Sightsavers is looking for an HR Administrator to join our busy HR Operations team
Salary: £23,000 - £25,000 depending upon experience
Location: UK remote - with monthly travel to Haywards Heath, West Sussex when required
Contract: 12-month fixed-term maternity cover contract
Hours: This is a full-time role with some flexibility around hours worked and some home working
We are looking for an HR Administrator to provide maternity cover and help us ensure that all administrative and transactional support is provided to the highest standard, to meet the operational needs of our global organisation.
The HR Administrator will be responsible for maintaining and updating data in the HR Information System and resolving service desk requests and enquiries from managers and employees. There is also the opportunity to assist on specific project work within the HR Operations Team relating to HR systems, legislative changes, processes and procedures.
Key duties will include:
- Inputting changes to employee records including new starters, leavers, absence, and contract extensions.
- Helping employees use HR systems, assisting with login, navigation and user queries.
- Support with the development of HR systems, assisting with testing and feedback as needed.
- Setting up new employees on our HR information system (HRIS)
- Offboarding tasks, including HRIS administration, paperwork and payroll notification.
- Drafting consultancy contracts
- Providing timely, first line support to employees and managers in response to queries and request submitted via the Service Desk, escalating as necessary
- Supporting ongoing team activities
This is an ideal opportunity to build on your existing HR Administrator experience within a fast-paced international organisation. To succeed in this role you will need:
- Proven experience in a HR Administrator or similar role (Essential)
- Ideally experience within a global or complex organisation
- Demonstrable planning and prioritising skills
- Experience working in a fast-paced environment, multi-tasking and delivering to deadlines
- Knowledge of HR systems and intermediate level knowledge of Microsoft systems such as Excel, Word and SharePoint
- Excellent communication skills
- Strong customer service skills
- Integrity and the ability to maintain confidentiality
- A commitment to equality of opportunity
For contractual reasons, the successful candidate MUST be based in the UK with ongoing Right to Work in the UK. Candidates are welcome to demonstrate their ability to match the person specification by expanding on how their experience, training and/or qualifications might have provided them with the knowledge or skills required for the role. Successful candidates will be appointed on merit. This is a varied role, please read the full job description for further details
Benefits
Sightsavers offers some fantastic benefits. Our comprehensive benefits package includes generous annual leave allowance, pension, season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships and wellness discounts. If you choose to work in or are visiting our collaborative, modern office space, you will find it an easy 20-minute train journey from Brighton or 45 minutes from London.
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To apply for this exciting opportunity, please complete an application via our recruitment portal. We are particularly interested in learning of your motivations for applying. Please note that there will be an expectation that you can visit our modern and collaborative offices in Haywards Heath, West Sussex (RH16 3BW) on a monthly basis - probably a Tuesday. Remote interviews will take place on Tuesday 20, Wednesday 21 and Thursday 22 November and the evaluation process may include a role-typical task. We would like the successful candidate to be available to start in January 2025.
As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.
In line with its commitment to safe programming and recruitment, Sightsavers participates in the inter-agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (MDS) administered by the Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response. Through collaboration with other MDS members, Sightsavers aims to ensure that there are no sexual exploitation, abuse or harassment issues relating to potential new hires and that we can respond systematically to checks from fellow MDS members. This ensures our work is accountable, delivered to a high standard and supports safeguarding across the development and humanitarian fields.
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