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Human Resources Assistant - Chesterfield
* Posted November 3rd 2025 at 8:42am
We have an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and hard-working individual seeking a career in HR. This full-time role involves supporting a fast-moving business whilst gaining practical experience within its HR department.
A day in the life of a HR Assistant:
* Maintain accurate and up to date records
* Support recruitment activity, including advertising through various job boards, shortlisting, arranging interviews and liaising with agencies
* Assist in the on-boarding and off-boarding process
* Provide support and advice to employees and line managers with general day-to-day HR queries, in-person, over the telephone and by email
* Support with the coordination of training and development
* Maintain the HR management system, ensuring employee information is accurate and kept up to date and uploading employee documents
* Day to day administrative tasks - printing, scanning and filing
* Absence management administration, recording and updating absence records, emailing and checking absence forms
* Reception cover in the absence of the receptionist
* Ad-hoc administrative tasks, as required
Enrolment on a CIPD-Accredited Level 3 or Level 5 Apprenticeship in People Practice will be discussed with the successful candidate.
You will need to bring:
* HR administrative experience, 1 year minimum
* Fast learner
* Able to work as part of a team as well as independently
* Strong communications skill
* Maintain a high level of confidentiality at all times
* IT skills and experience using MS packages
* Willingness to travel to other offices across the East Midlands on an ad-hoc basis
We will provide:
* Online rewards & recognition platform, including employee discounts with 900+ retailers
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Generous annual holiday entitlement, including a day off for your birthday
* Genuine career opportunities in a fast-growing practice where ‘work/life’ balance really matters
* A friendly office environment located in the centre of Chesterfield with access to all amenities and transport connections.
Elliot Mather LLP is one of the foremost legal firms in the East Midlands, employing around 180 colleagues across our offices in Chesterfield, Mansfield, Derby and Nottingham.
We are an equal opportunities employer and fully committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our employees.
It is Elliot Mather policy that we do not include salaries in our recruitment advertisements, so any consultancy / agency statements regarding the wage / salary for this vacancy should be read with caution.
Please send us your up to date CV together with a covering letter that includes details of your current salary and benefits package, and notice period (where applicable) by email to:hr@elliotmather.co.uk
Elliot Mather LLP maintains professional indemnity insurance in accordance with the rules of the Solicitors Regulation Authority. Details of the insurers and the territorial coverage of the policy are available for inspection at our offices.
Registered Office: St. Mary's Court, St. Mary's Gate, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, S41 7TD
VAT Number: 126 3019 03
Regulatory Notice: Elliot Mather LLP is a limited liability partnership. Partnership number OC321320.
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