HR Administrator

at  Thatcham Research

HR Administrator | 3 month FTC | Circa £28,000 (pro-rated) + excellent benefits | Hybrid | Part-time

WE’RE HIRING!

Are you ready to join us during an exciting and busy period for our business? We’re looking for an experienced HR Administrator to support our People team on a 3 month fixed term contract. This role offers part-time hours, ideally 20-25 hours per week.
We are seeking a highly organised and detail-oriented individual experienced in administrative support and handling confidential information.
Do you thrive on preparing correspondence to a high standard, coordinating starters, leavers, and change processes, and supporting the induction and onboarding of new employees? Are you a whiz at accurately collating data within tight deadlines? If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities

• Management of electronic personnel files, the HR email inbox, SharePoint & HRIS (HiBob) ensuring accurate and up to date information.
• Provide administration support and prepare routine & accurate correspondence such as contractual changes, reference letters.
• Co-ordinate and ensure that starters/leavers/change processes are initiated and followed, providing support as required with induction and onboarding of new employees.
• Assist with arranging promotion of benefits events and raise purchase orders for HR activities as required.
• Support the co-ordination of online DBS checks and arrangement of regular health surveillance medical appointments.
• Assist with co-ordinating and recording training activity and provide L&D admin support as required.
• Provide support on an ad hoc basis to the team in relation to collating information for project based work and broader HR activities.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE WE THINK YOU’LL NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL

• Technical Skills: A high standard of knowledge in relation to MS Office 365 and IT literacy. The ability to mail merge from Excel into Word would be highly advantageous.
• Administrative Skills: Strong organisational abilities, attention to detail, confidentiality and proficiency in managing databases and documentation.
• Interpersonal Skills: Ability to build relationships and work collaboratively with others.
• Communication Skills: Effective verbal and written communication is crucial for interacting with employees, management, and external partners.

Desirable skills or experience that are not essential (We welcome applications from candidates that do not match these additional criteria)

• Work Experience: Experience in HR roles, such as operational HR, recruitment, payroll, and/or employee relations.
• Technical Skills: Familiarity with HR software and tools.
• HR Policies and Procedures: Understanding of HR practices and employment laws.

DID YOU KNOW…

Research tells us that men are more likely to apply to jobs if they meet only 60% of the criteria, whereas women often hesitate or don’t apply unless they meet all of the criteria. This difference in application behaviour can contribute to the gender gap in career advancement and opportunities.
We know the perfect candidate doesn’t exist! If you think you have what it takes but don’t tick every box, we’d still encourage you to apply - it could be a perfect fit!
Perks & Benefits

Salary - Circa £28,000 (pro-rated) dependent on skills & experience.

• 10% non-contributory pension
• 29 days holiday (inclusive of Christmas shutdown) + public holidays (pro-rated for part-time)
• Group Life Assurance (equal to 3 x basic salary)
• Group Income Protection (after 2 years’ service)
• Moneyhealth’s Financial Coaching & Wellbeing Platform
• Health Cash Plan (cash back on eligible medical treatments)
• Reward & Recognition Programme
• Discounted gym membership
• Sports & Social club
• Payroll charitable giving
• Subsidised on-site restaurant
• Free on-site parking

• Management of electronic personnel files, the HR email inbox, SharePoint & HRIS (HiBob) ensuring accurate and up to date information.
• Provide administration support and prepare routine & accurate correspondence such as contractual changes, reference letters.
• Co-ordinate and ensure that starters/leavers/change processes are initiated and followed, providing support as required with induction and onboarding of new employees.
• Assist with arranging promotion of benefits events and raise purchase orders for HR activities as required.
• Support the co-ordination of online DBS checks and arrangement of regular health surveillance medical appointments.
• Assist with co-ordinating and recording training activity and provide L&D admin support as required.
• Provide support on an ad hoc basis to the team in relation to collating information for project based work and broader HR activities