Human Resources Assistant

Note:

This is a full-time, office-based role requiring the job holder to work five days per week from our office in UB11 1ET
, with flexibility available on an individual basis where required.

The job holder is an HR assistant responsible for onboarding, offboarding, company culture, employee engagement. The role entails taking approach to internal communications and assisting to design, develop and execute the HR strategy, which ultimately supports a healthy workplace for employees’ growth and performance, in alignment with the corporate’s business objectives.

• Issuing relevant company reference and verification letters; and respond to reference checks for departed employees.
• Make purchases for office events and raise POs accordingly.
• Carry out other duties assigned by the line manager.

• Support the engagement plan to attract and retain valuable employees, explore creative ideas and implement suitable initiatives to support employee engagement.
• Identify opportunities and develop an employee recognition programme.
• Lead the development and execution of employee engagement programs and foster the company’s culture ensuring all initiatives/activities are promoted and delivered.
• Develop, evaluate and execute internal communication plans to ensure the vision, values, initiatives, and organizational information are communicated regularly and effectively.
• Organise employee engagement events including birthday parties, special events, and team-building events.
• Coordinate activities to create a quarterly HR newsletter as a medium to promote a positive company culture.

• Create a system design to streamline and automate the onboarding process where possible.
• Organise pre-onboarding preparation in line with the company’s process and SLA providers.
• Enhance the new employees’ onboarding experience through welcoming communication.
• Performs the administration activities related to the start of the employee.
• Deliver the welcome session and monitor new employees’ induction training.

• Communicate with the leaver’s manager to confirm their request.
• Organise and monitor the process, trigger relevant tasks to offboarding SLA providers, and complete the leaver’s resignation process on the OA system.
• Prepare relevant exit correspondence with the departing employee, attend exit interview and produce meeting minutes.
• Produce departing employee analysis report on a quarterly basis.

• 0–2 years of experience in HR, People Operations, recruitment, administration or a similar people-focused role.
• A degree in Human Resources, Business, Psychology or a related discipline is desirable but not essential.
• Strong interest in developing a career in HR and People Operations.
• Good organisational and time-management skills, with strong attention to detail.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build positive relationships with employees and stakeholders.