Graduate HR and Recruitment Assistant
Job description
HR and Recruitment Assistant
Minimum Requirements:
Academic Qualifications Required
- Human Resources Degree
- Minimum 2 years HR Generalist experience
Skills, Competencies, and Experience
- Interpersonal skills
- Communication and influencing skills
- Negotiation skills
- Consultation skills
- Change management skills
- Client service skills
- Project management skills
Competencies
- Strategic business perspective
- Current labour legislation knowledge
- Computer literacy
Experience
- Employee relations
- Organisational development
- Recruitment
- Training and development
- Compensation and reward
Required Computer Packages
- Microsoft Office
- VIP Payroll/Human Resources Management
Key Duties and Responsibilities
Recruitment
- Assist in the recruitment process, including job postings, scheduling interviews, and communicating with candidates.
- Maintain the applicant tracking system and ensure data accuracy.
- Coordinate pre-employment checks, such as reference and background checks.
- Screen CVs and conduct the first interview for open vacancies.
- Perform reference checks for all employees.
- Ensure proper administration of all CVs and communications with candidates.
- Act as a recruitment representative for the Company.
- Assist with creating relevant job specifications for vacancies within the firm.
- Post adverts on relevant platforms and liaise with recruiters on firm vacancies.
Graduate Recruitment
- Show initiative and creativity in graduate recruitment ideas.
- Arrange and coordinate career days and fairs with relevant universities and local schools alongside the Company recruitment committee.
- Coordinate and review potential graduate CVs.
- Coordinate graduate induction, job shadowing, and vacation work throughout the year.
- Ensure an adequate pipeline of trainees for future contracts.
- Manage the graduate recruitment program, including obtaining marks from students, conducting interviews, and coordinating the program.
- Organize graduate recruitment events.
Onboarding and Offboarding
- Organize and prepare new employee onboarding materials and schedules.
- Assist with new employee orientation and ensure completion of required paperwork.
- Support the offboarding process, including collecting equipment, completing paperwork, and conducting exit interviews.
- Manage induction, paperwork, and payments for vacation students.
Employee Records and Data Management
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date employee records, including personnel files and digital records.
- Generate HR-related reports and documentation as needed.
- Ensure confidentiality and data security.
HR Communications
- Prepare and distribute HR-related communications, such as announcements, policies, and procedures.
- Assist in organizing HR-related events, meetings, and training sessions.
- Create content for employee communications and coordinate employee meetings.
Benefits Administration
- Assist in benefits enrollment, changes, and inquiries.
- Coordinate benefits-related paperwork and assist employees with benefit questions.
Leave and Attendance
- Track employee attendance and leave balances.
- Process leave requests and ensure accurate records.
- Handle employee leave queries and reconcile leave balances and overtime accrued.
General Administrative Tasks
- Provide administrative support to the HR department, including managing phone calls, emails, and appointment scheduling.
- Order and maintain HR supplies and materials.
- Perform general administrative duties, such as typing forms, creating organizational charts, seating plans, and induction files.
Culture
- Assist and coordinate internal team functions and company events (e.g., team-building, employee days, year-end functions).
Compliance Assistance
- Assist in ensuring the firm complies with HR-related laws and regulations.
- Keep HR policies and procedures up to date.
- Ensure compliance with the firm's System of Quality Management (SOQM), policies, and procedures.
- Ensure adherence to the firm's Employee Code of Conduct.