HR Administrator (6-month FTC)

About Methods:

Methods is a £100M+ IT Services Consultancy who has partnered with a range of central government departments and agencies to transform the way the public sector operates in the UK. Established over 30 years ago and UK-based, we apply our skills in transformation, delivery, and collaboration from across the Methods Group, to create end-to-end business and technical solutions that are people-centred, safe, and designed for the future.

Our human touch sets us apart from other consultancies, system integrators and software houses - with people, technology, and data at the heart of who we are, we believe in creating value and sustainability through everything we do for our clients, staff, communities, and the planet.

We support our clients in the success of their projects while working collaboratively to share skill sets and solve problems. At Methods we have fun while working hard; we are not afraid of making mistakes and learning from them. Predominantly focused on the public-sector, Methods is now building a significant private sector client portfolio.

Methods was acquired by the Alten Group in early 2022.

Methods is seeking a proactive, results driven individual to join our HR Team on a 6-month fixed term basis.

Purpose of the Role:

The Human Resources department combines care and compassion with the corporate and business know how needed to empower colleagues and facilitate forward thinking in the workplace. Put simply, it involves all actions that support our people to be the best and most honest versions of themselves, from the moment they start their life with us until the moment at which they leave. We are responsible for and manage the entire employee life cycle with empathy and business know-how.

The role of HR Administrator is seen as a key element in the team. The role’s primary focuses will be to offer an exceptional service to all colleagues – current, prospective, and former; to efficiently carry out the administration tasks of the HR department. The HR Administrator will provide exceptional HR support, and in doing so will be exposed to all areas of HR, including employee relations, organisational change, HR policy and process.

Key Tasks:

• Responding to queries that arrive in the HR Inbox.
• Support the business with creating offer letters and contracts of employment for candidates.
• In a timely manner, draft letters regarding end of employment and variation of contract. Ensuring letters have been issued to colleagues, signed, and saved to all colleague files.
• Drafting letters covering numerous matters inclusive of Bonus payments, salary, leave entitlements, change of Line Manager, change of location, and other employment related changes.
• Requesting probation completion paperwork from line managers and drafting probation completion letters to colleagues.
• Managing documentation through Docusign and HCM.
• Ensuring that all procedures are adhered to when colleagues are onboarded and offboarded.
• Supporting the HR Team by taking part in the company Induction preparation, facilitating and ensuring the 2 days run smoothly raising any issues to Team colleagues.
• Saving documents and relevant correspondence to colleague files, ensuring pre-checks are completed prior to audit and actioning any outstanding requirements prior to audit commencement
• Sharing Benefit Information with colleagues at the end of probation and upon request.
• Saving Pension Opt-In and Opt-Out forms to employee files.
• Set up new colleagues on HCM and complete related tasks.
• Ensuring that colleague records are correctly maintained and authorised within HCM and the benefits portal.
• Processing invoices on behalf of the HR team.
• Ensuring leave balances are correctly maintained and adjusting leave balances when entitlement changes.
• Enter sickness absence onto HCM and save fit notes to employee files.
• Guiding colleagues on how to use Employee Self-Service to update personal information.
• Updating and monitoring the company’s benefits platform to ensure benefit changes are captured