Hr Assistant

• HR Assistant
• Part time 26 hours per week, across 4 days (Monday to Friday)
• Permanent contract
• Lytham St Annes, Lancashire - Some hybrid working to be discussed at interview.
• £16,000 per annum /£11.79 per hour - £17,600 per annum /£12.97 per hour (Pro rata of £23,076.92 to £25,283.51 per annum).

As HR Assistant at Beaverbrooks you will be a key member of our growing People Support team (HR Administrator, HR Advisors and HR Manager) & will join the UK’s #3 100 Best Companies to Work For 2023. You will be an ambassador for our company values, which puts our people at the forefront of all that we do.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a personable HR Assistant, with great relationship building skills as you will play an important role in supporting our 1000+ colleagues, so that each and every individual feels like part of our very special ‘Beaverbrooks Family’.

This exciting and varied role will see you support with everything from generalist HR matters to performance management, attendance, colleague relations and our colleague’s wellbeing. We have separate teams that focus on recruitment, payroll and L&D that you will work closely with.

We are proud of our award winning, values driven, engaging, supportive, people focussed, highly accountable culture and as part of the People Support team you will be pivotal to our ongoing success.

The awards we’ve been given as an employer speak volumes about what it’s like to work here, some of which are:

• UK's 3rd Best Large Company to Work For – Best Companies 2023 – based on employee feedback (We’ve been in the top 10 for the last 5 years)
• Retail's Best Company to Work For - Best Companies 2023
• 3 star accreditation from Best Companies for the 18th year running, which reflects 'world class' levels of workplace engagement.
• ‘The Happiest Place to Work’, in partnership with Retail Trust, at the Retail Week Awards 2023

AMAZING BENEFITS FOR AMAZING PEOPLE

They say you get out what you put in. And, at Beaverbrooks, our people put in so much.

In return, some of the benefits we offer include:

• Great office profit share bonus
• Outstanding colleague discounts that extend to your family & friends
• Free parking
• Wellbeing scheme
• Contributory Pension & Life Assurance
• Regular social events - including, but not limited to: pay day drinks, football hospitality events, theatre and theme park trips.
• Free eye test every 2 years
• Flu Vaccinations paid for
• Enhanced maternity and paternity package
• Maternity return to work bonus
• Employee & family support & counselling – Retail Trust

Main Responsibilities

The role will predominantly involve the following:

• Supporting our Beaverbrooks Family with all people related matters.
• Working closely with our People Support Administrator to ensure the HR database is accurately maintained. You would also provide holiday cover for this role.
• Advising, coaching, and guiding our management teams on HR matters.
• Collaborating with line managers and senior managers to ensure a joined-up approach to people matters.
• Working with management teams to prepare and complete all documentation for ER matters.
• Monitoring and reporting on attendance and utilising eternal Occupational Support when needed.
• Predominantly office based with (very) occasional travel to stores for support with ER matters.
• Working with our EAP provider and internal teams on our Wellbeing strategy.
• Producing monthly and quarterly reports for management on people metrics.
• Supporting the People Support Manager to ensure we remain legally complaint in our advice, documentation and policies.
• Working alongside our Recruitment, Payroll & Benefits and L&D teams to offer support and guidance with best practice, policies, and procedures.

The Ideal Candidate

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

• Passion for working with people and supporting a great workplace.
• Previous HR Advisor/Assistant experience from within a HR team.
• Ability to build positive working relationships and establish rapport with people at all levels.
• Knowledge of current employment legislation.
• Tact and diplomacy and can demonstrate high levels of confidentiality.
• Strong communication skills, both written, verbal and face to face.
• Ability to work accurately & attention to detail in both numeracy and literacy.
• Excellent organisational skills with ability to both prioritise workload and work under pressure with a flexible approach.
• Ability to work using own initiative to resolve problems.
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office and a willingness to learn new systems.

DESIRABLE SKILLS

• Previous experience of working within a HR department in the retail sector.
• Multisite experience.
• CIPD level 3 or higher.

About The Company

We’re a family business. And you can tell that when you get here. It feels like family.

Established in 1919 we now have 85 locations across the UK, with 64 Beaverbrooks stores plus 18 dedicated brand boutiques including Tag Heuer, OMEGA, Breitling and Tudor. We also have our very successful ecommerce website, which was launched in 2001. We provide exceptional quality diamonds, jewellery and watches as well as top name brands such as TAG Heuer, Omega, Breitling, Tudor, Gucci and Vivienne Westwood.

Our purpose is to enrich lives, which simply means making a positive difference to the world we live in. We donate 20 per cent of retained profits to charity and since the year 2000, Beaverbrooks has donated £21 million to over 1000 different charities.

We pride ourselves on the work we do for local communities and in support of this we offer charity matching – you raise it, we match it! You can also take 2 paid charity days per year where you can spend time away from the business doing charity work and take time off to give blood.

If you would like to know more about Beaverbrooks, visit https://www.beaverbrooks.co.uk/about-us