HR Assistant

HR Assistant

Contract Opportunity in Solihull

Job Overview

We are seeking a dedicated and detail-oriented Human Resources Assistant to join our dynamic HR team. This role is essential in supporting various HR functions, ensuring smooth operations, and contributing to a positive workplace environment. The ideal candidate will have a strong foundation in human resources practices and familiarity with HRIS systems, as well as excellent communication and administrative skills.

Essential Criteria:

• Ideally an experienced and efficient HR Assistant, you will work closely with the HR Team to support the Employee Life Cycle (Attraction, Recruitment, Onboarding, Development, Retention and Separation).


• You will be responsible for the administration of HR documents, records and data ensuring legal compliance with all applicable employment laws.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support with recruitment activities across all areas of the business, including posting adverts on job boards, shortlisting candidates, conducting telephone interviews, scheduling face-to-face interviews, requesting references, raising contracts of employment, co-ordinating pre-employment health questionnaires, updating organisational charts.


• Process leavers, including acknowledging terminations, updating details on various employee platforms, and updating organisational charts


• Support with formal investigations, disciplinaries, grievances, as a note-taker


• Support with events, meetings, and coordinating employee communications


• Signpost staff on how best to access wellbeing platforms and services provided by the company, including external service providers, e.g. Employee Assistance Programme


• Support with the management of the HR Team Inbox to ensure emails are responded to within a timely manner


• Any other reasonable duties, as required

Knowledge, Skills & Experience: Essential

• Minimum 4 years HR Administration experience


• Strong MS Office Skills


• Excellent administrative and organisational skills


• Ability to build effective working relationships with employees from a range of backgrounds and levels of seniority across the organisation


• Ability to demonstrate common sense and sound judgement


• Effective communication skills, written, verbal and listening


• Strong attention to detail


• Ability to work independently, use own initiative, prioritise workloads and multitask to meet deadlines


• Good problem-solving skills

Excellent Opportunity with immediate starts available.