HR Assistant

A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join our clients manufacturing site based Dewsbury. Your main responsibility will be to ensure the smooth running of the HR department, in a generalist role covering all aspects of HR.

Benefits

• Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 9.00am – 4.45 pm, with 1-hour unpaid lunch break.
• Temporary on going
• Salary £20,593 - £21,217pa dependent on experience.
• 30 days holiday per annum pro rata (including Bank Holidays), increasing by 0.5 days for each full year of service, capped at 35 days.
• Free on-site parking
• Company Sick Pay
• Pension scheme

Your Duties will include :

Day to Day Operations of HR department

• Monitor and issue absence / lateness disciplinary warnings triggered to appropriate department supervisors / managers in line with company procedures
• Process documentation including disciplines, grievances, appeals, holidays, policies, procedures, redundancies and TUPE
• Organising / arranging Internal and External recruitment and interviews, including the administration of contracts, transfers, probations and reviews.
• Participate in interviews
• Assisting wages function, inputting all data including, new starts, leavers, update time and attendance data and clear off any exceptions daily;
• Ensure all work is secure and confidential only releasing information to authorised personnel;
• General Duties
• Open, sort and distribute mail, Maintain accurate and up to date filing systems.
• Respond to employee queries ensuring that all queries are satisfactorily resolved. Highlight any major or unresolved issues to the HR manager.
• Sitting in on meetings, taking and distributing minutes
• Assisting management team and supervisors with fair process at disciplinary meetings and advising on Company policies and procedures.
• Assist management team with other ad hoc duties as required.
• Qualifications

Essential

• GCSE (or equivalent) Maths and English, Preferred Further / Higher level education
• CIPD level 5 qualification or working towards.

Preferrable

• Computer literate including Microsoft office software packages and HR system experience preferred.

Desirable

• Previous HR experience within manufacturing

At Cogent Staffing, we are committed to ethical recruitment practices and fostering an inclusive workplace. We actively encourage applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of race, gender, disability, religion or belief, sexual orientation, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. We believe that diversity enriches our teams and enhances our ability to serve our clients effectively.

We ensure that our recruitment processes are fair, transparent, and free from bias, promoting equal opportunities for all applicants