Recruitment & Payroll Administrator

Aviation Recruitment; King's Newton; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a full-time Recruitment & Payroll Administrator to join their team in King's Newton. This 2-year fixed-term contract role involves processing payroll, handling onboarding tasks, and administrative support. The ideal candidate will have administration experience in HR or recruitment and strong IT skills. Benefits include a salary that increases over time, a performance bonus, hybrid working after probation, and various perks like paid time off on one's birthday.

Benefits

Performance based bonus £50 - £100pcm

Paid day off on your birthday

Free onsite airport parking

Training and development

Employee of the Month recognition

Qualifications

• Experience in HR, high-volume recruitment, or high-volume employee onboarding is essential.
• Proficiency in Microsoft applications and in-house systems is required.
• Ability to work with multiple data spreadsheets.

Responsibilities

• Assist with weekly payroll processing.
• Handle invoice queries.
• Administer criminal record checks.
• Process airport ID pass applications.
• Gather HR onboarding information from employees.
• Update training records and HR databases.
• Prepare recruitment and onboarding reports.
• Perform accurate data entry.

Skills

Administration experience

Strong IT skills

Comfortable with telephone-based activities

Attention to detail

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

Overview

As part of our continued expansion programme, we have an opportunity for a Recruitment & Payroll Administrator to join our Payroll and Onboarding team and provide payroll, post-recruitment, and onboarding admin support from January 2026.

This is a 2-year fixed-term contract with the possibility of extension of permanency subject to business needs. This a full-time office-based role working from our East Midlands Airport office (DE74 2SA).

Benefits

• £25,480 rising to £25,980 after 6 months. £26,480 after 12 months.
• Performance based bonus £50 - £100pcm.
• Hybrid working (4 days office based with Wednesday home working after probation).
• Opportunities to win our Employee of the Month recognition programme.
• Training and development.
• A great social calendar and open working environment.
• Paid day off on your birthday.
• Free onsite airport parking which can also be utilised during your holidays.
• 0830 hrs – 1730 hrs Monday to Friday (flexibility required).

Responsibilities

• Assisting with weekly payroll.
• Invoice queries.
• Administer and apply for criminal record checks.
• Process applications for airport ID passes.
• Liaising with employees and delegates to gather HR onboarding information.
• Update training records, HR Databases and Recruitment Trackers.
• Preparing recruitment and onboarding reports for the senior leadership team.
• Performing high volume accurate data entry.

Qualifications

• It is essential that you have administration experience in a similar environment, such as HR, high-volume recruitment, or high-volume employee onboarding.
• Strong IT skills - proficiency in Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook and an aptitude for in-house systems.
• Comfortable with telephone-based activities.
• Highly competent in with working with multiple data spreadsheets.
• A degree of attention to detail.

If you feel you have the right skills and experience for this Recruitment & Payroll Administrator role, then click on the link below.

Aviation Recruitment Network is acting as the direct employer for this role.