HR Assistant

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Human Resources
Location:  Brighton - Moulsecoomb
Salary:  £25,742 to £28,759 per annum
Closing Date:  Sunday 07 April 2024
Reference:  HR5021-24-098

Are you looking for a busy administrative role and have an interest in either gaining or expanding your knowledge of Human Resources?   If so, we have just the role for you.   

We are looking for a full-time HR Assistant to join our HR Operations Team.  The Team provides a key and significant service within the University (circa 2100 employees) and we are looking for someone who has proven high level administrative skills, is a proactive and clear communicator and has a keen eye for detail.

In this role you will:

• Use our HR and Payroll database (ResourceLink) daily to ensure that all contractual changes are made accurately and promptly to meet payroll deadlines, and corresponding employment documentation is issued.
• Act as a first point of contact for a wide range of queries from both staff and managers e.g., contractual, holiday, family-friendly leave amongst other queries relating to the employee lifecycle (full training will be given).
• Be proactive in ensuring that HR records are up-to-date and accurate.
• Carry out DBS checks.
• Contribute to projects with a particular emphasis on improving systems and processes.

What are we looking for: 

• A clear understanding of the need to give excellent and proactive customer service.
• The ability to plan, prioritise and organise a large workload and enjoy the challenge of working to deadlines.
• An excellent eye for detail and an ability to write clearly and grammatically.
• Experience of using HR and Payroll databases, or equivalent, on a regular basis.
• Proficiency with the Microsoft suite of packages (Word, Outlook, Excel).
• Previous experience in a busy workplace environment.

In return the University can provide a competitive salary; generous employer pension contributions; training and development opportunities and a generous annual leave entitlement including closure days between Christmas and New Year.  Please see the ‘Working with Us’ pages for further details.

Previous experience of working in an HR environment is not required as full training and support will be given.  

This role is eligible for agile working (working from home) for part of the week once formal training has been completed.  

We very much look forward to receiving your application.

Further details:

The University is committed to an inclusive environment which embraces equality and diversity in our working, learning, research and teaching environment. We particularly encourage male applicants and all those from Minority Ethnic backgrounds. The university is underrepresented by these groups at this job grade.

For the vast majority of our roles, we operate an agile working system with time split between working on campus and at the employee's home. It is the University's expectation that home working will take place within the UK.

Further information about working for us, as well as the wide range of benefits we offer, can be found in the working with us section of our vacancies page.