Senior HR Administrator

Senior HR Assistant

Type: Temporary – 6-month maternity cover (with potential to extend)
Pay: £15.35 per hour Full time Monday to Friday
Location: Remote working
Security: Enhanced DBS required
Induction: Fully remote

About the Role

We are recruiting a Senior HR Assistant to provide maternity cover within a busy HR Resourcing and Transactions team. Working in a regulated environment, this role is ideal for an experienced HR administrator who is confident managing onboarding activity, HR systems and stakeholder relationships while working with minimal supervision.

Key Responsibilities

• End-to-end onboarding, including reference checks, Enhanced DBS, right to work verification and contract issuing


• Providing comprehensive HR administration support across resourcing and transactional activities


• Accurately updating and maintaining records across multiple HR platforms and systems


• Managing confidential and sensitive information in line with GDPR and organisational policies


• Delivering excellent customer service to candidates, hiring managers and internal stakeholders


• Supporting wider HR workloads during peak periods


• Acting as an ambassador for HR, consistently demonstrating organisational values and behaviours

You will be organised, detail-oriented and proactive, with experience working in a fast-paced and regulated HR environment.

Essential experience and skills:

• HR administration or recruitment experience within a busy, regulated environment


• Strong hands-on experience with onboarding and pre-employment checks


• Knowledge of general office procedures, ideally within an HR function


• Ability to prioritise competing demands and deliver work to high-quality standards within deadlines


• Confident user of Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook


• Experience working with a range of HR systems and platforms


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with confidence engaging at management level


• Ability to analyse, interpret, explain and summarise complex information and data

• Calm, confident and professional under pressure


• Proactive, self-motivated and solution-focused


• Highly developed interpersonal skills and a collaborative team approach


• Strong understanding of confidentiality and data protection


• Takes ownership of performance and contribution


• Able to build credibility and effective working relationships quickly

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