Senior HR Administrator

Kier Group; Rushden; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction firm is seeking a Senior HR Administrator to join their HR Shared Services team in Rushden. The role involves coordinating daily tasks, managing team performance, and ensuring high-volume HR administration using Oracle HR. The ideal candidate has experience in HR administration, strong communication skills, and is enthusiastic about fostering a positive team culture. This position offers hybrid working with office attendance required 1-2 days per week.

Qualifications

• Experience in high-volume HR administration, ideally in a Shared Service Centre.
• Previous experience managing teams in a high-volume HR administration environment.
• Organised, detail-oriented, and able to work under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating daily tasks and ensuring work is completed within deadlines.
• Acting as an escalation point for complex queries and mentoring team members.
• Monitoring performance against KPIs and producing reports to drive service enhancements.

Skills

High-volume HR administration

Team management

Microsoft Office proficiency

Oracle HR experience

Strong communication skills

Detail-oriented

Job description

We're looking for a Senior HR Administrator to join our HR Shared Services team based in Rushden.

Location: Rushden – hybrid working available, with travel to the office required 1‑2 days per week.
Hours: 37.5 hours per week – 12‑Month Fixed Term Contract. Some flexibility on hours is available if desired; just let us know when you speak to us.

Please note we are unable to offer certificates of sponsorship to any candidates in this role.

What will you be responsible for?

• Coordinating daily tasks and ensuring work is completed within deadlines.
• Acting as an escalation point for complex queries and mentoring team members.
• Supporting the Team Manager with root cause analysis and continuous improvement.
• Monitoring performance against KPIs and producing reports to drive service enhancements.
• Providing accurate HR/pay‑related administration using Oracle HR and other systems.
• Overseeing a team of administrators, ensuring 1‑2‑1s, performance management, reviews and development conversations are carried out.

What are we looking for?

• Experience in high‑volume HR administration, ideally in a Shared Service Centre.
• Previous experience managing teams in a high‑volume HR administration environment.
• Confidence using Microsoft Office and HR systems (Oracle HR desirable).
• Organised, detail‑oriented, and able to work under pressure.
• Strong communication skills with a customer‑focused approach.
• Enthusiastic about creating a positive team culture and supporting others.

Rewards and benefits

We offer a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives, and our people have made a huge impact on how we work by using their experiences to shape our policies.

As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this role will be offered an interview.

We look forward to seeing your application to #joinkier
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