Hr Officer

Reference number: 51537

Job title: HR Officer

Salary : £30,000 - £40,000 pa + bonus

Location: Rochdale

Duration: Permanent

Start date: ASAP

HR Officer required for a very nice manufacturing business based in Rochdale, a very established, successful and growing business, the appointment of this HR Officer role will be their first HR person into the business.

The Company is strengthening its organisation to support significant business growth and as a result is introducing this new HR Officer role. Key focus will be to provide support in managing administration of employee lifecycle within the company and may in future progress to include payroll processing. The role will include standardisation of all forms of employee documentation, moving to digital platforms where appropriate, development of time and attendance systems and provision of performance data to support management.

Duties and Responsibilities

* Compliance and Reporting – ensuring compliance with pensions auto-enrolment.

* HR Administration – maintaining employee records, updating the employee handbook, managing holiday/absence tracking, supporting recruitment/leaver/disciplinary processes. Moving HR records from hard copy to digital format (where appropriate), improving processes and managing these records to achieve compliance with statutory requirements.

* Training and Development - implementing employee training tracker and monitoring completion of staff reviews.

* Employee Support – acting as first point of contact for staff queries regarding benefits and HR policies.

* System Management – taking an active role in developing and utilising the Time & Attendance system as a key business tool.

* Future opportunity to manage payroll processing – calculating and processing monthly payroll, including overtime, bonuses and any deductions.

* Future opportunity to manage payroll compliance and reporting – ensuring compliance with tax (PAYE), national insurance, and statutory payments (for example SSP, SMP).

* Other elements may be identified in support of the business.

Required Skills and Qualifications

* CIPD Level 3 HR or equivalent or willingness to take an appropriate qualification.

* Knowledge of GDPR requirements.

* 2-5 years previous experience preferable, working in an HR environment within an industrial business.

* Previous experience using Microsoft Office tools, especially Excel and Word.

* High level of discretion regarding confidential data, strong communication skills and attention to detail.

* Additional Training/Qualifications as Identified.

On offer

* Salary negotiable between £30,000 - £40,000 pa

* 35 hour working week (7.5 hr working days) Office based 5 days

* Profit-sharing scheme

* EV/hybrid car and ‘cycle-to-work’ salary sacrifice scheme

* 25 days holiday plus bank holidays

* Pension scheme

* Christmas vouchers

* Employee Benefits scheme

To apply for the HR Officer role, please apply now
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed