Manager reports in a timely manner

Monitor the HR inbox and action incoming emails accordingly

Auditing of employee files and onboarding files

Update job descriptions with/without the Directors/Service Leads when required

Supporting advising managers on low level employee relation casework

Posting job adverts, reviewing applications, issuing conditional offers and unconditional offers

Please refer to the attached job description for a more detailed outline of the day-to-day tasks the successful candidate will be completing. This will also contain all essential and desirable criteria.

Empower Family Group are unable to provide sponsorship to any applicants.

Interviews for shortlisted candidates are scheduled to be held on 12th and 14th August 2025.



Requirements

Logical and methodical

Discretion and honesty when handling confidential information

Ability to work well under pressure and work to tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment

Strong communication skills – verbally and written

Self-motivated and a team player

Basic understanding of employment law

Office 365 package and strong administration skills

Accurate attention to detail

Able to work independently.

Able to negotiate and collaborate with a wide range of professionals and functions as part of a team.

Flexible, professional, and co-operative personality.

Confident and enthusiastic.

Positive and approachable.

Benefits

An excellent starting salary and annual pay reviews

Learning and development, access to paid training and opportunities for career development

On-site parking

Free personable mortgage advice

Employee Assistance Programme

Pension - NEST

Be part of a fun, innovative and supportive team within a rapidly growing organisation providing meaningful work to support those delivering social care services