Jackson Hogg are currently looking to recruit a HR Assistant for a professional services company based in Darlington.
The main tasks and responsibilities of the role include:
- Manage the onboarding process, co-ordinate HR inductions, complete reference requests and right-to-work checks
- Produce letters and contracts of employment for any changes in employees’ terms and conditions of employment including annual and ad hoc salary increases
- Update the HR system, including data entry and resolving queries, run reports and provide information as and when required
- Organise absence and probation review meetings, providing advice and support to managers as appropriate
- Manage the annual holiday process and the pension and holiday salary sacrifice schemes and Vitality
- Manage annual compliance requirements, process DBS checks, family leave, and long service awards
- Process leavers and collate the monthly payroll information
- Manage the HR inbox including collating and actioning suggestions
Skills required
- Proven HR generalist experience working at HR Assistant/Administrator/Co-ordinator level
- Exceptional organisational skills
- Ability to establish rapport, build trust and demonstrate credibility
- Excellent communication skills and confident in speaking to people face to face, over the telephone, and by email
- The ability to check work for accuracy and have good attention to detail
- Be able to demonstrate your initiative to solve problems
- Be flexible and proactive in managing multiple priorities
- Excellent IT skills, including working knowledge of Outlook, Word, and Excel
- Demonstrate discretion when dealing with confidential information