Assistant HR Business Partner

Reference
1111112

Branch
University of Warwick

Start date
26/05/2026

Duration
Other - See Job

Hours and days
Monday to Friday 37.4 hrs

Dress code
Smart Casual

Salary from
£32,000

Salary to
£32,000

Role
The Assistant HR Business Partner delivers an efficient and responsive HR service, acting as the first point of contact for employees and managers on a range of people-related matters. The role supports the full employee lifecycle, including recruitment, onboarding, employee records management and leaver processes, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and adherence to best practice. Reporting to the HR Business Partner they will also support payroll input, absence management and training coordination; maintaining GDPR compliance, contributing to a positive employee experience and the continuous improvement of all HR processes.

Duties and responsibilities

• As the initial point of contact within the HR Team, resolve queries related to staff employment and welfare, legislation,
• Administer documentation in support of the employee life cycle, including new starter workflow, employment changes and leaver administration; ensuring timely and accurate processing
• Collate, manage and update existing HR records and maintain accurate and up to date employee data on the HRIS in line with company requirements, ensuring that good standards of data quality and protection are adhered to at all times
• Manage the end-to-end recruitment processes, including advertising roles, screening application forms, shortlisting, coordinating and conducting interviews, referencing and other statutory and pre-employment checks, to ensure the

process is completed efficiently and in accordance with Safe Recruitment practice.

• Ensure that DBS and police checks are completed in a timely manner and, where necessary, risk assessments are undertaken in advance of commencing employment / voluntary work.
• Support the payroll process for defined function(s), ensuring input for the monthly returns is completed in an accurately and in a timely manner.
• Undertake research and update HR policies and processes under the guidance of the HRBP, ensuring that updates are comprehensive, reference best practice and are statutorily compliant
• Work with the HR Administrator to organise the administration, coordination and delivery of induction and on-boarding, providing a great employee experience for new staff
• Support the effective management of sickness absence; notifying stakeholders of daily absences and supporting line managers with return to work and other attendance meetings.
• Manage recording, reporting and follow up of training and learning and development records, to ensure that all staff complete necessary initial or refresher training in a timely manner
• Act as notetaker for formal meetings associated with employee relations and absence management cases, ensuring notes are timely, clear and accurate

Skills and experience

Educated to degree level (or possessing equivalent experiential learning)

• Proven generalist HR and/or administrative HR experience, ideally within an education, care or not for profit setting
• Proven track record working in a busy, multidisciplinary HR team
• Strong administration skills, accuracy and attention to detail and able to complete tasks in a logical and through manner
• An excellent communicator with the ability to build credibility, trust and respect at all levels of seniority
• Ability to multi-task and reprioritise work to meet departmental and organisational needs Numerate, with an understanding of payroll from an HR perspective
• CIPD qualified or equivalent qualification is desirable

Location
Cranleigh

Benefits

• An interesting and varied role in a friendly HR team
• Competitive salary with a performance related cash bonus scheme
• A range of funded and supported training and professional development opportunities
• 25 days paid annual leave (plus 8 bank holidays)
• Free onsite parking
• Employee Assistance Programme with excellent Mental Health and Wellbeing Facilities and Support
• Access to over 900 retailer discounts via our exclusive reward platform
• 10% discount at our onsite café
• Pension scheme
• Staff recognition days

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