What's involved with this role: Job Title: HR Admin Assistant Ref: Cheshire E 5272478 Pay rate: £14.36 per hour PAYE The role: An experienced and dedicated HR Assistant is required to provide clear and accurate information about the full range of HR policies, practices, initiatives, and procedures in order to provide guidelines to managers and staff and ensure compliance with national and local conditions of service as well as the Council’s values and behaviours. This will be a dedicated resource to support Children's reporting into HR, though you may be expected to work across different teams within the HR Service. Key responsibilities: Provide clear advice to managers on staff absence, misconduct, grievances, and development processes, apprenticeship and training while supporting HR services like FOI requests, contracts, and employee support schemes. Resolve queries at first contact where possible, or take ownership to ensure resolution, including liaising with Occupational Health, EAP, and contractors. Provide technical and administrative support for HR initiatives like absence management, recruitment, retention, and succession planning. Utilise, maintain and contribute to the development of the Council’s Learner Management System to support the workforce to become empowered, enabled, motivated and resilient Support managers, in conjunction with the Transactional Service Centre, in the effective, accurate and timely processing of employee lifecycle Analyse and interpret complex workforce data to support informed HR decisions and assist with required reporting and returns Support ongoing development of systems and policies to ensure efficient, consistent HR and workforce support across the Council Work collaboratively with the wider HR service to share insight on key HR issues to ensure a joined-up approach and maximise service delivery to customers What the client is looking for: Level 3 HR Apprenticeship and working toward (or committed to) undertaking the Level 5 HR Apprenticeship Successful experience of working in an HR environment Sound grasp of relevant HR processes Understanding of servicing meetings Understanding of HR legislation, HR regulations and rules Detailed knowledge of HR policies, procedures and processes Ability to interpret terms conditions of employment and regulations etc Use of Microsoft Office applications, IT packages etc Skills to analyse information and data and present the information clearly Strong numeracy and literacy skills Good communication skills How to Apply Quote the Job Title and Reference Number in your application. Submit your CV in Word format. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis—early submission is recommended. We will also add your details to our mail out lists. Please note you may receive details of roles outside of your immediate vicinity, as many candidates are able to relocate temporarily for work. Please disregard any such emails that are not of interest and let us know if you would rather not receive such mailouts and/or if you wish us to delete your details and prefer to apply direct to our advertised roles. If you do not hear from us within three working days, unfortunately your application has not been shortlisted on this occasion. Thank you for your interest in working with us. Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for. "XI JE Please note that clients invariably ask us to strip out contact details from CVs before we submit them for consideration. This is always quicker and easier to do if you send your CV to us in Word format, rather than as a PDF please.