Join to apply for the People Assistant role at Wincanton.
Job Description
The People Assistant role supports the People Team with a range of HR administrative duties, ensuring efficient HR processes and supporting the People and Management Teams.
How will you contribute?
* Administering HR related documentation such as invite letters, maternity/paternity letters.
* Maintaining the HR filing systems.
* Keeping up to date with the latest HR trends and best practices.
* Maintaining and updating trackers.
* Providing general HR advice supporting the Management Teams.
* Producing weekly and monthly reports.
* Supporting Managers and People Team with ER issues of low level complexity (absence, disciplinary, grievance issues) including advice, minute taking, supporting meetings and writing relevant correspondence.
* Supporting the HR manager/HR Advisor with employee training needs.
* Processing new starters and leavers, completing the onboarding process of new employees and the induction process.
* Scheduling meetings.
* Answering queries.
What will you bring?
* Ideally you have working experience in an HR environment or are working towards your CIPD and looking to start your HR career.
* You are a confident communicator with the ability to communicate with a variety of stakeholders.
* You are proactive and have a solution driven approach.
* HR related qualifications (desirable not essential).
* A desire to learn and develop within HR.
* Organised with the ability to prioritise.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills – ability to communicate with a wide range of people.
* Good IT skills to include Microsoft Excel.
* Good problem‑solving skills.
* Experience keeping and maintaining employee records/files.
* Up to date employment law knowledge.
What do we offer?
In addition to a generous salary we provide a friendly, safety‑first working environment, a company pension scheme, generous holidays, cycle to work scheme and a range of employee benefits including a Screwfix discount, an online discount platform, onsite parking and much more.
Our Commitment
We are committed to providing equality of opportunity for all employees. We want to create an environment where all colleagues feel safe, supported and valued, whilst feeling they can be their whole selves within our workplaces. We are proud that our colleagues represent us and our successes. Attracting diverse teams, we believe in creating an inclusive, respectful organisational culture for our colleagues and future talent.
Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Administrative
Industries
Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
#J-18808-Ljbffr