Human Resources Administrator

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About the role

Balfour Beatty has an exciting opportunity for an HR Administrator , to join our Human Resources team within Employee Services based in Newcastle (Longbenton). This role will be a 12 Month FTC.

HR Shared Services is the HR and Payroll shared services function providing critical and continuous administrative support throughout the employee life-cycle.

HR Shared Services is made up of core administration teams and specialist teams who look after our 16,000 UK based employees across a range of roles in construction, utilities and rail.

What you’ll be doing

As an HR Administrator, your main responsibilities are as follows:

• Enter data into the HR systems and any other recording systems, ensuring this is up to date and the data entered is accurate whilst maintaining relevant documentation and filing systems, whether electronic or manual;
• Administer HR transactions and documentation (such as amendments to contracts of employment, changes to personal details and absence information) and provide data and reports as requested;
• Manage Service Requests;
• Prepare and manage administration for third party providers as appropriate;
• Closely liaise with payroll to administer payments;
• Act as first point of contact for relevant Service Line queries and escalate when appropriate;
• Contribute to the effective working of HR Shared Services teams to ensure seamless service line delivery;
• Ensure a focus on accuracy through self-review and peer checking;

Who we’re looking for

The following qualifications and experience are ideal, although not essential:-

• Excellent HR administration experience ideally within a Shared Service Centre;
• Excellent knowledge of HR Administration processes;
• Communicates well both verbally and in writing;
• Flexible approach to work and is a team player with a track record of successfully prioritising work and managing time effectively;
• Excellent organisational skills ;
• Records information accurately.

Why work for us

Day in, day out, our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions; developing, managing and maintaining the vital infrastructure and public spaces that modern economies, societies and communities rely on.

About us

At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at www.balfourbeatty.com/value_everyone

To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence ’Employer Recognition Scheme’ and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.

Further information on Disability Confident can be found at: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/