Human Resources Assistant

Bayfields Opticians and Audiologists; Esholt; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as a full-time People Assistant at their Esholt Head Office. This hybrid role focuses on supporting the People Department with administrative tasks, offering professional development within a fun and collaborative team atmosphere. Salary up to £27k and various benefits included.

Benefits

5 weeks’ holiday

Birthday holiday

Company pension scheme

Life Assurance benefit

Cycle to work scheme

Simply Health Medical Insurance

Staff discounts

Qualifications

• Experience of working within a fast-paced People/HR team.
• Good understanding of Microsoft packages, especially Excel.
• Experience of payroll administration and HR systems.

Responsibilities

• Support People Department with administrative tasks and queries.
• Manage payroll bureau and activities on the HR dashboard.
• Provide HR metrics and reports for the team.

Skills

Excellent communication

Attention to detail

Computer literate

Job description

People Assistant

Esholt, BD17 7RH

Up to £27k per annum

Bayfields Opticians & Audiologists have an exciting opportunity for an experienced full time People Assistant to join our team based at our Head Office in Esholt for 40 hours per week. This is a hybrid role, 9am – 5:30pm Monday to Friday (3 days office based / 2 days home based) where you will be responsible for supporting our People Department with all administrative tasks and queries.

Our team environment is fun, open and collaborative, and we are committed to supporting you, your professional development and your personal wellbeing. We will also provide a wide range of benefits, including:

• Salary up to £27k per annum.
• 5 weeks’ holiday.
• Additional days holiday for your birthday each year.
• Hybrid working model: 3 days in the office, 2 from home.
• Company pension scheme.
• Life Assurance benefit which will provide your loved ones with peace of mind in the event of your passing whilst still in the employment of Bayfields Group Limited. This will be provided through UNUM with an amount equal to two times your salary.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Simply Health Medical Insurance
• Staff discounts (including an annual £350 voucher to spend on a pair of glasses or sunglasses after your probation).
• Friends and family discounts (eye-tests; glasses; sunglasses & hearing tests).

We also offer:

• Regular roadshows, 2 per year in person with every team member from our North and South practices (which you will attend).
• The opportunity to work with a growing business. We are continually bringing new Practices into our family.
• The opportunity to work for an organisation built on strong values; Obsessively Great Service, Greatness Starts with You, One Great Big Family Feel.
• The opportunity to work for a 1-Star Best Companies accredited organisation, demonstrating our commitment to truly engaging all our team members.

When you join Bayfields Opticians and Audiologists as our People Assistant, you are joining an independent business. Although we are national, we are not a huge chain which means we understand the importance of local relationships and the power of choice. We aim to deliver obsessively great service to each and every one of our clients which is at the core of what we do.

Due to the nature of the role, we need an experienced People Administrator who is confident and enthusiastic and has experience of working within a fast-paced People/HR team with good attention to detail and the ability to make decisions confidently and independently. You and the team are responsible for looking after all our practices currently 55 (one in Cork and 54 in England) and our Central Support team based in Esholt. You will support the People Business Partners in dealing with all internal queries, managing our payroll bureau, activities on our HR dashboard and providing reports or HR metrics as and when needed for the team.

To be successful in this role, you will be an excellent communicator, computer literate with a good understanding of Microsoft packages (especially Excel) with experience of payroll administration and HR systems.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced People Assistant to grow and develop their skills further within a small, fast paced team. If you are ready for a new and exciting opportunity, then we would love to hear from you!