HR Assistant

Working on behalf of a Local Authority, Aatom Recruitment has a new contract opportunity for an HR Assistant.

Main duties and responsibilities

• Makes judgements on prioritisation of work to manage workload and respond to urgent requests, supported and directed by the Team Leader and Contact Point manager where appropriate
• Responds to customer demand on the HR Function, supporting casework, recruitment, workforce reporting, systems support, learning and / or organisation development
• Acts as a first point of contact for the HR function, resolving process or policy application-based queries and basic data access request, and triaging other requests and connecting to the relevant individual within the HR Function as required
• To demonstrate flexibility whilst working across various HR teams to support workload peaks and troughs, developing knowledge and experience across all teams
• Uses HR systems and databases appropriately to record all work actions, ensuring accurate information is stored in line with information and record management policies
• Maintains compliance with the Data Protection Act, GDPR and confidentiality of employee information and the client’s data
• Drives a culture of continuous improvement through the HR Function by identifying opportunities to make changes to ways of working to reduce support requests through Contact Point, and to maximise the effectiveness and efficiency of the HR Function’s operations

Requirements

• Understand common issues based on existing knowledge, suggests improvements to current ways of working, completes tasks independently in a timely manner
• Ability to analyse and interpret data to identify and highlight key trends, as well as integrate external sources of data to ensure a broad level of analysis
• Ability to communicate appropriately using approved methods for the target audience. Inform others in a simple and easy way, and clarify to check understanding
• Ability to collect and synthesize relevant data to analyse complex problems and evaluate situations based on previous experience
• Experience of working in an HR department in a customer focused organisation, proactively facilitating and leading change

If you are interested, please apply or contact Inesa for more information!