HR Admin and Payroll Officer

Brighter Places

At Brighter Places, we are pleased to announce that a vacancy has become available for an HR Admin and Payroll Officer to join our team in Bristol. You will join us on a full-time, permanent basis. In return, you will receive a salary of £29,500 per annum.

In this role you will support the HR Manager to provide a comprehensive, professional, and proactive Human Resources administration and payroll service to the organisation, ensuring that Brighter Places is a great place to work and a destination employer enabling colleagues to fulfil their potential at work.

You will receive the following benefits as our HR Admin and Payroll Officer:

• We are a friendly team of just over 100 people and are committed to being a great place to work
• We are a Best Companies Very Good to Work For winner in 2023
• We operate a hybrid working environment with a mix of in office and remote working
• We offer 30 days of annual leave + bank holidays + one day volunteering annually + the ability to buy up to five extra days each year (pro rata)
• We offer up to £700 flexi-benefit that can be used towards breaks away, treatments, counselling, fitness activities insurance and many more options
• Pension Contribution of 6.16%
• Company sick pay of up to 14 weeks full pay + 14 weeks half pay
• Interest free employee loans up to £1000
• Development opportunities via the Brighter Places university
• Paid professional memberships and subscriptions
• Plus a whole host of other benefits including; free immunisations, eye tests, discounted bus fares, independent financial advice, an employee assistance programme, fresh fruit in the offices and more

Key Responsibilities as our HR Admin and Payroll Officer:

• Provide a generalist HR service to all areas of the association ensuring the highest levels of service are provided to both colleagues and managers, including employment administration, data management and reporting, recruitment and absence management
• Maintain the HRIS database ensuring the accuracy of data at all times
• Produce employment contracts and variation to contracts in line with authorised management requests
• Monthly administration of payroll for all staff
• Manage and maintain accurate and up to date employee records
• Provide appropriate support and coaching to all management to ensure full compliance with policies and procedures
• Provide professional first line of support to managers, coaching them to create a culture of high performance within their teams and take ownership advising on the management of employee relations issues
• Lead on the associations recruitment activities ensuring that we attract talent through a robust recruitment system and process and onboarding strategy
• Support and lead on our internal wellbeing approach and contribute to the development and delivery of initiatives to make Brighter Places a great place to work

What we re looking for in our HR Admin and Payroll Officer:

• Has CIPD Level 5 qualification or working towards
• Has experience of working in a Human Resources team delivering HR administration and coordination
• Has knowledge and experience of supporting colleagues and managers through the employee life cycle
• Has a working knowledge of driving improvements in wellbeing
• Has a basic knowledge of payroll administration
• Has the ability to present data in a logical and user friendly format and to derive information from data and reports
• Has extensive experience with Microsoft and other packages, particularly Excel
• Is change focused with a can-do attitude
• Is motivated and determined to go the extra mile

Closing date: Wednesday 31st January 2024

If you feel you have the skills and experience as our HR Admin and Payroll Officer, then please click apply today!

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and positively welcome applications from all sections of the community