HR & Onboarding Assistant- London

We know great talent comes in many forms - including people returning from a career break. If you’re looking for part-time hours, flexible working, or a supportive transition back into your career, we’d love to explore how we can make this role work for you.

Are you passionate about creating a great experience for people from the moment they join a business? Do you enjoy keeping things organised, coordinating multiple priorities and making sure the details are taken care of? Are you looking to build your HR experience in a fast-paced, collaborative environment?

If so, this could be a great opportunity. As our HR & Onboarding Assistant, you’ll play an important role in delivering a smooth and welcoming onboarding experience for new employees while supporting the wider HR team with day-to-day operations.

You’ll gain hands-on experience across a broad range of HR activities, including onboarding and inductions, employee records and HR systems, contingent workforce coordination, reporting, learning & development and wider people projects. It’s a varied role that would suit someone who is highly organised, proactive and enjoys working with people while building a career in HR.

Based out of our London office, this is a permanent role within our People function. At Credera, we operate a flexible hybrid working model, this requires 60% in office time in your local office. We value collaboration and client impact, so our hybrid model is designed to strike a balance between flexibility, in-person connection, and delivering exceptional outcomes for our people and clients.

The HR and Onboarding Assistant will be responsible for administrative tasks including managing employee records, coordinating HR policies, processes, and relevant documents, contingent workforce management and supporting the onboarding of new joiners management.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist in conducting new employee orientation, onboarding, and updating records with new hires.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date human resource files and HRIS records, and documentation.
• Assist recruitment with Onboarding trigger, Induction and Reporting for Contingent Workforce – including access to management of our freelancer management platform (Yuno Juno)
• Provide support to HR staff by preparing reports, conducting research, and consolidating data for analysis.
• Support ad hoc HR projects such as End of Year process, annual benchmarking, Benefits renewals, new vendor selection & ad hoc recruitment campaigns
• Support the L&D function with monitoring of training, training budget and time tracking and ad hoc course logistics.
• Support HR-related training programs, workshops, and seminars.
• Keep updated on the latest employment law and HR best practices.
• Manage the contingent workforce by coordinating with vendors, processing contingent worker requests, and ensuring compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Serve as a point of contact for contingent workers and address any issues or concerns they may have.
• Act as payroll resource backup for periods of holiday leave for the current Payroll officer

Qualifications:

• Proven experience as an HR Assistant, or relevant human resources/administrative position.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
• Experience with HRIS or HRMS systems.
• Ability to manage sensitive and confidential situations with tact, professionalism, and diplomacy.
• Knowledge of employment law and HR best practices.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in managing contingent workforce.
• Experience with Workday.
• Familiarity with payroll management and benefits administration.
• Ability to multitask and work in a fast-paced environment.

This is what you’ll get in return

At Credera, we provide an exceptional compensation package, including a competitive salary (£30,000-40,000) and comprehensive benefits. Our entrepreneurial environment and consistent growth provide an exciting career path where your contributions are recognised and rewarded. We are a social bunch of people and connect as a team on a regular basis.

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Credera is a global consulting firm that combines transformational consulting capabilities, deep industry knowledge, and AI and technology expertise to deliver valuable customer experiences and accelerated growth across a broad range of industries worldwide. Our global delivery model allows us to provide clients with tailored solutions unique to their organisation needs that can scale due to our extensive footprint. As a values-led organisation, our mission is to make an extraordinary impact on our clients, our people, and our community.

We believe it is this approach that has allowed us to work with and transform the most influential brands and organisations in the world, from strategy through to execution. We are part of the OPM Group of Companies, a division of Omnicom Group Inc.

Credera will never ask for money up front and will not use apps such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp or Google Hangouts for communicating with you. You should be very wary of, and carefully scrutinize, any job opportunity that asks for money prior to starting and/or one where all communications take place exclusively via chat.