People (HR) Assistant

Morrisons; England; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK supermarket chain is seeking a People Administrator/Assistant to support HR operations, manage payroll processes, and build effective relationships with employees. Ideal candidates possess excellent IT skills, a customer focus, and a proactive approach. This role offers diverse HR responsibilities in a dynamic environment and includes robust employee benefits such as discounts and continuous development opportunities.

Benefits

Six weeks holiday

15% in-store discount

Career development opportunities

Free parking

Market leading pension and life assurance

Healthcare benefits

Long Service Awards

Qualifications

• Experience of advising and supporting colleagues with people queries.
• Understanding of HR policies and practices.
• Ability to act on own initiative.

Responsibilities

• Be the first point of contact for site People queries.
• Ensure payroll administration is accurate.
• Support the recruitment process as required.

Skills

Customer focus

Excellent IT skills

HR systems exposure

Ability to work under pressure

Proactive approach

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

More About The Role

As a People Administrator / Assistant, you will play a vital role in supporting the day-to-day operations of our human resources department. You will be responsible for a wide range of HR administrative tasks, ensuring smooth and efficient HR processes, and providing excellent customer service to our employees. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about HR and wants to contribute to the success of a growing organisation.

Responsibilities

• Be the first point of contact for foundation level site People queries
• Offer HR Expertise to site colleagues and managers as necessary
• Provide administrative support to the HR team
• Ensure payroll administration is accurate and all colleagues get paid correctly and on time
• Maintain records, files and spreadsheets in line with data protection legislation
• Keep ad‑hoc analysis and reporting on HR issues up to date
• Coordinate weekly HR audit checks
• Support the recruitment process for the site as required
• Become a subject matter expert on company HR policies, ensuring the site remains fully compliant at all times.
• Support, coach and challenge line management with absence, disciplinary and grievance issues
• Develop engaging, proactive communications across the site
• Build positive and effective relationships with unions, agency suppliers, colleagues and stakeholders
• Support and drive colleague engagement on site

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About You

• The ability to work in a fast paced People environment (logistics experience would be good, but isn’t essential)
• A proactive, positive approach to work with a true customer focus
• The ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines
• Exposure to HR Systems
• Excellent all-round IT skills (especially Microsoft Excel)
• Experience of advising and supporting colleagues and managers with foundation level people queries
• An understanding of HR policies and practices
• Proactive approach to own continuous development
• Experience of implementing processes
• The ability to act on own initiative

Benefits

Six weeks holiday (including bank holidays)

15% discount in our stores available from the day you join us

Additional 10% discount card for a friend or family member

Career progression and development opportunities

Subsidised staff canteen

Free parking

Market leading pension and life assurance

Healthcare/Well-being benefits including Aviva Digital GP

Morrisons MyPerks with discounts at high street shops, cinemas and gyms, and lots more

Long Service Awards

Optional Payroll charity donations

Enhanced Family/maternity/parental leave

About The Company

From a Bradford market stall to the UK’s 4th largest supermarket chain and the UK's 2nd largest fresh food manufacturer.

We are proud to be the Yorkshire food retailer serving customers across the UK at just under 500 stores and an online home delivery service. Our 18 manufacturing sites provide our customers with the freshest produce from flowers, fish and veg to burgers and bread, all delivered to our stores via our 6 distribution sites by our 2,000 strong fleet.

Every week, 11 million customers pass through our doors and over 110,000 colleagues across the business work hard each day to deliver great service to them. We cover more than 11 million households with our (url removed) service. With competitive, permanently low prices we are committed to helping our customers save money every day.

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