Senior HR Assistant

Location: Flexible / Remote-HybridContract: TemporaryHours: Full Time - 37 hours per weekPay Rate: £14.66 per hourStart: ASAP

About the Role

We're currently recruiting a Senior HR Assistant to join a busy and supportive HR Resourcing & Transactions team on a 6-month temporary assignment, providing cover for an existing member of staff.

This role plays a key part in the onboarding and employee lifecycle process, supporting high-volume HR activity within a regulated environment. You'll be confident managing competing priorities, working independently, and delivering excellent customer service to stakeholders at all levels.

Key Responsibilities

• Managing end-to-end onboarding processes, including:
  • Reference checks
  • Enhanced DBS checks
  • Right to Work documentation
  • Contract issuing
• Providing high-quality HR administrative support across the wider HR team
• Working with a range of HR systems and maintaining accurate employee records
• Analysing and interpreting HR data, producing clear summaries and recommendations
• Responding professionally and sensitively to confidential HR queries
• Supporting the team with ad-hoc workload during peak periods
• Acting as a positive ambassador for HR and living organisational values and behaviours

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have:

Essential Experience & Skills

• Proven experience in HR onboarding and compliance processes
• Strong general HR or office administration experience (ideally within an HR team)
• Ability to manage a complex workload and prioritise effectively
• A proactive, solutions-focused approach with strong attention to detail
• Confidence working autonomously with minimal supervision
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Word, Excel and Outlook
• Experience using multiple HR platforms
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• A calm, professional manner and strong customer service focus
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion

Desirable

• HR administration or recruitment experience within a busy, regulated environment

Additional Information

• 6-month temporary assignment
• Enhanced DBS required
• Remote/Hybrid working
• Remote induction
• Teams interview process (panel interview)