Human Resources Assistant

at  Ceredigion County Council

HUMAN RESOURCES ASSISTANT

Closing date: 12/02/2025
Reference: REQ105816
37 hours / Permanent
25,584 - 26,835 *
Aberystwyth
*All salary values are pro-rata.
About the role
An ideal opportunity has arisen for an individual who is seeking a career in HR.
The People and Organisation Service is looking to appoint a full time, permanent Human Resources Assistant. The post holder will provide support and assistance to managers, headteachers, governors and staff on a range of HR matters. The postholder will be required to provide advice to staff on HR matters such as contracts, pre-employment checks, leave entitlements etc. Training will be provided to the successful applicant.
We are looking for an individual who is computer literate, with experience of Office applications, email and internet. Good interpersonal and organisational skills as well as precise attention to detail are essential for our Team as is a full understanding of the need for absolute confidentiality.
In exchange for your skills and commitment, we will offer you a range of employee benefits including flexible hours scheme, competitive annual leave allowance and a generous pension contribution scheme.
In addition, we are committed to developing our people and will not only provide support to enable you to quickly and confidently take ownership of this role’s key areas of responsibility but also, we are committed to supporting your development in order that you can progress your career with us.

We believe work-life balance is very important. To support you in achieving this, you will have access to the following discretionary benefits:

• Hybrid Working: Subject to certain conditions being met, you may choose to work from home or in an office location.
• Flexi-time: Hours may be worked within a defined bandwidth, Monday to Friday, subject to service needs.

Job Description and Person Specification
Get in touch
For further information and an informal discussion regarding this post please contact Martyn Saycell: martyn.saycell@ceredigion.gov.uk
Note: We reserve the right to extend the application closing date.
What we offer
Work-life balance
Lifestyle savings scheme
Generous employer pension scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Learning and development
Where you’ll work

• Human Resources Advice and Administration: Contracts, Absence; Appraisals; Contracts; Disciplinaries; Grievance; Job evaluation; Managing change; Recruitment and onboarding.
• Health, Safety and Wellbeing: Advice; Compliance; Risk assessments.
• Learning and Development: E-learning; Events; Qualifications panel; Training.
• Engagement and Wellbeing: Ceri+; Internal Communications; Recruitment Marketing.
• Pay and Benefits: Payroll; Pensions; Timesheets.
• Systems: Ceri System and Development; Data and Reporting