Role: HR Associate
Salary/Rate: £16-18 per hour inside IR35
Location: Hybrid, in Reading 1-2 days per week
Contract Duration: 6 months
We are currently looking for a HR Associate for our government client.
This HR Associate role is hybrid, based between 1-2 days per week in Reading and the remainder of the week working remotely. There is no further flexibility with the on-site requirement or office location.
Security Clearance: Security Check (SC Clearance)
The contract for this HR Associate position is for 6 months, with potential to extend, operating inside IR35.
This role is inside IR35 - Due to the service of the role, it will now be based on an Umbrella solution.
Essential Skills / Experience required:
- Proven experience in an HR / administrative role
- Proficiency in HR software and Microsoft Office Suite
- Experience of Data entry
- Ability to handle sensitive information with confidentiality
- Attention to detail
- Communication skills
- Self-motivated
- Planning experience
- Experience of repetitive work
Role / Responsibilities:
- To work within one of the HR sub function teams to provide efficient and effective HR services and first point of contact support for the business, working to agreed service levels and delivering a customer centric service.
- Deliver high quality, timely and accurate transactional HR services within SLA requirements.
- Deliver efficient and effective HR support to customers, providing first point of contact services through HRIS, telephone, email and walk-ins.
- Maintain and promote high personal standards in environment, safety, health, security and quality and be a great team player.
- Maintain workload and case trackers to enable the reporting of service performance and identification of improvements.
- Ensure the HR Information System is accurately updated, and transactions are processed in a timely fashion.
- Ensure all correspondence and documentation produced is accurate and in accordance with approved templates.
- Deliver routine scheduled activities.
- Support line managers, employees and candidates in the effective use of self-service HR technologies.
- Escalate issues in accordance with the relevant escalation process in a timely fashion.
- Maintain positive and professional working relationships with internal and external colleagues and customers, ensuring process hand-offs are properly executed.
- Support ad hoc project work, Company and HR initiatives, providing administrative services and, on occasion, face to face support.
- Assist in the testing and maintenance of the HRIS.
- Provide cover for colleagues during periods of absence and peak workload demands.
- Identify opportunities for improvement and suggest changes to enhance services, systems or address issues and actively participate in process improvement activity.
- Ensure HR related documentation (hard copy and electronic) is appropriately handled, managed and retained in compliance with data privacy regulations, including the archiving process; and ensure all correspondence and documentation produced is accurate, using approved templates.
- Ensure local work instructions are followed to maintain process compliance and quality.
- Ensure confidentiality is always maintained and that the appropriate Company classifications are applied.
- Maintain understanding of up-to-date employment regulations, applicable laws and Company policy.
If you are interested in the above role, please click Apply Now and send a CV for quick review.
As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, Circle and our Client guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.
Our client is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, they guarantee to interview all veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where they have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, they will interview the best candidates from within that group.
If you qualify, please notify us on igs [at] circlerecruitment [dot] com. We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your guaranteed interview.
Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a better way for us to communicate, please do let us know
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