Job description
What if your expertise could help someone, somewhere, to live a better life?
Helping children living with juvenile idiopathic arthritis to communicate their pain, giving people with psoriasis their confidence back, shocking 2.3 million HCPs into taking action against second heart attacks to proving to the world that eczema isn’t a skin condition.
Havas Lynx Group is a creative communications agency dedicated to changing the way the world does healthcare communications for the better. We are committed to bringing about change. Change informed by experience, driven by innovation and proven in delivery. We work alongside healthcare professionals, patients, carers, and pharmaceutical brands to overcome the complex challenges of modern healthcare. Our work blends strategic insight and deep scientific understanding with creativity and digital innovation, delivering healthcare campaigns and solutions that really make a difference to people’s lives.
An accredited Top 40 ‘UK Great Place to Work’, we’re a team of over 500+ people in Manchester and London, with a history of over 35 years and an ever-evolving future. You can get a feel for the #LYNXLife via YouTube, #LYNXLife playlist, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
Everything this company achieves, every life it saves, every penny it makes, every policy it changes, every award it wins, is down to everyone that works here.
Our Role
We are looking for a HR Administrator to join the HR Team, which is based in our Manchester head office. Once hired, this person will help us continue to deliver an excellent level of service to our growing agency. We’re looking for someone who has some experience in a similar role and has the ability to work in a fast-paced environment. Strong communication skills both written and verbal is also very important.
In this position you will provide administrative support on a day-to-day basis, gaining exposure to the company’s core operations. You’ll be given plenty of support and training meaning you’ll quickly become a key member of the group, undertaking typical tasks such as the following:
- Proactive management of our people software systems
- Providing administrative support in cases for individuals e.g., writing letters and other confidential documents
- Managing the administration of performance review meetings
- Tracking team absence and running the return to work system
- Reporting on HR metrics
- Supporting on day-to-day queries about HR-related issues
The successful candidate will have passion for commencing a career in Human Resources. We’re looking for a team player who is able to demonstrate initiative, attention to detail, strong communication skills (written and verbal) and the ability to manage their own time in a busy, varied role. In return, we’re rapidly growing and this position offers plentiful opportunity to develop your skillset and progress.
Please be aware that we’re happy to consider both full and part-time applicants.
What you can expect from us
A supportive and challenging environment in which you will have the opportunity to learn, grow, and make an impact that matters. We put a huge investment into #LYNXLife and our #LXAcademy internal programmes. It’s a unique initiative that aims to reward hard work, reduce pressures, and ensure that we can all enjoy our time at Lynx. Our strategy is to build capabilities internally and inspire the best talent, so we can continue to deliver on our mission.
You can also expect a whole host of benefits, including:
- Hybrid Working
- Starting holiday allowance of 28 days annual leave + Bank Holidays, with increasing allowance connected to length of service
- Option to buy, carry or sell holidays
- Early Friday finish throughout the year
- Seasonal working hours
- Enhanced family leave, pay and return to work benefit scheme
- Extensive L&D support
- Sabbatical opportunities
- Season ticket interest free loans for travel
- Cycle to work scheme
- Life insurance (4x salary)
- Company pension scheme
- Fully compensated company events
- Volunteer days
- Wellbeing programme including sports clubs, discounted gym memberships, free onsite flu vaccinations, extended lunch breaks on Wellness Wednesdays and much more
- +Medicash healthcare benefit
- 24/7 access to a free, confidential and independent Employee Assistance Programme
- Workplace nursery benefit
Get in touch to find out how we can make an impact that matters together.