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Job Title: HR Assistant
Job type: Temporary initial 3-6 months with a possibility of extension
Salary: £12.21 - 14.50 per hour
Location: Wilton & Sedgefield (onsite role)

SRG is exclusively working with a highly innovative Life Science organisation tasked with bringing the UK to the forefront of innovation. We are looking for a motivated individual to work with and provide HR support duties to the HR Department. We are looking for someone who can start immediately and can work onsite 5 days a week.

As an HR Assistant, you will oversee the fundamental operations, ensuring they are executed correctly and systematically, guided by a strategy rooted in compliance and best practices. You will also bring foresight, vision, and business acumen to elevate our HR functions. Additionally, you will provide administrative support to the Human Resources team, covering the entire employee lifecycle and HR operational tasks.

Key Responsibilities:

To maintain consistent and documented compliance with all relevant Safety, Health and
Environmental (SHE), Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), Data Integrity (DI), quality and best practice requirements.
To support the end-to-end recruitment process which includes managing applications, arranging interviews and offering roles to successful candidates.
Ensuring that the Applicant Tracking System is up to date and accurate at all times.
To manage a busy shared recruitment inbox, responding to all candidate and manager related queries, offering helpful advice and guidance on all recruitment matters.
To support the new starter onboarding experience by preparing and sending new starter contracts, setting up personnel files and collating new starter information such as references and medical checks.
To administer HR related documentation including contracts and letters, with appropriate confidentiality via our document management system.
To manage the shared HR inbox, responding to all internal and external queries which relate to a broad range of HR activities (such as reward and recognition, HR system guidance, annual leave, and other general queries).
To administer all activities relating to Learning and Development, which includes coordinating and booking training, including liaising with training suppliers. In addition, supporting the coordination of all internal and externally delivered development programmes.
To raise POs and action invoices to ensure goods and services are purchased and processed in a timely manner.Requirements

Educated to GSCE level (or equivalent) in admin/HR/business related subject.
Experience of working in a HR/L&D function.
Experience of coordinating events, appointments and meetings.
SRG are the UK number 1 recruitment company specialising in the science, engineering, clinical, pharmaceutical, food/FMCG, renewable, biotech, chemicals and medical devices sectors.

As scientists ourselves, our specialist sector knowledge and our passion are second to none. It's this combination that makes us different. We're committed to providing outstanding temporary, contract and permanent career opportunities of all levels for our candidates and a comprehensive range of expert strategic recruitment services for our clients.

If you have a scientific background and this position is not relevant / suitable for you please feel free to get in touch or visit (url removed) to view our other vacancies.

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