HR Assistant

Alexander Steele are currently recruiting for a HR Assistant for a Food Manufacturing company based in Hertfordshire. Paying up to £30,000 per annum depending on experience and working office hours for a usual Monday – Friday role this is a great opportunity to join a growing business.

The HR Assistant responsibilities will include providing administrative support to ensure efficient operation of all departments. You will support the site through a variety of tasks including staff recruitment & retention, collating weekly KPI reports, completing payroll spreadsheets, filing / collecting personal data, general office duties, minute taking and answering telephone calls.

Aspects of the role include

• Assisting in ER cases (approx. 1-3 per week),
• Dealing with absence sickness/long term sickness etc
• Supporting/carrying out investigations
• Producing KPI reports/ attending ops meetings to discuss these,
• Minute taking in various meetings including; employee forums, ER meetings, consultation meetings, ethical audit meetings etc
• First class communication skills (engaging building relationships with all levels of stakeholders from the factory floor level up to SLT’s)

Job Responsibilities

• Employee Relations
• Liaise /advise and ensure that policies and procedures are kept up to date.
• Manage all processes in a timely manner and within policy guidelines.
• Ensure accuracy of documentation provided to colleagues and is maintained on files.
• Ensure that the suspension protocol is followed on every occasion and actively engage with the HR Director/HRM to ensure suspensions are appropriately managed.
• Support leaders in setting up performance improvement plans where appropriate.
• Ensure that in all matters appropriate records are kept and maintained in line with Company policy.

Recruitment  

• Full 360 recruitment – supporting the HRM where needed
• Responsibility for identifying unique and innovative ways of attracting candidates and engaging local teams to be involved in the process.
• Responsibility for setting up all interviews, liaising with managers and candidates and to provide interview questions as required.
• To ensure that every candidate provides a copy of their passport, right to work and proof of address at interview stage and copies are made and authenticated with signature.
• Own the unique selling point for the site and support managers to be able to sell the during interviews.
• Ensuring literacy and numeracy tests are carried out (via agencies or direct recruitment for shop floor staff)

Other

• To support as directed on implementing all group projects into the site.
• Seeks to continually improve processes
• Assisting in payroll if/when required
• Carry out exit interviews
• May be required to come in and meet the night shift on occasions (once a month)
• Training on policies and procedures to managers

Knowledge / Education / Skills

• CIPD qualified or equivalent
• Organisation skills
• Strong communication Influencing and relationship building experience
• Good understanding of employment legislation.

If this is something you feel you are interested in, please do not hesitate to apply.