HR & Payroll Advisor Job Bridgend area,Wales UK,HR/Recruitment

HR & Payroll Advisor

Location: Oldbury, United Kingdom

At Fire Glass, we supply certified fire-resistant glazing solutions – cut to size, ready to install, and tailored to your project. With fast delivery, reliable service, and a clear focus on safety, we help protect what matters most. That's the Fire Glass Promise - safety, quality, and service you can trust.

Join us in our mission to build a workplace where everyone feels they belong, where their differences are celebrated, and where they can thrive personally and professionally.

We are committed to fostering a culture that celebrates diversity, equity, and inclusion. We believe that diverse perspectives and experiences drive innovation and creativity, and we are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment where all employees feel valued, respected, and empowered. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds, identities, and abilities. Our hiring decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs.

We strive to remove barriers to employment and provide equal opportunities for advancement and growth within our company.

As an organization, we actively work to challenge bias and discrimination in all its forms. We are committed to continuous learning and improvement, ensuring that our policies, practices, and programs promote diversity, equity, and inclusion at every level.

Fire Glass Limited is one of the UK’s leading manufacturers, suppliers, and glaziers of fire and acoustic glass, and is looking to appoint a committed, driven, and keen Full-time HR & Payroll Advisor at their Head Office based in Oldbury, West Midlands.

Your Tasks

1. Supporting line managers in all matters relating to HR, e.g. terms and conditions, absence, probationary periods, maternity, paternity, and flexible working etc, assisting with queries and ensuring all relevant paperwork is produced.

2. Leading management of casework, including sickness absence, grievance and disciplinary, making recommendations, giving support and advice to managers.

3. Create and maintain all employee personnel files, ensuring archiving of leavers and cleansing of information held in line with GDPR.

4. Maintain computerised and manual Recruitment, Payroll, Time & Attendance, and HR information systems, ensuring accurate recording of recruitment, employment, personal, staffing establishment, payroll information, and processed in line with GDPR requirements.

5. To provide general administration and efficient support service as required e.g. completing ad hoc human resources statistical data/reports, typing letters/contracts, conducting pre‑employment checks, responding to external reference requests, whilst communicating effectively and professionally ensuring confidentiality of all written and verbal communication, and that all appropriate policies, procedures and legal requirements are adhered to with a clear audit trail and in line with GDPR.

6. Act as lead in the processing of payroll data, managing the necessary calculations – tax, NI, statutory payments etc, cross checking information from employees/managers for payroll in line with payroll deadlines, liaising with Company Accountant for reconciliation purposes, generating and submitting payroll data/reports to the approved external payroll body for processing, and handling queries, providing appropriate resolution whilst ensuring adherence to all relevant payroll policies and procedures, as well as payroll based legislation.

7. Work with line managers to establish recruitment requirements, manage and participate in the full cycle of recruitment, from developing job descriptions, person specifications, advising and appropriate selection methods, and participating in interviews and feeding back to applicants as required.

8. Manage the full cycle of recruitment, from supporting managers in developing job descriptions that are on brand and EDI compliant, person specifications, advising on appropriate selection and assessment methods, and participating in interviews as required. Along with creating and uploading of adverts to the relevant job platforms, sourcing high calibre candidates, ensuring Headcount has been approved prior to…