People Assistant

Company Outline

 

Job Role: HR Assistant / People Assistant (Fixed-term contract)

Location: Hybrid/Birmingham

Salary: £24,000.00

Contract - 6 months fixed-term

 

Why do we want you?

You're an experienced Human Resources Assistant/ Human Resources Administrator looking for an exciting opportunity to join a global business. You'll be offering HR support on all areas of the employee life cycle collaborating with and learning from our wider People team to do so.  

 

We know it's a cliche, but really no two days are the same here! You'll be supporting approx. 850 employees in offices across the world so if you're looking to progress your career in a fast-moving business, why not apply? We'd love to hear from you! 

 

About us

We’re Wilmington PLC, a 12-brand group united by governance, risk and compliance. Acting as a trusted partner across our Intelligence, Training & Education divisions, we help our customers to do the right business in the right way as they navigate the Regulatory Compliance landscape. If you’re looking for innovation, opportunity, and community, you’ll find them all and more here.

Job purpose, tasks and responsibilities

As a member of the People Shared Services team you will play an integral role in providing support to the business throughout the employee life cycle in an efficient and customer focused manner. Working closely with the People Business Partners, People Advisors and Centres of Expertise acting as liaison between the People Team and employees, ensuring smooth communication and prompt resolution of requests and questions, developing your knowledge and expertise in this area.

 

• Responsibilities include a wide range of global People support activities and transactional processes, ensuring effective application of company policy, data integrity and compliance, these include:
• Processing of all employee life cycle matters relating to Payroll and People ensuring these are timely and accurate and in adherence to company procedures
• Providing a professional service and first line People support for managers and employees in a timely manner
• Conducting People induction as part of the onboarding process
• Supporting line managers during the probation process and conducting new joiner feedback interviews
• Conducting exit interviews with leavers
• Ensure documents and data are maintained in line with GDPR
• Attending disciplinary, performance, grievance and investigation meetings in the capacity of note taker, as required
• Supporting the team in delivering People projects and initiatives, as required
• Contributing to continuous improvement of People processes, documents and services
• Attending and taking an active role in People meetings
• Supporting L&D with the scheduling and co-ordination of training programmes
• Continuously developing HR knowledge, understanding and application as well as commercial awareness

Essential and desirable capabilities

We always support colleagues to develop their skills but to be successful in this job you really do need to already be able to tick most of these boxes...

 

We know it’s not a skill, but the successful candidate must have permission to work in the role’s location by the start of their employment.

 

You will also need;

• Experience in the same or similar role including strong knowledge of core People matters
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, as is the ability to interact with employees at all levels
• Highly organised and structured with the ability to meet tight deadlines
• Exceptional attention to detail – right first-time approach
• The ability to work in a confidential manner and handle sensitive information discreetly and responsibly is a necessity.

Desirable:

• Should have the ability to align People tasks to operational requirements
• Is able to apply high levels of common sense and logic to often delicate situations and therefore possess excellent listening and communication skills
• Have good IT skills, particularly Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint
• The ability to get to grips with a variety of systems and database
• Experience using HR systems
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and in a team environment

 

You need to be the kind of person who…

 

Is a professional and confident individual who is pragmatic, tactful, diplomatic and approachable with the ability to stay calm in difficult situations.  You will have strong communication and relationship building capabilities across all levels and be able to problem solve effectively. You will work with a high level of integrity and confidentiality and have meticulous attention to detail. You will enjoy working with people and have a willingness to go the extra mile to deliver excellent advice, support and guidance.

Wherever you are in your career and whatever your expertise....................

You are naturally supporting of others and enjoy building relationships through your empathetic, collaborative style. You are resilient and adapt to change with ease and you have a strong attention to detail.

Before you go....

Find what you’re looking for

We are ambitious and inclusive, filled with integrity and curiosity.  We are Wilmington PLC. Are you? Join us and achieve more within your career with mutual respect, support and fair rewards.

 

What we’ll give you

When you join us, you’ll be able to utilise hybrid working, and receive benefits that include a performance-related bonus, pension, life assurance, additional holiday purchase, healthcare, subsidised gym memberships, cycle to work scheme, discount vouchers and access to wellbeing resources.

 

Bring what makes you unique

We value diversity and embrace the unique experiences, knowledge, and perspectives that drive innovation and creativity throughout Wilmington PLC. Our goal is to build a positive culture that showcases individuality and supports everyone, including those with disabilities. We shortlist all applicants who meet our essential role criteria, in addition we guarantee an interview for all disabled applicants who meet the essential role criteria.  If you would like to be considered for this scheme, you require an alternative method of applying, or require any reasonable adjustments please contact us:  opportunities@wilmingtonplc.com

 

We are a group united by governance, risk and compliance that helps customers do the right business in the right way. With an impressive brand portfolio, a variety of impactful work and a culture that exists to see you succeed. If you are seeking an environment that values innovation, opportunity and community, then there’s a career for you here at Wilmington plc. Apply now.

 

 

The Legal Bit!

The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this role. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position.

*Please note that this role may remain advertised until an offer of employment has been made.

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