The Role
Provide HR administrative support across the employee lifecycle in a York-based HR team: maintain accurate HR data, support recruitment/onboarding, prepare employment documents, liaise with payroll, respond to HR queries, and suggest process improvements while ensuring policy and data protection compliance.
Summary Generated by Built In
Are you looking to join a successful and growing organisation who are committed to creating a great safe place to work where all employees have the opportunity to contribute, grow and develop? Portakabin are looking for a HR Assistant to join our HR team based at our Head office in York.
As our new HR Assistant you will provide effective HR administration across the full employee lifecycle, ensuring accurate data, timely processes and professional support for employees, managers and the HR team.
Role Details:
• Annual salary up to £27,500 dependent on skills and experience. Plus an annual on target bonus of 2.5% dependant on business performance
• Role based: New Lane, Huntington, York, YO32 9PT - Please ensure you can easily travel to this office location.
•Hybrid Working - Once fully trained and competent in the role you can work from home 1-2 days per week.
As our new HR Assistant you will provide effective HR administration across the full employee lifecycle, ensuring accurate data, timely processes and professional support for employees, managers and the HR team.
Role Details:
• Annual salary up to £27,500 dependent on skills and experience. Plus an annual on target bonus of 2.5% dependant on business performance
• Role based: New Lane, Huntington, York, YO32 9PT - Please ensure you can easily travel to this office location.
•Hybrid Working - Once fully trained and competent in the role you can work from home 1-2 days per week.
• Permanent
• Annual leave of 25 days per annum plus bank holidays and opportunity to buy an additional 5 days each year.
• Annual leave of 25 days per annum plus bank holidays and opportunity to buy an additional 5 days each year.
In this role you will be required to:
• Maintain accurate employee data, ensuring timely entry and verification in HR systems.
• Provide administrative support for key HR processes, including recruitment, onboarding, attendance, contract changes and terminations.
• Prepare employment documents such as offer letters and contracts.
• Support employees and managers with HR system queries, password resets and onboarding assistance.
• Liaise with payroll to ensure pay-related changes are processed accurately and on time.
• Respond to general HR queries promptly, escalating where appropriate.
• Identify and suggest opportunities for continuous process and system improvement.
• Ensure all work complies with HR policies, procedures and data protection requirement.
• Provide administrative support for key HR processes, including recruitment, onboarding, attendance, contract changes and terminations.
• Prepare employment documents such as offer letters and contracts.
• Support employees and managers with HR system queries, password resets and onboarding assistance.
• Liaise with payroll to ensure pay-related changes are processed accurately and on time.
• Respond to general HR queries promptly, escalating where appropriate.
• Identify and suggest opportunities for continuous process and system improvement.
• Ensure all work complies with HR policies, procedures and data protection requirement.
Our Ideal Candidate
A proactive HR Assistant who takes initiative, manages competing priorities effectively, and provides responsive support across recruitment and HR administration activities.
• Experience in HR administration or a similar administrative role.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy, even under pressure.
• Competent user of Microsoft Office and HR systems.
• Experience of accurate data input and record-keeping.
• Knowledge of HR policies, procedures and processes.
• Good organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and manage multiple tasks.
• Experience in HR administration or a similar administrative role.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy, even under pressure.
• Competent user of Microsoft Office and HR systems.
• Experience of accurate data input and record-keeping.
• Knowledge of HR policies, procedures and processes.
• Good organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and manage multiple tasks.
Benefits & Opportunities
• Contributory pension including life insurance benefit
• A range of dedicated health and wellbeing services
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Employee Benefits Program (Discounts at 100s of shops, gyms, restaurants and even holidays!)
• Learning & development opportunities and resources
• Opportunity for career progression
• A chance to give back to your community with an annual volunteering day
• A range of dedicated health and wellbeing services
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Employee Benefits Program (Discounts at 100s of shops, gyms, restaurants and even holidays!)
• Learning & development opportunities and resources
• Opportunity for career progression
• A chance to give back to your community with an annual volunteering day
About
At Portakabin, we design and deliver high-quality modular buildings for organisations of all sizes, in various sectors including manufacturing, education, health, transport, utilities and construction. Delivering our products sustainably, and safely to our customers is of utmost importance.Portakabin now employs more than 2,200 people across the UK and Europe. Our people are at the heart of business and the reason for our success. We offer career progression, support and development opportunities giving our employees space to grow.Portakabin is a Disability Confident Committed and equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process and to the fair and consistent treatment of all current and prospective colleagues.We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, perspectives, and value the contribution that diverse experiences bring to our teams.Reasonable adjustments will be made throughout the application, recruitment, and onboarding processes where required. If you need any additional support or experience any difficulty applying, please contact our recruitment team on [email protected]
Skills Required
- Based at New Lane, Huntington, York (must live local)
- Experience in HR administration or a similar administrative role
- Competent user of Microsoft Office
- Experience using HR systems
- Experience of accurate data input and record-keeping
- Knowledge of HR policies, procedures and processes
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy under pressure
- Good organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and manage multiple tasks
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The Company
What We Do
Portakabin is a market-leading manufacturer specializing in modular and portable building solutions, offering a range of buildings for hire and sale across sectors like education, healthcare, and commercial. They provide services including planning, design, and project management.
