HR Administrator

Eastbourne

37.5 hours per week - Monday to Friday

Competitive salary + pension & benefits package

We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced HR Administrator to join our People team based in central Eastbourne. This opportunity will provide a diverse and stimulating workload working in a team that together provides comprehensive HR support to the team and our national branch network of over 250 Decorator Centres across the UK.

You will be a key point of contact providing help and support on a variety of administration matters that focus on the colleague lifecycle. This role would be suited to someone with a demonstrable background in HR Administration. You will be highly organised, people focused with excellent communication skills and committed to providing a first-rate service to the team and wider business.

We are a family-owned business with a wonderful heritage of over 120 years, leading the UK marketplace for the supply of decorating materials across the country. We know that our people make our business unique. We place great emphasis on the development and growth of our colleagues - our mantra is to ‘help one another succeed’. To find out more about working with us visit www.Brewers.co.uk/careers

We understand that neurodiverse candidates or candidates with a disability may need adjustments or extra support in the application or interview process - we are committed to providing every candidate the opportunity and environment in which to succeed and we will support any reasonable request where we can.

What does the role of a HR Administrator involve?

• Supporting the team with the administration of our colleague lifecycle from the onboarding process through to changes in contracts and leavers
• Leading with the referencing of new colleagues, including contacting former employers, logging responses and highlighting any issues of concern
• Maintaining accurate records on the people system, including updating record and producing appropriate letters to send to the relevant colleagues to confirm any changes
• Supporting with our Occupational Health process, flagging any concerns and providing reports to the relevant People contact
• Maintaining both paper and electronic personnel files
• Taking shared responsibility for communal email inboxes, actioning emails or referring to the relevant person
• Triaging incoming phone calls to the department
• Providing administration and project support including arranging meetings, managing diaries, preparing agendas
  
  

Who We Are Looking For To Join The Team

• Previous experience in an HR Administration role where managing the employee lifecycle has been a main focus
• Confident communicator with people at all levels, able to demonstrate excellent people skills, a professional telephone manner and diplomacy skills
• An instinctive eye for detail and ability to produce work to a high standard with a ‘right first time’ approach
• Highly organised with confidence and presence of mind to prioritise your workload effectively
• Initiative to make decisions and problem solve on a daily basis
• Experienced to an intermediate level with MS Word, Excel and Outlook. Experience with HR systems or software is also desirable
  
  

In Return Some Of The Benefits We Offer Include

• Competitive salary
• 31 days holiday including bank holidays increasing with service
• Free life assurance
• 5% of your salary employer contribution to the pension plan (subject to employee contributions)
• Wagestream - a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
• Employee Assistance Programme - accessible to colleagues, partner/spouse and dependents
• Virtual GP service for yourself and any dependent children to be able to access unlimited medical advice when you need it
• Medicash, an optional funded scheme where you can claim money back for routine healthcare treatments
• Brewers Colleague discounts giving you huge savings on home improvements
• Discounts and rewards with selected partners - major high street brands, supermarkets etc
• Additional financial assistance such as Cycle to Work Scheme, Season Ticket Loans and Helping Hand Loan Scheme for times of crisis
• Comprehensive Induction Programme and ongoing development
• After a qualifying period, you will also be eligible for additional benefits such as profit related pay, enhanced Maternity/Paternity pay and a chance to use our Holiday Homes in Cornwall or the Lake District
  
  

To apply for this exciting opportunity, please click the Apply Now button to submit your CV and complete an application form. This role may expire before the closing date if we are successful in making an appointment. Due to the number of applications we receive, we are unable to respond to any applicants who do not complete the process.

Other job titles associated with this role include People Administrator, HR Assistant, Recruitment Assistant, Recruitment Administrator, ER Assistant, HR Coordinator