The Role
The HR Administrator is responsible for managing core HR administrative processes, ensuring accurate record keeping, and supporting the onboarding process.
Summary Generated by Built In
Role:
Reporting into the HR Advisor, this role is responsible for the day-to-day administration that underpins the effective running of HR across the Praxis Group. The postholder will own core HR administrative processes, including joiners, leavers, contract changes, data entry, record keeping and inbox management, ensuring work is completed accurately, on time and in line with legal and compliance requirements.
Reporting into the HR Advisor, this role is responsible for the day-to-day administration that underpins the effective running of HR across the Praxis Group. The postholder will own core HR administrative processes, including joiners, leavers, contract changes, data entry, record keeping and inbox management, ensuring work is completed accurately, on time and in line with legal and compliance requirements.
We are looking for a highly organised administrator who is confident managing a high volume of work, comfortable asking questions and proactive in chasing information. HR administration experience is not essential; what matters is strong administrative capability, attention to detail and the ability to bring structure and control to a busy environment. In return, the role offers a varied workload and the opportunity to play a central part in a growing business.
Who this role would suit:
This role is best suited to someone who genuinely enjoys core administrative work, process ownership, and maintaining accurate records and inbox management. We want to be transparent that this will not offer a stepping stone into HR, as the team has recently been structured through promotions and is now looking for long-term stability in this position.
Main Duties:
Who this role would suit:
This role is best suited to someone who genuinely enjoys core administrative work, process ownership, and maintaining accurate records and inbox management. We want to be transparent that this will not offer a stepping stone into HR, as the team has recently been structured through promotions and is now looking for long-term stability in this position.
Main Duties:
- Monitoring and managing the HR inbox, including logging, allocating and chasing responses
- Inputting rotas, where required, into the HR information system, supporting local managers with ensuring accurate reflection
- Drafting and issuing offer letters and contracts using approved templates
- Administration of the end-to-end onboarding process, including candidate communication and documentation collation
- Management of onboarding paperwork, checklists and employee records
- Monitoring and managing the HR inbox, including logging, allocating and chasing responses
- ER case administration support, including document collation, letter issuing, tracking and record keeping
- Ownership of probation administration, including deadline monitoring and issuing confirmation letters
- Attendance at HR meetings for note-taking and action tracking
- Ownership of Right to Work checks and ongoing compliance monitoring
- Administration and monitoring of SIA licence documentation and renewals
- Payroll and benefits administration, including monthly joiner, leaver and change processing
- Maintenance of HR trackers, spreadsheets and administrative logs
- TUPE administration, including ELI collation, document issue and consultation coordination
- Management and maintenance of employee personnel files and HR information system (People First), taking ownership and accountability for the accuracy of all inputted HR data
- Maintaining HR process calendars, including probation dates, payroll cut-offs, contract review dates, compliance renewal dates and other recurring HR deadlines
- Carrying out regular data quality checks across People First, personnel files and HR trackers, flagging gaps, inconsistencies or missing documentation
- Undertaking general HR administration as required
Requirements, Skills and Qualifications
- Proven experience in a busy administrative role
- Strong organisation skills and ability to manage multiple deadlines
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Confidence maintaining trackers, spreadsheets and records
- Comfortable handling confidential information
- Clear written communication skills
- Competent in Microsoft Office, particularly Outlook, Word and Excel
- Confident chasing information and following up with managers
- Able to work independently and as part of a small team
- HR administration experience desirable but not essential
- Experience in a regulated or compliance-driven environment advantageous
Our values
- Professionalism | We consistently seek to exceed expectations. Our people can express themselves fully while upholding the highest standards of conduct, competence, and integrity.
Ownership | Every asset, challenge, and opportunity is treated as our own. We deliver all real estate services in-house — never outsourcing responsibility, accountability, or blame.
Entrepreneurialism | We challenge convention and champion imaginative solutions. Rigorous debate is encouraged, and everyone is empowered to make decisions that elevate performance.
Meritocracy | Results, hard work, and strong ideas matter more than age, tenure, or titles. We are a diverse team that collaborates openly so each person can reach their full potential.
Action This Day | We do not defer or delay. Anything that can be done today, is done today.
Our benefits
- Highly competitive salary DOE
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- 25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays
- Office closure over festive season
- Additional holiday with service
- Private Medical Insurance (medical history disregarded)
- Healthcare Cash Plan
- 5% Company pension contribution
- 3x Life Assurance
- Cycle to work scheme (on-site shower room facilities & bike parking in majority of head offices)
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Group income protection scheme
- Daily healthy fruit & snacks
- Comprehensive business expense policy (including lunches when travelling away from base location)
About
Praxis is a well-established privately owned investor and manager of UK real estate with a track record of exceptional investment performance rooted in astute market timing and best-in-class management. The business was established in 2009 but traces its origins back over three decades and multiple economic cycles. Praxis works with a range of private equity, local authority, institutional and high net worth partners utilising its unique integrated platform and team of over 400 employees to manage and optimise all aspects of the real estate value chain. Praxis operates from offices in London, Manchester, and Birmingham.
Skills Required
- Proven experience in a busy administrative role
- Strong organisation skills and ability to manage multiple deadlines
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Confidence maintaining trackers, spreadsheets and records
- Comfortable handling confidential information
- Clear written communication skills
- Competent in Microsoft Office, particularly Outlook, Word and Excel
- Confident chasing information and following up with managers
- Able to work independently and as part of a small team
- HR administration experience desirable but not essential
- Experience in a regulated or compliance-driven environment advantageous
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The Company
What We Do
Praxis is an independent, leading provider of bespoke private wealth, corporate and fund administration, pensions and employer solutions, and yacht services to individuals, families, and corporate and institutional clients across the world. Established in 1972, the group operates globally with a focus on delivering excellence in client service through a culture of collaboration and long-term relationship building, providing international and cross-jurisdictional solutions to meet the financial aspirations of their clients.
