HR Administrator

HR Administrator (Inside IR35)

Contract Term: 6 Months

Contracting Authority: Department for Business and Trade (DBT)

Location: Hybrid working (2 days per week in London, Manchester, Bristol, Birmingham, Cardiff, Leeds, Nottingham, Newcastle or Glasgow office and remaining WFH)

The main duties and responsibilities of the HR administrator would be to:

• Be the first point of contact for all recruitment queries (internal and external);
• Draft adverts and ensure job adverts are placed on the relevant advertising websites as appropriate using creativity and initiative to appeal to a wide ranging and diverse audience. Identify suitable recruitment channels;
• Monitor and maintain all live roles on the recruitment applicant tracking system (iTrent) for both internal and external recruitments
• Carry out pre-employment checks for new starters; Right to Work in UK, Security Checks and Reference requests, ensuring checks are satisfactory and meet Baseline Personnel Security Standards (BPSS);
• Issue contracts of employment and/or variation of employment contract letters;
• Set up new starters on HR System;
• Ensure HR System (Recruitment) is kept up to date and maintained;
• Provide support as and when required to managers for recruitment system support.

You’ll have:

• Proficiency at using IT systems, with a good working knowledge of Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Excel and Office packages;
• The ability to work on own initiative with minimal supervision and be proactive;
• Highly organised, motivated and able to prioritise workload accordingly;
• Evidence of effective time management and prioritisation skills and using these to successfully deliver outcomes.
• Experience delivering at Pace
• Strong communicating and Influencing skills

It would be great if you also had:

• Experience in HR administration such as issuing letters, contracts and carrying out pre-employment checks;
• Experience of using an Applicant Tracking System.

Disability confident As a member of the disability confident scheme, DBT guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

Armed Forces Commitment

DBT guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

If you qualify for the above, please notify us on PSRapplications@publicsectorresourcing.co.uk we will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.

Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following, this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.