HR Assistant

We are seeking to appoint two Interim HR Assistants at least 3 months, who will primarily work to recruit hard to fill vacancies across Southwark’s Adults and Children’s services, namely Social Workers and Occupational Therapists.

The focus being the on-boarding of new starters in a professional, proactive and seamless manner; and the successful induction of new hires.

We want our candidate’s to experience support at every step of their recruitment journey with us. The role will also provide additional HR operational support to a very busy HR Business Partnering function, including supporting projects and ER casework administration.

The ideal candidate will be able to support managers with day to recruitment queries and identify when to escalate matters to a senior member of staff. You will be proficient in working in a timely manner to maintain an efficient recruitment timeline will be a self-starter and work well as part of a team.

You will be able to carry out pre-employment checks including right to work checks and various clearances in line with domestic or international recruitment.

You will be adept at using HR and Recruitment systems, to collate, store and review data. If you want to be part of a progressive and modernised HR Business Partnering function and feel you meet the criteria we look forward to receiving your application.