HR Assistant

We are a creative, ambitious and inclusive People and Organisational Development (OD) Team. We are offering an exciting opportunity for anyone launching their career in HR to assist us in providing a comprehensive and proactive service to members of our University community. 

You will work as part of a collaborative team who support each other by working together and in line with our University values. The team share information and solve problems together in an innovative and enterprising way, always striving to provide the best possible service.

About the vacancy:

Predominantly aligned to the People Services team you will work across the wider People and OD department as required. 

 The People Services Assistants are the first point of contact for queries and guidance relating to HR policy and procedures. You will respond to enquiries and issues that may come via a range of sources, support with query resolution and/or signpost customers as required.  You will be involved in a range of tasks, such as visa and DBS process management, fixed term contract management and running and manipulating monthly reports for both the team and managers.

About you:

You don’t have to have worked in Higher Education to apply.  You will be confident with technology and very familiar with the features of Microsoft Office 365 such as Outlook mail and calendar, Word, Excel and OneNote. We use collaboration tools such as Teams on a daily basis so familiarity with using it in a work setting is important, experience of SharePoint and Yammer would also be useful.

You will understand the importance of confidentiality and will be a constructive, positive communicator who is capable of building rapport and confidence across a wide range of stakeholders.

You will have experience of working in a busy team and working collaboratively towards common goals. Enhancing your own personal learning and development will be important to you as well as supporting the development of those around you.

You will enjoy dealing with queries from a range of sources and having experience of working on a customer facing helpline would be beneficial. Your attention to detail will be second to none, along with being able to demonstrate accurate data entry and a mind set for the continuous improvement of processes.

Why UWE Bristol?

We are one of the largest providers of Higher Education in the South West with 36,000 students, 250,000 alumni and 4,200 staff from across the globe.

In addition to progressive pay rates, we offer a wide range of employee benefits.

We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian, Multiple Heritage or Other Minority Ethnic and male candidates as we are currently under-represented in these areas within UWE Bristol, however all appointments are made strictly on individual merit.

Further information:

If you would like an informal discussion about this opportunity please contact Caroline Beer on +4411732 87918 or email: caroline.beer@uwe.ac.uk.

This is a permanent post and we can be flexible to accommodate between 27 and 37 hours per week, however you would need to be available to work on a Monday.

As a Disability Confident employer, we welcome applications from those who identify as having a disability.

This role is office based with some opportunity for remote/home working.

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