Job Description...
| Job Title | Human Resources Assistant |
| Department | Human Resources / Payroll |
| Site | Ewelme, Head Office |
| Reports To |
Human Resources Manager |
| Date of Job Description | October 2004 |
| Hours of Work | 35 each week - 9.00 to 5.00 (1 hour lunch) |
Job Purpose
Working closely with the HR Manager and Payroll Officer you will provide a professional and discrete administrative support role to ensure the Department delivers a consistent, confidential and professional service to managers, directors, and all employees across the organisation in the areas of human resources and payroll.
Key Duties
HR Assistance
- Administration support for probation periods and follow up paperwork, e.g. invitation to join pension scheme.
- Preparing contracts of employment for managers.
- Taking up references for managers.
- Liaising with managers in providing references for ex-employees.
- Taking/filtering telephone calls.
- Recruitment administration.
- Relevant training administration - venue booking, delegate lists etc.
- Ad hoc projects relevant to role and future development.
- Filing, copying.
Payroll Assistance
Assisting the Payroll Officer in:
- Verifying timesheets each Monday assisting in marking up weekly timesheets.
- Verifying bonus and overtime, and calculating holiday and sick pay.
- Processing all other temporary and permanent changes to payroll.
- Input data to the payroll system, Earnie.
- Assist in processing all necessary standard and ad hoc reports.
- Administration associated with setting up new starters, closing down all leavers and associated administration (P45, P46, P38 etc.).
- Prepare responses to mortgage reference requests and National Statistics requirements.
Key Skills / Experience
- Competent in Word, Excel and Outlook.
- Ideally, experience of databases and report writing.
- Strong desire to learn new systems.
- At least 2 years office-based administrative experience.
- Numerate, and confident with the written word.
- Confident communicator, accurate, discrete, approachable, flexible and ability to multi-task.
- High importance to providing the best customer service.
- Strong team worker with ability to work on own initiative.
- Ability to move and change systems and processes within a growing business.
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