HR and Recruitment Assistant

Seven Resourcing are looking for a temporary HR and Recruitment Assistant to work in Stockton.

This position is initially for a period of 6 months and is paying £11.59 (PAYE) or £14.12 (umbrella) per hour.

The working hours are Monday – Friday from 9am – 5pm. 

The role:
You will be responsible for assisting in the delivery of transactional HR and Recruitment matters. 
You will be required to have a knowledge across the customer base including many customers external to the local authorities that operate on a separate contract and service level agreement basis.
This will require you to develop knowledge of various terms and conditions of employment and multiple processes and procedures.
You will be responsible for ensuring the service is provided to a high standard and in a timely manner to meet legislative requirement.

Key Responsibilities:

• To be responsible for administering a range of recruitment tasks and these will vary across local authorities, schools and academies.  You will need to understand the various recruitment processes and carry out tasks in accordance with each customers requirement. 
• To be responsible for ensuring any requests for advertising received from schools and academies are correctly authorised and advertising any vacancies using approved sites ensuring all necessary documentation is complete, this will include when necessary extending any closing dates or re-advertising of posts as agreed with the customer.
• To be responsible for preparing and issuing relevant employment correspondence to successful candidates including offer letters and contracts of employment within legal guidelines and timescales
• To be responsible for the administration of pre-employment checks including, identification documents, proof of right to work in the UK, evidence of qualifications, online DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) checks, health checks, references, checks on gaps in employment, if not already carried out etc.  This will include chasing up of non-receipt of information and clarifying any issues with lead officers.
• To be responsible for ensuring the recruiting lead officer is informed of the outcome of clearances undertaken and raise any issues found accordingly and obtain start dates for successful candidates.

Applicant Requirements:

• Qualifications: N/A. 
• Experience: HR and / or Recruitment experience is essential.
• Compliance: Proof of right to work in the UK and 2 x references. 
• Hours: 37 hours p/w.

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