Hr Officer

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Hr Officer to join our award-winning client on a 12 month Fixed Term Contract

Headcount circa 200 employees with plans for further growth throughout 2026.

Reporting to the HR Operational Manager and working closely with your colleagues in HR, as the Hr Officer you will be responsible for providing operational HR support across the business.

Main duties and responsibilities of the Hr Officer will include:

• Responding to HR enquiries, phone and via HR inboxes, acting at first point of contact.
• Administration of recruitment processes via a recruitment portal, working closely with recruiting managers.
• Completing all documentation and processes relating to new employees and employees exiting the business.
• Managing the new starter and onboarding process, monitoring to ensure the probation process is running efficiently.
• Maintaining and updating all employee record systems.
• Completing payroll processing, collating, checking and updating.
• Administering maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental leave administration processes.
• Preparing letters and contractual documentations.
• Administering family friendly processes.
• Providing learning and development administration support.
• Preparing and running reports from the HRIS.
• Liaising with external advisers including payroll partners, pension and healthcare brokers to ensure that information is transferred and up to date.
• Maintaining, updating, and reporting from the benefits and recognition platform.
• Supporting and managing the administration of, and adherence to, HR policies and procedures, advising on compliance.
• Contributing to the management and promotion of company benefits and recognition activities.

Skills & Experience required from the Hr Officer include:

• Experience in a similar role, working across all aspects of HR (including payroll processing)
• Knowledge of employment law (preferable, not essential)
• CIPD or equivalent (preferable, not essential)
• Well-developed written skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Attention to detail
• Organisational and administrative skills
• Problem solving skills
• Self-motivated, proactive
• Experience of working with line managers
• Experience of working with Microsoft packages and HR systems
• Collaborative, team player

Hybrid working (typically 2 days office per week – during training period it will be office based 5 days/week).

Office location LE19.

35 hours per week – 9 to 5pm, 1 hour lunch.

Salary £28,497.60

Excellent Benefits package includes 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays, Company pension (10% employer contribution), private healthcare, free parking.

This role would suit an experienced a Hr Officer (with operational support experience), a HR Administrator (who has had exposure to the above tasks and is wanting to progress), a HR Generalist (who enjoys providing a full HR administration service).

Interviews to be held start of June 2026.