HR Support Assistant
HR Support Assistant
The Human Resources Department provides HR services spanning the full range of people activities including payroll and pension administration, recruitment and onboarding, benefits, organisational development, L&D and HR business partnering.
We’re seeking a HR Support Assistant to join our HR Operations team. In this busy and varied role you'll support the administration of key HR processes spanning the employee life cycle, from recruitment and onboarding to leavers. Responsibilities include recruitment administration, co-ordinating and responding to HR enquiries, and processing DBS checks.
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You’ll be educated to GCSE standard or equivalent with an interest in HR, and experience of working as part of a team in an administrative role. This role deals with a high volume of activity often against tight timescales. Consequently the role requires excellent attention to detail, the ability to multi-task and a positive ‘can-do’ approach.
Please note, the work pattern for this role will be three days per week, to include Thursday and Friday plus one other day (to be agreed). Candidates must therefore be available to work Thursdays and Fridays.
Interviews are scheduled for 9 January 2025.
This role is based at Kew with the option of regular home working, subject to operational requirements.
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew) is a leading plant science institute, UNESCO World Heritage Site, and major visitor attraction. Our mission is to understand and protect plants and fungi for the well-being of people and the future of all life on Earth.
We are working to end the unprecedented extinction crisis and to help create a world where nature is protected, valued by all and managed sustainably. We will achieve these goals by drawing on our leading scientific research, unrivalled collections of plants and fungi, global network of partners, inspirational gardens at Kew and Wakehurst, and our 260 years of history.
Join us on our journey as protectors of the world’s plants and fungi.
The salary for this position is £25,164 (pro rata) per annum [Band A]
Our fantastic benefits package includes opportunities for continuous learning, a generous annual leave entitlement, flexible working to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance, an Employee Assistance Programme and other wellbeing support such as cycle to work scheme and discounted gym membership. We also offer a competitive pension, an employee discount scheme and free entry into a wide range of national museums and galleries, as well as access to our own beautiful gardens at Kew and Wakehurst.
If you are interested in this position, please submit your application through the online portal, by clicking “Apply for this job”.
We are dedicated to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to interview disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post.
No agencies please.