Rider Levett Bucknall Hiring for Human Resources Administrator at Birmingham Full Time

RLB is a major international property and construction consultant, currently embarking on an exciting expansion journey with challenging growth plans to meet our 2030 strategy.

We are currently searching for a HR Administrator to help us build and improve for the future as we continue to grow in the UK and internationally.

Overview of Role:
To provide a first-class administration service to the wider business and the HR Department on a daily basis. The main administrative duties include maintaining personnel records, managing administration for the employee life cycle and updating our HR information system.

You will act as the first point of contact for HR related queries from all RLB employees.

Key Responsibilities:
Provide administrative support to the HR team e.g. being responsible for the general HR inbox. Responsible for answering employee queries about HR-related issues and allocating the emails to the relevant team member.

Keep our HR information system (Cascade) up to date e.g. sick records, salary changes and leavers.

Liaise with the Payroll Administrator to ensure timely and efficient processing of the payroll on a monthly basis.

Prepare and produce letters, employment contracts and reports.

Maintain HR filing system ensuring that all items requested are quickly and efficiently filed and retrieved.

Keep up to date with emails and prioritise own workload.

Liaise with the IT department on a regular basis to ensure new joiners and leavers are processed efficiently.

Provide HR admin support to employees and line managers, explaining policies and procedures in a timely and effective manner and keeping records.

Assist the HR team in processing maternity, paternity, adoption and parental leave requests dealing with queries/issues arising.

Support all employee related administration, specifically, new joiner process, offer letters, reference requests, joining instructions, induction, reminding line managers when reviews are due and ensuring these are carried out. Maintain accurate records.

Effectively manage internal and external telephone calls for the HR function; pass on messages, initiate action where possible, use tact and discretion, maintain confidentiality at all times.

Administer other HR systems relating to objectives and performance and e-learning.

Carry out any other reasonable ad hoc duties in order to support the HR team and the wider business

Person Specification:
Previous experience in a HR administration role

Exceptional IT skills in MS Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)

Appreciates and understands the need of confidentiality in dealing with all HR and training

Excellent organisational skills

A team player with a ‘can do’ attitude, outgoing, personable and flexible

Demonstrates a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail

Uses judgement as to when to ask for help and guidance

At RLB, our aim is to create and enhance an inclusive workplace culture where diversity is not only accepted but valued and built into our company culture, creating opportunity for all. In order to support this, we recognise the importance of flexible and agile working and are open to having conversations on how this could work for you and our business from day one.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to support you during any stage of the application or interview process, please contact our recruitment team at: