People Services Assistant

Join our team at Keolis Amey Metrolink (KAM) the largest light rail network in the UK!

Come and join our People team we are recruiting for a People Services Assistant. You will roll your sleeves up and get stuck into providing an all-round HR support service to the wider business and the people team.

The role will offer you lots of variety as no day will be the same there is lots of opportunity to develop your payroll HR processand system knowledge. There will be opportunity to change the way we do things and support process improvement projects.

You will play a key role in coordinating and maintaining accurate employee records supporting the recruitment and onboarding of new hires maintaining the HR system monthly payroll and providing first line advice and guidance to colleagues and managers. As a team we provide first class customer service to our colleagues ensuring best practice is at the forefront of what we do bringing to life our people strategy - Attract Develop Retain.

So If you would love to join the team within Manchesters iconic Metrolink what are you waiting for we cant wait to hear from you!

Key accountabilities will include :

• Managing the full onboarding process for new starters within SLA and payroll deadline. This includes right to work in the UK documentation is accurate issuing the offer via DocuSign and undertaking all onboarding activities to ensure the onboarding process is managed in an efficient manner
• Complete all People Services administration activities in relation to contracts of employment including appointments termination and variation of contractual terms rewards and retirement
• Creating new starter and maintaining employee electronic records inline with GDPR
• Maintaining HR system data to ensure accuracy as data feeds into dashboards for period reporting
• Support running monthly / period HR statistics reporting to provide analysis to the HR team on wider business areas sickness absence leavers
• Managing the offboarding process for all leavers working within monthly payroll deadline
• Provide first line HR advice and guidance on queries and escalate if required to the People Manager or People Business Partners
• Manage and respond to day-to-day queries in the people & payroll inbox
• Supportprocess improvement projects
• Administer & maintain medical records on cascade including pre-employment periodic health surveillance & medication checks
• Assist with recruitment - advertising shortlisting scheduling interviews and assessment days

What youll bring :

What we will offer you :

The closing date for applications : 14 November2025

Depending on the level of applications for this role we may close the advert earlier therefore we encourage you to submit your application early.

Our Commitment to you :

At KAM we celebrate the diversity of our customers communities and colleagues and strive for a workforce which is equitable inclusive and representative of the communities we serve and we strongly encourage applicants of all genders ages ethnicities cultures abilities and sexual orientation to apply. We look forward to receiving your application.

We live our values of We Care We Commit We Imagine through our behaviours and we strongly believe that diverse perspectives drive innovation and create an environment where individuals can imagine that anything is possible. We care about our people and we fully commit to creating an inclusive environment where our people feel valued respected and empowered to thrive.

We recognise the importance of flexibility in the workplace and where possible we will do our best to consider alternative working patterns or flexible arrangements to help you balance work and life in a way that works for you and the business. If youd like to discuss before applying please feel free to contact our recruitment team.

To ensure you are given the best opportunity to succeed in the recruitment process please let us know if you will require any support or reasonable adjustments. You can contact our team here .

What we will need to check :

If you are successful we will need to complete several pre-employment checks prior to you starting. These include.

The Company

KeolisAmey Metrolink (KAM) is the largest light rail network in the UK. Growing and evolving since first opening in 1992. Metrolink have so far expanded to 103km of track 99 stops and 147 trams with a target of 52 million yearly passengers by the end of 2022.

We recognise and celebrate the diversity of our customers communities and colleagues and strive for a workforce that is representative of the communities we serve and society at large.

The Year 2020

The Benefits

25 days holiday plus Bank holidays

Free Metrolink Travel

Cycle to work scheme

Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay

Discounts at most major retailers

Free wellbeing resources

Documents

Key Skills

Front End,Bricklayer,KYC,Event Production,Financial Accounting

Employment Type : Unclear

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Yearly Salary Salary : 25001 - 30000