HR Administrator

Vacancy Type: Permanent
Function: People - HR, Volunteering & Training and Development

About The Role

As a HR Administrator, you will play a key part in making WWT a great place to work and be involved in a wide range of administrative activities across the life cycle of our employees.

You will be the first point of contact for queries and guidance over a wide range of employment issues from recruitment, on boarding, HR policies and payroll to name just a few.

You will work within the HR Team to ensure that everyone is paid correctly each month by keeping our HR systems up to date and ensuring data is accurately submitted to our payroll providers.

Manage the recruitment and onboarding process, working with line managers to find them the right place to advertise and sending out contracts to the successful candidates.

Be involved in People projects and initiatives that support organisational priorities and continuous improvement.

You’ll also be part of our wider People team, working alongside colleagues in Volunteering, Training & Development and Early Careers.

Based at Slimbridge with the option of hybrid working.

Full-time (37.5 hours per week). We are open to flexible working arrangements, including compressed hours.

About You

We are looking for n HR Administrator with an approachable and inclusive nature who will embrace working within a busy and proactive team.

You will bring:

• Experience of working in a busy HR environment.
• The ability to manage a diverse workload and prioritise tasks effectively around the monthly payroll and recruitment activity.
• Administrative, customer service and IT skills, and be able to use both Microsoft Word and Excel proficiently.
• Excellent attention to detail along with ability to demonstrate accurate data entry and use of HR Systems.
• Clear communication skills with the ability to produce accurate written documents and respond to queries in a professional manner.

If this is you and you are looking for an opportunity to thrive in a fast-paced and busy department, we’d love you to click on Apply Now to complete an online application.

About Us

We’re WWT, and we’re on a mission to restore the super-powered ecosystems we call wetlands. There’s never been a more important moment for our work, and we’ve got some phenomenal people on the case.

Whether they’re taking a new visitor under their wing, or conducting ground-breaking research further afield, our team are second to none. And there’s nothing we love more than watching them soar.

Whatever you do here, you’ll be helping to restore wetlands and unlock their power. So, the only question left is, what role will you play?

Why you’ll love working at WWT

• Wake up every day knowing your work is helping to restore wetlands, and our world
• Be surrounded and inspired by our team of passionate, dedicated people
• 33 days annual leave (which goes up to 38 days after 5 years of service) – this includes bank holidays and you have flexibility to take those days whenever you want
• Free entry to all our wetland centres, including your family
• Free car parking and secure bike storage areas
• Colleague discount on shopping and memberships
• Cycle to work scheme
• Contributory pension scheme
• Life Assurance of three times your salary, for peace of mind for your loved ones
• Independent personal, workplace and financial advice from our Employee Assistance Programme

WWT is an equal opportunities employer and all applications will be considered solely on merit.

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