Senior HR Administrator

What will be my core responsibilities?

The Senior HR Administrator plays a key role in supporting the delivery of HR services across the business, ensuring smooth day-to-day operations, while developing practical HR experience and capability. The ideal candidate will have strong organisation skills, attention to detail and a passion for fostering a positive employee experience.

This role is ideal for someone looking to develop their HR career by building strong operational knowledge alongside exposure to advisory activity and HR projects.

• Support with all internal and external HR related queries and requests, including coordination of the HR inbox, monitoring daily and responding to or escalating queries as necessary.
• Administer employee lifecycle administration including contractual changes, promotions, transfers and leavers.
• Assist with ER cases, to include taking notes in meetings and follow up actions and paperwork
• Support the maintenance and tracking of employee absence and pull reports as requested.
• Maintain accurate HR records and ensure documentation is compliant with GDPR and company standards.
• Assist with monitoring absence and probation reviews and other key people metrics, highlighting trends to the HR Advisor/Line Managers and assisting with any follow-up activities.
• Assist with onboarding new starters, helping coordinate HR inductions and ensuring compliance with pre-employment checks.

• Offboarding including completing termination paperwork and undertaking exit Interviews.
• Collate payroll changes including starters, leavers, absence and contractual amendments for review and submission with the wider team.
• Ensure HR systems are accurately maintained and support line managers in using the system effectively.
• Ad-hoc administrative activities for projects and queries to support and free up time for the HR Advisor and Head of HR.
• Identify opportunities to streamline administrative and HR processes.
• Support the implementation of new systems, policies and people initiatives.
• Participate in projects as guided by the Head of HR.

What skills and experience do I need to be successful in this role?

• Previous experience in an HR Administration role with exposure to the full employee lifecycle.
• Good working knowledge of HR best practice and UK employment legislation.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• High level of accuracy, attention to detail and confidentiality.
• Confident communicator with the ability to build relationships with employees and managers at all levels.
• Strong IT skills including Microsoft Office and experience using HR systems.
• Proactive, solutions-focused and keen to take ownership of tasks and processes.

You might have:

• Experience within construction, engineering, facilities management or a similar operational environment.
• CIPD Level 3 or higher (or working towards), with a desire to continue developing professionally.
• Experience supporting employee relations processes.
• Familiarity with HRIS platforms such as Employment Hero.
• Experience producing HR metrics or supporting audits/compliance activities.

We are an equal opportunities employer committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates.