HR & People Coordinator — Engagement, Data & Compliance

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 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