HR / Recruitment Assistant - Based in Langley, Slough

Salary guide: £27,000 - £29,800, depending on experience + 26 days holiday + pension

Initially fully office based Monday to Friday (long term potential for working from home 1 day per week after full training - 40 hour week

Are you currently seeking a new role, and keen to utilise your previous/current HR experience and want to be part of a friendly, collaborative, experienced team? Then we would be delighted to hear from you.

Gleeson Recruitment Group have been asked to support this key client, as they seek an HR / Recruitment Assistant in this newly created role, to support the HR Manager, as they need to expand the team further. Our client is very proud of what they have achieved and are a growing educational trust who look after a small group of local schools, and this role would look after all HR and recruitment needs for the group.

As the HR and Recruitment Assistant, your role will be very varied and very interesting - ideally you will be able to offer some recent HR and recruitment experience and be keen to learn and hungry for more duties as the role develops!

Your main responsibilities will be varied and will include:

- Provide full administrative support for HR transactional activities

- Make effective use of the system to ensure all people data is accurate, e.g. maternity, flexible working, equal opportunities, salary details and grades etc

- Ensure accurate maintenance of people metrics including: absence, recruitment, workforce movement including ensuring relevant meetings have taken place within the appropriate time frame, incl. exit interviews, return to work meetings

- Provide people related reports including: absence data, retention, turnover, L&D history

- Ensure accurate maintenance of staff files including inputting of all new starters onto the system

- Under the direction of the HR Manager when required, provide administrative support to colleagues in relation to HR activities, such as note-taking for HR process meetings or supporting at interviews when required

- Provide training to colleagues on HR administrative tasks

- Under the direction of the People Business Partner or Head of People & Communications, assist schools with the submission of the School Workforce Census

- Support with the administration of engagement surveys, including data collection

- Undertake recruitment duties such as preparing and publishing adverts, scheduling interviews, handling enquiries from applicants within the appropriate time frame for staff vacancies as required by schools within the Trust

- Undertake screening/vetting checks, including verifying qualifications, references, right to work etc. and ensure they are completed in a timely manner, prior to start of employment

- Support the payroll function to ensure new staff information is provided in a timely fashion

- Ad hoc duties

The successful HR / Recruitment Assistant will be able to offer

- Previous and recent UK experience of any level of HR work

- Potentially have worked in an educational and not-for-profit setting previously (but not essential)

- Be hands-on, and assertive, with superb communication skills and a high attention to detail

- Be able to multi-task with ease!

- Be a strong team player and be able to support anyone in the team when needed!

Please do get in touch for further details of this HR Recruitment Assistant role based in Langley, Slough. This role will be fully office based initially (due to the nature of the work) and my client can offer free parking, but also easy access of all local bus and train routes.

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