HR administrator
| Posting date: | 14 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £13.46 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 August 2025 |
| Location: | Gateshead, NE11 9NH |
| Company: | The Cambian Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 19429 |
Summary
Job Description
To ensure the effective, efficient and fully compliant management and processing of all HR administration, in line with all regulatory requirements.
- To provide an effective Human Resources administration service relating to the employment lifecycle and employee relations matters
- To receive, check, and progress all divisional staff change forms, including upload to iTrent and interface with the Divisional Resourcing team, HR Data Office, and Payroll department to ensure accurate and timely processing.
- Note taking at confidential meetings
- To ensure accurate HR records on all employees including but not limited to hand over from onboarding, quality assurance, electronic filing of all pertinent documents
- Reference provision and third-party requests for letters
- Mailbox management, cleanse and filing
- System updates for all employee lifecycle activity
- Build positive and engaging relationships with all key stakeholders including regular update, tracking and audit with internal departments
- Preparing and submitting documentation for DSARs
- Tracking and monitoring DBS and visa renewals for the regions
- Complete Ad hoc reports
- Participate in HR projects where required – including ownership of project and recommendations towards automation and streamlining projects associated with HR Administration
- Give first line policy advice- direction to policy and direction to key elements
- Any other reasonable duties as directed by the HR Business Partner
- Some travel within region may be required.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
- Previous HR and/or Administration experience
- Familiarity with HRM Systems, Excel and Reporting
- Articulate, proactive and professional
- Organised and process driven
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong decision-making, negotiation and influencing skills
- RTW in UK
The role will require an individual who is
- Articulate personable, supportive and efficient
- A proactive solutions provider – able to think around a problem to resolve issues
- Literate and numerate – comfortable with reporting and accuracy
- Energetic, understands the need for urgency and is results driven
- Organised, detail orientated and keen to complete
- Precise and compliance focused
- Resilient – not afraid of a challenge or hard work and can increase pace as and when necessary
- A good judge of situations and can identify the key signals in a noisy environment
- A team player - willing to ‘join in’ and happy to go out of their way to support others
Knowledge & Experience (advantageous but not essential)
- Worked in an HR or Administration team previously
- Has knowledge of OFSTED and CQC guidelines, in relation to compliance and regulations in the Children’s Sector
- Understands the principles of Safer Recruitment and is trained up to date on these guidelines
- Knowledge of Recruitment within the Social Care Sector, specifically Children’s Homes Regulations (CQC and Ofsted).
- Familiar with Anti-discrimination and Equal Opportunities legislation