Are you an experienced HR Advisor/ Officer with at least 2 years experience as a generalist with payroll knowledge?

If so, this is the role for you! Kenwood Recruitment are working with an established housing provider to source an outstanding candidate for their HR Officer vacancy. The successful candidate will be CIPD level 5 qualified or equivalent.

This is a fixed term role and will be covering another member of the team whilst they are on Maternity leave. The successful candidate will be contracted for 15 months as per business needs.

As the HR Officer, you will be carrying out a range of duties, some of which have been listed below:

Recruitment, Onboarding & Offboarding

• Issue HR documentation for new starters to relevant managers.

• Upload new starters into the HR system and ensuring all documentation is processed and relevant supporting paperwork is issued.

• Manage the recruitment and onboarding portal.

• Liaise with external providers regarding recruitment.

• Coordinate communication with candidates and schedule interviews.

• Compile and update employee records.

• Assist with management of, and undertake where appropriate, exit interviews.

• Maintain various equipment databases relating to equipment issue and reassignment

• Oversee the ordering of uniforms and name badges for all  employees as appropriate.

Oversight of Outsourced Functions

• Liaise with the outsourced HR function partners seeking employment and legal advice in a range of employee and policy matters.

• Manage the computer based recruitment system and the key point of contact for all managers in the organisations in relation to the system.

• Manage employee management portal.

• Process DBS applications and manage DBS system.

• Manage well-being portals.  

• Contribute to the development of HR systems, working with outsourced providers to ensure that the needs of the organisation are met.

Payroll

• Maintain regular contact with the payroll provider  

• Consolidate information received from the various offices for submission to Payroll provider, adhering to tight deadlines.

• Create and maintain employees’ payroll records and inputting into central system for processing.

• Calculate wages and applicable deductions based on employee attendance and timesheet records.

This is a full time role, working hours are from Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. Office based, Due to the nature of the business, an office presence will be required 5 days a week. Hybrid working may be considered at the discretion of the manager. 

There is much more to this exciting role so if you have 2 years' experience, are able to start work at short notice and have the relevant qualifications and knowledge, then please apply with your updated CV. Please contact Haleema on (phone number removed) for a confidential chat.