Hr Assistant

Ashley Kate are delighted to be supporting a well–established insurance company, based in Kent as they look to recruit for a full – time, permanent HR Assistant.
The salary for this role is between 25k and 32k (depending on experience).
The role does come with opportunities to work from home 2 days per week.
This role is ideal for a solid HR Assistant or Administrator with experience in a busy professional services environment who is interested in progressing their career within HR.
HR Assistant
You will assist in providing a comprehensive, professional service to managers and employees across the business and provide full administrative support to the HR team.
As HR Assistant, you will provide day to day general HR support on a range of key HR activities including, but not limited to, recruitment, preparing job descriptions and adverts, liaising with recruitment agencies and preparing offer paperwork; managing the on–boarding process for new starters including conducting Company inductions, family friendly processes and leaver process including conducting exit interviews.
You will provide support as necessary on employee relation matters including investigations, disciplinary and grievance hearings.
You will be responsible for the HR system (currently Cascade) amending and updating records, approving requests, running queries and monitoring the Cascade task list.
You will prepare monthly management reports as well as ad hoc reports and conduct relevant analysis as required.
You will own/and or support with HR projects including the performance, salary and PRP review processes, CPD, SM&CR process and benefit renewals ensuring they run smoothly and are completed within designated timescales.
In addition, you will be involved in facilities for our offices, including health and safety, ensuring statutory audits are conducted in accordance with regulatory requirements and conducting employee workplace assessments as required.
HR Assistant – About you
HR administration experience within a similar fast paced, office environment where you will have successfully managed a varied workload.
Professional services or commercial sector experience, essential
Comfortable being the first point of contact for straightforward HR enquiries.
Be confident communicating with people at all levels across the organisation and be committed to achieving results of a high quality.
Demonstrate excellent organisational skills and a high level of attention to detail, you should be able to work calmly under pressure and be able to demonstrate flexibility, initiative and a proactive approach.
You will be proficient in MS Office and have experience of using an HR system including the ability to produce reports.
Possess the ability to handle confidential data in a professional manner is paramount.
Degree educated, ideally HR related/proven administrative experience in a similar fast paced, professional environment.
You will ideally be CIPD Level 3 qualified/or equivalent or be studying towards your CIPD.
Possess a positive can–do attitude with the ability to provide excellent customer service
If you're interested, please email Darren Keeling on