Human Resources Assistant London, England
Job description
Who are Christie & Co?
We’re the leading specialist advisor for buying and selling businesses in our sectors - hotels, pubs, restaurants, childcare, healthcare, convenience retail, leisure and medical.
Where we work
We employ the largest team of sector specialists in the UK and the largest group of hotel specialists in Europe, providing professional brokerage and advisory services from offices in major cities across Britain and Europe. And because we’ve been doing this for over 80 years, we know our sectors and local markets inside out. We work closely with our clients to guide and conclude transactions of any size, covering hotels, restaurants and pubs, leisure, forecourts and convenience retail businesses, social care and elderly care, childcare & education facilities, dental practices and pharmacies.
Purpose of the Role
We require an enthusiastic People & Development Assistant to provide administrative support to the HR team throughout the employee lifecycle. This role will require you to provide exceptional client service and proactively improve approaches and processes. You will also need to build strong working relationships across the business whilst anticipating and responding to business requirements.
Duties and Responsibilities
This is a generalist role that will provide exposure to a full range of HR activities
- First point of contact for HR queries and support, escalating as required
- HR administration – processing all HR transactions including onboarding, offboarding and contractual changes
- Advising on HR policies and procedures
- Maintaining HR database, systems, and records
- Maintaining HR content on the intranet
- Providing admin support in formal HR meetings
- Coordinating and monitoring training activities and liaising with managers as required
- Supporting the People & Development team with arranging training events
- Supporting annual processes such as salary reviews and performance reviews
- Providing support for end-to-end recruitment such as shortlisting CVs, screening calls and arranging interviews
- Processing required authorisations for recruitment
- Monitoring and tracking the status of recruitment
- Processing all pre-employment documentation including Right to Work documentation
- Liaising with stakeholders to process all benefit documentation
- Managing the monthly payroll process including compiling and communicating a record of changes
- Ensuring the firm has the required Health & Safety representatives within their offices
- Providing support to the People & Development team to deliver key projects
Working Relationships and Contacts
This role will sit within the People & Development team reporting to the People & Development Associate Director. You will have exposure to a wide range of stakeholders across the business and will develop working relationships with both managers and employees. You will have frequent contact with the IT and finance teams internally and third-party suppliers externally. You will need to be highly organised, a strong communicator and be able to take ownership of tasks to completion. You will be proficient with Microsoft Office including Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
Person Specification
Skills and Experience
- Highest level of education: Degree-level or equivalent; Essential
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and Word; Essential
- Numerate; Essential
- Exceptional customer service skills; Essential
- Strong verbal and written communication skills; Essential
- Highly organised and self-motivated; Essential
- Meticulous with a high attention to detail; Essential
- Previous experience within an HR Assistant or Administrator role; Essential
What can we offer?
- Competitive salary
- Bonus Structure
- Hybrid working
- Opportunity for growth in a commercial property business
- 25 days holiday
- Pension
- Life assurance
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £25,000.00-£35,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends
Supplemental pay types:
- Bonus scheme
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in LONDON
