HR Services Assistant

Mace Group; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the construction industry is seeking an HR Services Assistant on a 6-month fixed-term contract. The role involves supporting the employee lifecycle with a focus on administrative duties, providing first-line HR support, and ensuring data integrity. Ideal candidates will have HR experience, strong organisational skills, and a detail-oriented approach.

Qualifications

• Experience working with HR systems and IT software.
• Demonstrates strong organisational skills and ability to meet deadlines.
• Ability to lead self and provide guidance to junior roles.

Responsibilities

• Providing advice and administration of transactional HR processes.
• Maintaining and updating the Oracle Human Capital Management (HCM) system.
• Contributing to continuous improvement of HR services.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Digital savviness

Education

Previous experience in HR/Administrative capacity

Tools

Oracle HCM

Taleo

MS Office

Job description

Position status: We are growing our team in Mace. Please get in touch if you would like to hear about working with Mace.

At Mace, our purpose is to redefine the boundaries of ambition. We believe in creating places that are responsible, bringing transformative impact to our people, communities and societies across the globe. To learn more about our purpose, culture, and priorities, visit our strategy site.

Within our consult business, we harness our unique combination of leading-edge practical expertise and project delivery consultancy to unlock the potential in every project.

Our values shape the way we consult and define the people we want to join us on our journey, they are:

• Safety first - Going home safe and well
• Client focus - Deliver on our promise
• Integrity - Always do the right thing
• Create opportunity - For our people to excel

This is a 6-month FTC HR Services Assistant role where you will work within the HR Services Team, supporting UK and International colleagues and provide timely and accurate administration and coordinated transactional support throughout the employee lifecycle. Provides a full HR admin service to employees, acting as a first point of HR enquiries and supports projects and initiatives as required.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Providing advice, administration and coordination of all transactional processes, throughout the employee lifecycle, works to achieve first time resolution so that the wider HR team and Mace colleagues feel supported and positive results are achieved.
• Working to Service Level Agreements (SLAs), to respond to first line queries, process documentation and system updates.
• Supporting and have a sound understanding of People policies and guidance.
• Ensuring quality, accuracy and integrity of people data maintaining and updating the Oracle Human Capital Management (HCM) system.
• Contributing to continuous improvement of HR Services processes.
• Working with various systems to administer HR processes such as Taleo, Oracle HCM, Service now.
• Working with HR Operation stakeholders to identify and understand local business needs and seek specialist support from our Communities of Excellence teams where appropriate
• Working collaboratively towards the common goal of net zero carbon transition and share responsibility for the proactive identification and management of the associated carbon emissions and reductions during the delivery of work.

You’ll need to have:

• Experience working with HR systems and IT software.
• Attention to detail, providing accurate first-time resolutions.
• Demonstrates strong organisational skills and working effectively to deadlines.
• Previous experience of working in a similar environment or role in HR/Administrative capacity (or equivalent).
• Confidence and self-belief to provide advice and coordination of HR activity through effective communication.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate clearly both written and oral.
• Demonstrates taking ownership of own continuous personal development.
• Demonstrates taking ownership of own continuous personal development.
• Ability to lead self and provide guidance to more junior roles.
• Digitally savvy and a competent user of MS Office.

You’ll also have:

• Experience of working for a large scale and fast paced professional organisation.
• Comfortable within a changing environment and ability to embrace, understand and utilise new technologies.
• Able to adapt to organisational change and priorities in a positive way.

Mace is an inclusive employer and welcomes interest from a diverse range of candidates. Even if you feel you do not fulfil all of the criteria, please apply as you may still be the best candidate for this role or another role within our organisation.

We are also open to discussing part-time, flexible, and hybrid working options if suitable within the role.

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