HR Assistant

Are you looking to build your career in Human Resources within a fast-paced and growing operation? Do you enjoy supporting colleagues, providing excellent customer service and helping managers with people-related processes? Are you organised, proactive and looking for an opportunity to develop your HR knowledge and experience?

Here at GXO, we're recruiting for an HR Assistant to join our team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to develop a career in Human Resources, gaining exposure across the full employee lifecycle while supporting both colleagues and managers daily. Working closely with the People team, you'll play a key role in delivering an efficient and professional HR service, helping to ensure colleagues receive a positive experience throughout their employment journey.

Pay, benefits and more:

We’re offering a salary of £27,000.00 per annum, plus 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays). Your benefits package includes a company sponsored pension scheme, life assurance and access to our benefits platform, including retail discounts

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Support the management and monitoring of absence processes, ensuring records are accurate, up to date and maintained in line with company policies
• Provide general HR administration support, including preparing letters, employee documentation and correspondence to support people processes across the site
• Assist with onboarding and offboarding activities, ensuring new starters and leavers are processed accurately and efficiently
• Support employee relations administration, including minute taking, report preparation and assisting with people-related casework where required
• Support employee engagement, wellbeing and site initiatives while responding to HR-related queries in a professional and timely manner

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Previous HR administration experience or transferable experience within an administrative, customer service or people-focused role
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships across all levels of the business
• Excellent organisational and administrative skills, with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities
• Good IT skills, including Microsoft Office applications, with confidence working with systems and data
• A positive, proactive approach with a genuine interest in developing a long-term career within Human Resources

We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains

GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.