As HR Officer, you will be joining a long-standing, highly recognised, Banbury organisation on a full time, nine month fixed term contract (Monday - Friday).
The purpose of the role is to work as a member of the small HR team to support the business with all first line employee relations matters and manage recruitment and resourcing.
Our client is looking for an individual who is confident with HR knowledge, proactive in their approach and can manage their own time effectively, as well as build strong communication with line managers.

What will you be doing as HR Officer?

• Providing first-line advice and support to employees and managers on HR Policy related queries.


• Work with line managers to monitor and improve levels of sickness absence, as well as supporting employees during periods of absence.


• Administration of employee benefit schemes.


• Responsibility for ensuring all electronic employee files are kept up to date.


• Responding to reference requests from external sources on behalf of the organisation.


• Working with managers to ensure that employee probation periods are reviewed on-time, and effectively.


• Supporting recruiting managers during the recruitment process.


• Providing information and data to the business as and when required.


• Completing HR on-boarding and leaver processes.


• Assisting line managers during formal meetings.


• Carrying out other tasks as and when dictated by the needs of the business.

As HR Officer, you must be / have:

• Ability to ensure high-quality service delivery and attention to detail.


• Ability to review current way-of-working and help to improve HR processes, policies and related work instructions.


• Strong communication skills to be able to freely interact with employees, managers and directors at all levels of the business to effectively resolve HR issues.


• Previous experience of using an HR System


• Minimum 2 years of experience in HR within the UK


• Ability to work well under pressure and to tight deadlines


• Ability to apply flexibility to work tasks, and to use own initiative


• Problem solving skills


• CIPD Level 3 or working towards - preferred

Opportunity: what's in it for me?

The salary is up to £35,000 (depending on experience), as well as endless other benefits too, such as pension, life assurance, childcare vouchers, eye care vouchers, cycle scheme, free parking, discounts with local companies and more!