Temporary HR Support Officer 

Job Ref: RQ612448 

We are recruiting a HR Support Officer, Scale 6, to assist the HR Support team with a current high volume of work. The worker will assist with the end to end recruitment process, maintenance and update of employee data and systems, payroll processing, general employee services and response to HR enquiries via the shared HR mailbox   

Key Responsibilities: 

• Ensure effective recruitment through working with candidates, hiring managers and HR colleagues throughout the recruitment process, from recruitment authorisation to the issuing of new starter documentation, to ensure smooth and effective processing of campaigns.  
• Ensure that the HR service complies with recruitment practices, including DBS checks, right-to-work requirement, medical, reference and other compliance checks as required.  
• Administer the onboarding process for new employees, ensuring such documentation as offer letters and contracts are produced in a timely and accurate manner, and delivering day one inductions for new starters.  
• Ensure all payroll instructions are prepared and submitted to the Payroll service according to agreed timescales (including maternity/paternity, jury service, salary sacrifice and loan applications), maintaining a high focus on accuracy.  
• Ensure that all HR ICT systems accurately reflect current staff and their terms and conditions.  
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date electronic employee records, ensuring compliance with data protection legislation.  
• Ensure resignations are acknowledged in a timely manner and that outstanding payments are calculated and processed accurately.  
• Deliver cyclical/routine HR projects, such as annual Declaration of Interest checks, renewal of time-limited permissions to work, triennial DBS checks and other governance-related activities.  
• Support the delivery of the wider employee benefits and reward offer and other employee engagement initiatives.  
• Provide a high-quality response to staff, manager and candidate queries via the HR inbox through efficient, accurate and timely handling and processing, reporting observed trends to HR colleagues. 

“Role Requirements” – to give yourself the maximum chance of success please try and ensure your CV addresses the following essential criteria: 

• CIPD Level 3 qualification, or experience and understanding that can be demonstrated as conferring the same level of expertise 
• Knowledge and understanding of basic employment law and experience of practical application in the workplace 
• Good knowledge of HR best practice and how it applies to the workplace 
• Experience of providing generalist, customer-focused HR administrative support services such as payroll, benefits and/or recruitment, including use of HR/workforce management IT systems 
• Experience of using and maintaining HR databases and systems such as Resource Link or similar 
• Good numeracy skills and able to establish, maintain and update data accurately 
• Good writing and editing communication skills that provide clear communication of key messages 
• Ability to develop and maintain a professional HR knowledge and deploy this to contribute to the development of HR services at THH 
• Ability to work efficiently and accurately under own initiative, with good attention to detail 

NB: Please feel free to apply to us direct via [email protected] by quoting the job reference and job title exactly. SEE DETAILS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS AD. 

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