Overview
We are seeking a highly dedicated and motivated HR Administrator to join our HR Service Delivery team to support the onboarding of new colleagues via acquisitions, as we continue to grow our business in the UK & EMEA. This is a hybrid role, based part of the week in our modern city centre Chelmsford office which is easily commutable via train and bus, and part of the week available to work from home (after initial training in the role has completed). Experience in a similar HR Administrator role where you have gained experience working on acquisitions, or as a Recruitment Administrator would be ideal. However, we would welcome applications from candidates from a non-HR background who have demonstrable experience working in a fast-paced process driven environment working on administrative compliance, data auditing and reporting tasks. Internally we brand our HR Service Delivery team roles as ‘HR Specialist’ and offer a potential career path to ‘Senior HR Specialist’ and beyond. We are proud that our HR Service Delivery team is viewed as a future talent pool for career paths both within our HR Operations team and across our Divisional HR teams with opportunities for progression into roles such as HR Advisor, HR Business Partner, HR Data Analyst and roles within Reward, Benefits and L&D. How you'll make an impact HR Compliance including the processing and tracking of Digital and Manual Right to Work check documentation Launching and monitoring background screening, with appropriate escalation of results Reporting via our background screening provider’s system and manipulating data in Excel to provide key stakeholders with regular status updates on the onboarding progress of the acquired employee population. Generating and issuing employment contracts following the TUPE consultation process Handling all aspects of HR Administration for the onboarding process, ensuring new hires are added to payroll. Keeping employees’ data accurate, correct and safe. Opportunities to support with ad hoc HR projects across Gallagher About You High level of attention to detail gained from a strong administrative background Possess strong Excel skills and comfortable managing large datasets to create spreadsheets from an HRIS. Experience of performing VLOOKUPs and creating reports is essential. Experience following detailed processes accurately and in a timely manner Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential for interacting with all levels of colleagues throughout the business. You will be confident speaking to people on the telephone and providing a high level of customer service. Proficient in MS Office. Confident in your ability to learning how to use new IT systems and new processes. Experience of creating and amending documents in Word and entering data accurately into Excel or a database solution. Ideally a good working knowledge of employment contracts, HR policy and standard practice. Able to use Oracle or similar HR systems would be an advantage. Right to work in the UK. Compensation and benefits On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits. Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve: Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’ extra days Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up Health cash plan or Private medical insurance Other benefits include: Three fully paid volunteering days per year Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan Critical illness cover Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally Season ticket loan Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase Emergency back-up family care And many more…