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Mergon UK Ltd; Blackburn; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

34 days holiday

Christmas and New Year shutdown

On-site car park

Canteen facilities

Employee Assistance Programme

Wellbeing & events programme

Job summary

Mergon UK Ltd in Blackburn is seeking an HR & Office Administrator to provide all-round administrative support to the HR department and the office. The role covers recruitment tasks, staff welfare activities, and general office duties in a fast-paced environment.

You will process joiners and leavers, coordinate interviews, schedule training, and help manage on-site events. The role offers a supportive team, opportunities to learn HR basics, and a friendly workplace with on-site facilities.

Qualifications

• Experience in generalist HR administration is preferred.
• Experience supporting recruitment activities is advantageous.
• Strong organisational and communication skills are required.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks in a busy office environment.

Responsibilities

• Generalist day-to-day HR administrative tasks such as processing joiners and leavers, taking meeting minutes, arranging meetings, conducting investigations, absence meetings and performance reviews
• Supporting full-cycle recruitment activities such as advertising vacancies, screening candidates, arranging interviews, and processing offers
• Arranging and tracking staff training and development
• Ordering catering for meetings and events and facilitating on-site events and activities
• Support the event and wellbeing programme by designing and implementing regular events for employees
• Support the HR Manager with various HR tasks as required
• Daily administration including answering telephone calls, distributing post, managing the HR shared inbox, and supporting employees with general queries
• Maintain paper and digital notice boards to communicate with employees, using tools such as Canva and PowerPoint

Skills

HR administration

Recruitment coordination

Canva

PowerPoint

Microsoft Office

Tools

Canva

PowerPoint

Microsoft Office

Job description

At Mergon, we mould ideas for a sustainable future. We work with leading brands like Tesla, BMW, Xerox and Abbott to design, manufacture and deliver sustainable products for the future.

Everything we do is underpinned by our three core values: care, confidence and curiosity. We care deeply about our colleagues, customers and our community. We are confident and capable, and we invest in our people and in our processes to ensure we continue to grow and do our best work every day. We have a curiosity that constantly pushes us to innovate and improve.

Mergon UK currently has an opening for: HR & Office Administrator

Hours of Work

36.75 hour per week

8.15am - 5.00pm Monday - Thursday, with 45 minutes lunch break

8.15am - 1.00pm Friday

Scope of the Position

Mergon UK are currently hiring an HR & Office Administrator to join the team in Blackburn.

This role will be responsible for offering all-round administration support for the Human Resources Department and the office.

This includes supporting the HR Department with a variety of generalist duties, helping and arranging staff and wellbeing activities, and general business office administration. Experience supporting full-cycle recruitment is beneficial as the role will also involve advertising roles, screening candidates, arranging interviews, and processing offers.

Whilst HR and/or recruitment experience is advantageous, we can teach you these skills. If you have experience in a fast-paced administrative role and are interested in beginning a career in HR, we encourage you to apply.

Key Responsibilities

• Generalist day-to-day HR administrative tasks such as processing joiners and leavers, taking meeting minutes, arranging meetings, conducting investigations, absence meetings and performance reviews
• Supporting full-cycle recruitment activities such as advertising vacancies, screening candidates, arranging interviews, and processing offers
• Arranging and tracking staff training and development
• Ordering catering for meetings and events and facilitating on-site events and activities
• Support the event and wellbeing programme by designing and implementing regular events for employees
• Support the HR Manager with various HR tasks as required
• Daily administration including answering telephone calls, distributing post, managing the HR shared inbox, and supporting employees with general queries
• Maintain paper and digital notice boards to communicate with employees, using tools such as Canva and PowerPoint

The above is not exhaustive. Other duties and responsibilities may be added as the employee's immediate supervisor deems appropriate.

Salary up to £28,000 per annum dependant on experience

Benefits

• Option to join the Private healthcare scheme
• 34 days holiday
• Full Christmas and New Year shut down
• Free on-site car park
• Canteen facilities, including hot drinks
• Employee Assistance Programme (Wellbeing platform)
• Company Wellbeing & Events programme (such as summer BBQ's, free annual health checks, pie days and much more)

The document is a guide only and should not be regarded as exclusive or exhaustive. It is intended as an outline indication of the areas of activity and will be amended in the light of changing needs of the organisation.

Equality and Diversity

Mergon is committed to the principle of equal opportunities in employment, and to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of race, colour, nationality, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, age, ethnic and national origin, disability, or gender reassignment.

Safer Recruitment

Mergon is committed to promotion welfare of young people and vulnerable adults. The successful applicant will be required to provide proof of rights to work in the UK.