HR Assistant

In this busy, varied role you'll help to research, design and implement cost effective, efficient tools and processes to support each stage of the employee lifecycle.

It's how we'll achieve consistency, optimise employee retention and continue to be seen as an employer of choice. The HR team has opportunities within Recruitment, Training, Health & Safety, Employee Engagement and HR Administration. And we're looking for people with both experience and passion in any of these areas to join us. You'll need to keep calm under pressure, have bags of initiative and excellent communication and organisational skills.

We do things our own way at Aldi. But whatever we're doing, we must be getting it right. With a wave of impressive sales figures behind us, we're opening new stores at lightning speed. It means our HR teams have to make sure we have the right people, with the right skills, in the right place.

We have an exciting opportunity for a HR Assistant to join our HR Administration Team in HR at Bolton on a permanent basis, covering the area of Right to Work compliance and support with various wider HR projects which could include areas such as:

• Recruitment
• PR and Marketing
• Health, Safety and Insurance
• Learning and Development
• Employee documentation and employment Law
• Diversity and Inclusion
• Health, wellbeing and benefits
• HR Reporting

The role will involve covering a variety of administrative functions linked to supporting the wider business with Right to Work compliance and across the wider HR Department as required.

Successful candidates will work closely with both internal and external stakeholders and will therefore need to possess excellent communication, attention to detail, time management and organisation skills. The successful applicant will be privy to sensitive and confidential information and will therefore need to demonstrate a high degree of honesty and integrity with work.

If you’re always striving to improve and want to join a really important part of the business, apply to join #TeamAldi today!

Your New Role

• Completing monthly, quarterly and annual reporting on business-wide Right to Work compliance, escalating instances of non-compliance with relevant internal stakeholders
• Co-ordinating required Right to Work training to support the business aim of 100% compliance
• Supporting with business wide queries regarding Right to Work through liaison with key internal stakeholders
• Coordinating and facilitating quarterly business meetings focussing on the topic of Right to Work compliance and Immigration, liaising with both internal and external stakeholders
• Ensuring updates in legislation regarding Right to Work are accurately reflected in business wide communications and documentation
• Providing support for the HR Administration team, as required, with administrative tasks related to employment law and employee documentation
• Adhoc project support for the wider HR Team in areas as detailed above

About You

• Experience working in a similar role within the HR field
• Experience in an office based environment
• Understand the importance of confidentiality, honesty and integrity
• Excellent attention to detail
• Highly organised
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Ability to work independently
• Stakeholder and project management
• Flexible to adapt to the demands of an ever-changing business environment
• Able to think strategically and is solution focused
• Office 365 proficiency (particularly Excel)

What You’ll get in Return

• Salary starting at £30,575 rising to £37,962
• Monday to Friday, 8am to 4:30pm, with the opportunity of 2 days a week remote working
• 5 weeks’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• In office flexi-time
• Full training provided
• Pension scheme
• Private employee medical insurance after 4 years
• Company sick pay scheme
• Company maternity, paternity and adoption leave pay after 2 years
• Long service rewards
• Access to MyBenefits, where you can find a wide range of benefits, including our bike to work scheme, shopping and cinema discounts, health cash plan, a FREE will, travel and discounted gym memberships, as well as a host of benefits to support your financial and wellbeing needs
• Access to a free,24/7, confidential virtual GP service for all Aldi Colleagues and their children (under the age of 16)

If you’re ready to join an award winning business that celebrates everyone's achievements, offers competitive pay and creates great working environments, apply today!