HR Administrator

at  Sheffield City Council

Job description
As a Council we have bold ambitions for our City and our people are key to delivering excellent services. We are looking for a hard working individual to join our recruitment team, with a focus on delivering HR Support to Sheffield City Council employees, managers and HR colleagues.

• Lead administration of the recruitment processes, starting from advert stage, interview schedules, employment checks, through to contract stage on our ITrent system.
• Provide advice to applicants, support to recruiting managers and other HR colleagues in relation to all stages of the recruitment process.
• Work closely with your team members as well as supporting other teams within the HR Service on recruitment and general HR queries.
• Get involved in making improvements for more inclusive and better recruitment practice so that we can better attract and retain skilled employees from diverse backgrounds.
  What you’ll need

The service receives a high volume of calls and customer enquiries from employees and managers, so you will therefore need to have:

• Excellent customer service skills
• Be highly organised, and confident in undertaking transactional processes
• Able to work at pace and with accuracy.

In return, you’ll be supported by an experienced team and have the right training to thrive in your new job.
Informal contact: Sue Shaw - Recruitment Team Leader sue.shaw@sheffield.gov.uk
Interview date: Wednesday 15 May 2024
We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.
It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.
Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.
Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.
If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.