This will be an opportunity to build your career in HR as an experienced HR Assistant within a large Accountancy Firm based in Crawley. You need to be available immediately 

Responsibilities

• Be the first point of contact for employees for all day to day general HR enquiries.

• Be a point of contact for universities and schools in terms of developing a pipeline of candidates for our Graduate, School leaver and Placement vacancies.

• Organising, coordinating and presenting at school and university events including the development of current initiatives.

• Coordinate the Assessment Centres across the Southern Region for our graduate and school leaver vacancies, focussing primarily on Gatwick, Tunbridge Wells and Bromley.

• Conduct induction meetings with new starters and exit interviews with leavers

• Take part in entry level interviewing

• Liaise with the Central Recruitment Team regarding both new and current vacancies in the Gatwick, Tunbridge Wells and Bromley offices

• Liaise with payroll and the central HR team to ensure that a quality HR service is delivered to our client base.

• Conduct probation review meetings, as required

• To monitor sickness absence notifications and conduct return to work interviews, as required

• Conduct maternity, paternity, shared parental leave and adoption meetings in accordance with the Firm’s policies and following this up with the appropriate correspondence.

• Data Analysis, production and following up accordingly with HR reports i.e. annual leave, end of fixed term contracts and probationary reports.

• Involvement and exposure to ER issues including minute taking and writing up notes

• Involvement in salary review and salary benchmarking projects

• Research and adhoc projects

• General HR administration

• To work closely with the student recruitment team on applications in the pipeline and ensuring candidates move promptly through the selection process.

• To ensure internal and external clients experience an excellent client service

• To proactively seek ways to streamline our processes Personal and professional qualities.

Ideal candidate must have the following skills and experience:

• Previous experience in a client facing HR Assistant role

• Degree educated

• Proactive and be able to demonstrate initiative

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• Strong organisational skills.

• Strong attention to detail in written and numeric tasks.

• Good Excel/Data analysis skills. • Ability to work independently

• Previous experience of working in a team. • Professional appearance.

• Confidence as you will be liaising with senior team members throughout the business.

• Interested in progressing career in HR, e.g. studying for HRCP or CIPD Level 7.

• Experience managing a heavy workload and prioritising accordingly. Accountancy firm based