HR and Payroll Administrator

About the role

Getting the detail right across people records and pay makes a real difference to every employee in a business. As an HR and Payroll Administrator, you'll help keep those essential processes running smoothly while becoming a trusted first point of contact for day-to-day employee queries. You'll join a growing organisation and work closely with the HR Manager as part of a small supportive People team. Alongside managing core administration and payroll data, you'll have the opportunity to spot better ways of working and contribute to improvements across the department.

Responsibilities

• Act as a first point of contact for employee queries, providing accurate guidance and escalating matters where appropriate.
• Manage administration across starters, contractual changes, leavers, time and attendance, ensuring records remain accurate and up to date.
• Collate and check employee data for pay processing, investigating discrepancies and providing supporting evidence where required.
• Maintain employee information within the HRIS and produce accurate reports for the wider People team.
• Support absence monitoring, recruitment and induction, including creating adverts, reviewing applications and arranging interviews.
• Prepare employee correspondence, templates and forms while reviewing administrative processes to identify opportunities for improvement.

Requirements

• Proven experience delivering day-to-day people administration, ideally gained within a small to medium business.
• Experience administering payroll data, checking information and producing reports.
• CIPD Level 3 qualification or currently working towards it would be advantageous.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, including Excel and experience analysing data; VLOOKUP and PivotTable knowledge would be an advantage.
• Experience maintaining accurate employee records and working with HR information systems.
• Adaptability and ability to use own initiative and good problem-solving skills.
• Excellent attention to detail.

Benefits

• £27,000 - £29,000 salary, pro rata for 25 hours per week.
• Permanent, part-time position offering consistent weekday hours.
• Hybrid working, giving you a balance between home and office.
• The opportunity to work across a broad range of generalist people activities.
• Exposure to payroll data, recruitment, employee records and HR systems.
• Scope to contribute ideas and improve existing processes as the organisation grows.

Schedule

25 hours per week across five days.