HR Assistant

Job Introduction

• Job Title: HR Assistant
• Contract type: Full time, Temporary – Fixed term 12 months
• Location: Lytham St Annes – Head Office. Some remote working to be discussed at interview.
• Salary: £22,000 - £24,000 per annum (depending on experience) + excellent benefits

As HR Assistant at Beaverbrooks you will be a key member of our growing People Support team (HR Administrator, HR Assistant, HR Advisor and HR Manager) & will join the UK’s #1 100 Best Companies to Work For 2021. You will be an ambassador for our company values, which puts our people at the forefront of all that we do.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a personable HR Assistant, with great relationship building skills, as you will play an important role in supporting our 1000+ colleagues, so that each and every individual feels like part of our very special ‘Beaverbrooks Family’.

This exciting and varied role will require a keen eye for detail, as you will support with administration relating to: performance management, attendance, colleague relations, colleague’s wellbeing, contracts, T’s and C’s and general HR matters. We have separate teams that focus on recruitment, payroll and L&D that you will work closely with.

We are proud of our award winning, values driven, engaging, supportive, people focussed, highly accountable culture and as part of the People Support team you will be pivotal to our ongoing success.

Role Responsibility

The role will predominantly involve the following:

• Supporting our Beaverbrooks Family with all people related matters via phone, email and face to face.
• Working closely with our People Support Administrator to ensure the HR database is accurately maintained and provide holiday cover for this role.
• Supporting the HR manager to prepare and complete all documentation for ER matters.
• Monitoring and reporting on attendance and utilising external Occupational Support when needed.
• Predominantly office based with (very) occasional travel to stores for support with ER matters.
• Working with our EAP provider and internal teams on our Wellbeing strategy.
• Producing monthly and quarterly reports for management on people metrics.
• Supporting the HR manager to ensure we remain legally complaint in our advice, documentation and policies.
• Working alongside our Recruitment, Payroll & Benefits and L&D teams to offer support and guidance with best practice, policies, and procedures

The Ideal Candidate

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

• Passion for working with people and supporting a great workplace
• Previous HR advisor experience from within a HR team
• Ability to work accurately & attention to detail in both numeracy and literacy
• Ability to build positive working relationships and establish rapport with people at all levels
• Knowledge of current employment legislation
• Tact and diplomacy and can demonstrate high levels of confidentiality
• Strong communication skills, both written, verbal and face to face
• Excellent organisational skills with ability to both prioritise workload and work under pressure with a flexible approach
• Ability to work using own initiative to resolve problems
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office and a willingness to learn new systems.

DESIRABLE SKILLS

• Previous experience of working within a HR department in the retail sector
• Multisite experience
• Experience in setting up mail merges
• CIPD Level 3 or equivalent  

About the Company

We’re a family business. And you can tell that when you get here. It feels like family.

Having prominently featured in the prestigious 100 Best Companies to Work For list for the last 18 years, we’re beyond proud to not only have been awarded the top spot in 2021 but we’re also delighted to share that we’re the only organisation in Best Companies’ history to have been awarded a three-star accreditation for 16 years running- the highest standard, reflecting our ‘world-class’ levels of workplace engagement

Established in 1919 we now have 72 sites across the UK and an ecommerce website, which was launched in 2001. We provide exceptional quality diamonds, jewellery and watches as well as top name brands such as TAG Heuer, Omega, Breitling, Tudor, Gucci and Vivienne Westwood.

Our purpose is to enrich lives, which simply means making a positive difference to the world we live in. We donate 20 per cent of retained profits to charity and since the year 2000, Beaverbrooks has donated in excess of £16 million to over 750 different charities.

We pride ourselves on the work we do for local communities and in support of this we offer charity matching – you raise it, we match it! You can also take 2 paid charity days per year where you can spend time away from the business doing charity work and take time off to give blood.

Some of our other benefits include:

• Great office profit share bonus
• Free car parking
• Outstanding staff discounts which extend to your family & friends.
• Wellbeing scheme
• Contributory Pension & Life Assurance
• Free eye test every 2 years
• Flu Vaccinations paid for
• Enhanced maternity and paternity package
• Maternity return to work bonus
• Employee & family support & counselling – Retail Trust
• Cycle scheme

If you would like to know more about Beaverbrooks, visit https://www.beaverbrooks.co.uk/about-us

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