hr administrator Bloomsbury, England
Job description
Human Resources
Full-time
Permanent
£23,953 per annum
Application Deadline: 12pm (midday) on Monday 31 July 2023
About the Role:
Are you looking to kick start you career in HR at one of the London's leading visitor attractions with a world-famous collection? Do you have excellent interpersonal skills, an eye for detail and an interest in developing your understanding of HR policy and procedures throughout all stages of the employee lifecycle?
As an integral part of a busy HR department, this roles’ focus is on ensuring the delivery of effective and reliable HR processes to all the Museum's employees. This is a truly generalist role, our HR Administrators provide administrative support across all stages of the employee lifecycle including:
Recruitment: Working directly with recruiting managers to develop adverts, schedule interviews and managing the entire onboarding process from job offer to induction, in line with internal procedures and current legislation
Employee Relations: supporting the HR Advisor’s casework through accurate minute taking of sensitive meetings including, grievance, disciplinary, capability and attendance management.
HR Systems and Record Maintenance: ensuring the HR database and employee personal files are accurate and kept up to date. Supporting payroll processes by creating new employee records and maintaining current ones.
Communications and Employee Engagement: manage a shared inbox, responding to a variety of employee queries, in a timely, polite and helpful manner. Ensuring employees have access to the Museum’s benefits, preparing internal communications and keeping the intranet up to date.
About You:
Successful candidates will have strong attention to detail and time management skills, be able to prioritise and manage conflicting demands. This opportunity will offer you autonomy and the opportunity to work directly with department managers across the Museum, building strong working relationships.
The role requires effective interpersonal communication skills, and the ability to work with minimal supervision. A focus on high quality customer service, a positive attitude and a flexible working approach is essential to provide a helpful, effective, and reliable HR service to all employees.
About Us:
Founded in 1753, the British Museum’s remarkable collection spans over two million years of human history and culture. The Museum is one of the leading visitor attractions and its world-famous collection includes the Rosetta Stone, the Parthenon sculptures, Egyptian mummies, the Admonitions Scroll, and the Amaravati sculptures.
The Museum offers a competitive benefits package including:
- Membership of the civil service pension scheme
- Free entry to a wide range of museums and exhibitions
- Participation in private and public Museum activities, including talks by leading curators from around the world and behind-the-scenes opportunities to learn how museums care for and manage their extraordinary collections
- Generous annual leave allowance
- Interest-free travel, bicycle and rental deposit loans
- Professional and personal development opportunities
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Discounts on food and gift shop purchases
Additional details:
For more information about this role, please see the job description.
If you have any additional needs that we should be aware of in order to support you with your application, please provide details to [email protected].
The British Museum is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all staff and job applicants. We aim to create a working environment in which all individuals can make best use of their skills, free from unlawful discrimination or harassment. We value the benefits that a diverse workforce brings to a Museum which represents world culture. The Museum is committed to ensuring that no job applicant suffers unlawful discrimination because of any protected characteristics. Our recruitment procedures aim to ensure that individuals are treated fairly because of their relevant knowledge, skills and experience.
We are also currently piloting a flexible way of working that allows our employees to work remotely in a way that suits them and the organisation. We welcome questions and conversations at interview stage and how flexible working could work for you.
The Museum adheres to the HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) for pre-employment screening of Civil Servants.
