Robertson Group
HR Admin/Coordinator
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Overview
People. Passion. Pride. We see an opportunity to build a career.
Role: People Administrator
Location: Gateshead
Working Pattern: Monday to Friday - 38.75 hours
Challenges. Opportunities. Solutions. At Robertson, we see them our way. We’re bold enough to ask questions. Brave enough to look at things differently. Confident enough to be ourselves. Join us and you’ll join the UK’s largest family-owned construction, infrastructure and support services business. And as People Administrator, you’ll be part of a team that’s doing incredible things – for ourselves, for the built environment around us, and for a truly sustainable future.
Your new role
Provide an efficient, proactive and high-quality administrative service to the Group HR function, ensuring the delivery of exceptional HR support across the business. Build and maintain strong working relationships with employees, managers and key stakeholders, acting as a trusted point of contact for HR-Admin related queries.
Reporting to the Group HR-People Partner, gain exposure to and support the full employee lifecycle through involvement in end to end HR Administration processes, contributing to a positive employee experience and the effective delivery of people initiatives across the business.
Duties:
- Coordinate and respond to HR queries from employees and People Leaders, providing effective and efficient guidance
- Manage and action the Employee Relations email inbox
- Provide assistance in improving and updating standard operating procedures and processes
- Maintain employee records, ensuring they are fit for purpose, accurate and up to date
- Keep the HR system (People First) and SharePoint updated and accurate, including amending and uploading information as appropriate
- Assist in HR Employee Relations activities, such as support with absence management, Probationary periods and report issues as required
- Manage the administration of the Probationary Period process
- Assist in minute taking for relevant meetings, including Employee Relations meetings and formal forums
- Assist all HR teams with administrative tasks as and when required
- Any other relevant duties/projects that may be assigned by the wider HR team as required
- Provide a positive employee experience by supporting with daily queries and the timely actioning of requests
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Qualifications/Relevant Experience
- Good level of education, particularly in English, Maths and Administrative subjects
- Administration knowledge and experience
- Good interpersonal and organisational skills
- A base level understanding of HR administrative processes is desired but not essential
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Strong attention to detail
- Proficient on all relevant software packages including, Excel, Outlook and Word
- Ability to engage well with wider team and key business stakeholders
- Willing to use initiative when required
- Able to work at pace to ensure timely completion of tasks and actions
What's in it for me
Our Principles - The Robertson Way
Our principles are our roadmap to achieving positive outcomes and delivering on our purpose. They influence daily decisions around what we do and how we do things, creating an environment of growth, innovation and high performance.
- We listen Listening enables us to work positively and collaboratively, and gives customers, partners and colleagues the assurance that their voices are always heard.
- We are professional Our mix of prudence and diligence, care and attention to detail means that our customers have certainty and assurance in everything we do and trust us to deliver.
- We take responsibility Each of us is accountable for what we do. From the smallest detail to team safety and caring for our communities and the environment, we know that everything matters.
- We are determined to succeed Every challenge is an opportunity. We work collaboratively and focus on safety, productivity and quality to find solutions we can be proud of and that provide a positive, lasting benefit.
- We are one team We work as one - in our teams and partnerships, and with our customers. We respect each contribution, and everyone stands up to be counted. We are Team Robertson.
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For more information on our principles and culture, please visit: https://www.robertson.co.uk/careers/culture
Benefits of working with Robertson:
In return, we offer a wide range of rewards and employee benefits such as:
- 33 days annual leave (pro-rata for part time or FTC positions, increases with length of service)
- Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme
- Life Assurance
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Discounts (gym memberships, restaurants, days out etc.) with Hapi Rewards App
- Annual Flu Vaccine
- Access to E-Learning
- Health & Wellbeing Support
- Life Management & Financial Support
Diversity & Inclusion:
When it comes to diversity and inclusion, we see things differently at Robertson. That’s why we’re working hard to create an environment where everyone can feel welcome, and where we can all be ourselves. We encourage applications from people of all races, ages, genders, religions, sexual orientations and more - so whoever you are, we hope you’ll see things our way, too.
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If you’ve got what it takes to look at things differently, to find new perspectives, and to discover the extraordinary within the ordinary, we’d love to meet you. To apply for this role and to start seeing things our way, submit your CV.
This role will be subject to pre-employment screening, including references. The level of screening may vary depending on role responsibilities and will be discussed at interview.
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