People Services Administrator - New Starter (maternity cover)

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Job summary

Bakkavor is seeking a People Services Administrator for maternity cover in Spalding. This role focuses on supporting new starters from offer through to induction, ensuring a positive candidate experience while managing HR documentation and communications. Join a leading company in the UK food industry, offering competitive reward packages and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Life Assurance

25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays

Stakeholder Pension Scheme

Discount & cashback platform

Free health check

Employee Assistance Programme

Free car parking

Qualifications

• Experience in office administration, preferably in finance.
• Ability to handle confidential information professionally.
• Experience with HR systems and excellent IT skills.

Responsibilities

• Support the Talent Acquisition lifecycle from offer to induction.
• Manage documents and onboarding processes using systems.
• Provide high-level customer service and communication throughout the recruitment process.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Proactive mindset

Strong teamwork

Problem-solving skills

Confidentiality handling

IT skills

Tools

Microsoft Office

MyHR

Opentext

Brassring

Job description

People Services Administrator - New Starter (maternity cover)

People Services Administrator - New Starter (maternity cover)

We drive our own success.

Competitive salary

Highly competitive rewards package including Group Pension

25 Days Holiday

Purchase Holiday Scheme

Monday to Friday

30 hours across Monday to Friday

Maternity Cover

Spalding

Why join us?

We're constantly evolving, progressing and diversifying. And we want our people to do so too. For everyone to feel empowered, engaged and enabled. To create opportunities to move forward, climb higher and push for more.

About the role.

To provide timely and accurate support to the Talent Acquisition of the new starter lifecycle from offer stage to induction

Role Accountabilities

• To provide a high standard of service to both external and internal customers, in accordance with company processes and procedures, by undertaking specialist talent acquisition customer service administration tasks

• Demonstrating a great level of teamwork to respond to all queries, emails and telephone enquiries to the agreed Tier 1&2 level of support for the HR Service Centre for both external and internal customers, delivering a great customer experience for all enquires.

• To ensure that all contracts of employment are created, developed and sent to candidates in a timely manner ensuring an excellent candidate experience

• Ensure all new starters are onboarded using the relevant systems (Brassring / MyHR) in accordance with required timescales and are booked on company inductions

• Ensuring that all new starters are set up on the MyHR system within the required deadlines for payroll cut off and operational needs

• Ensuring that all offer paperwork is completed, returned and accurately filed in individuals HR files.

• Maintain high levels of candidate and site contact HR communication and engagement around candidate statuses, queries and follow ups

• To provide support to the Talent Acquisition Team in the day to day management of the Applicant Tracking System

• Ensure real-time updates of the system with joiner pipeline process in order to generate and distribute accurate reports to site HR, ensuring clarity and ETA's on forthcoming starters

• Demonstrating great attention to detail and working in a methodical manner to maintain the correct record of live vacancies on the applicant tracking system and ensure candidate records are maintained on the applicant tracking system

• Monitor and action all queries and requests within the TA Admin shared mailbox within a timely manner ensuring a great customer experience

• Working knowledge of HR systems including MyHR, Opentext, People Services Helpdesk, Brassring

About you

• Strong IT skills with proven experience of Microsoft Office applications
• Proven experience of office administration, preferably in a wages or finance department
• Accuracy/thoroughness, attention to detail and the ability to identify errors and/or omissions
• Proactive, organised, and sound analytical/problem solving skills
• Ability to handle confidential information discretely, professionally and appropriately in line
• with GDPR regulations
• Remain calm and ability to work under pressure
• Strong team working skills focusing on sharing best practice and supporting colleagues
• Good working knowledge of Excel

What you'll receive.

As an equal opportunity employer, we're committed to providing a safe and rewarding environment for you to thrive in. This is why we work hard to deliver benefits and wellbeing offerings that are important to you.

You'll enjoy:

• Life Assurance (1 x salary)
• 25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays as standard (may vary by role)
• Staff Shop
• Stakeholder Pension Scheme
• Discount & cashback platform
• Personal Accident Insurance
• Free health check
• Employee Assistance Programme
• A range of voluntary benefits (holiday purchase scheme, additional life assurance, dental & hospital cash plans)
• Salary sacrifice car lease scheme
• Free independent mortgage advice
• Discounted tutoring for children
• Access to financial learning tools and affordable loans via your salary
• Overtime
• Free car parking

Plus, a commitment to your wellbeing that includes emotional, physical and financial support services delivered by our fantastic team of wellbeing champions.



Proud to be Bakkavor

We're proud to be the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry. We're proud to supply meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury's and Waitrose. We're driven by the hard work and passion of our people and are delighted to offer a wide range of careers across our business - come and join our dedicated Bakkavor team!

Find out more and apply.