HR Assistant - 6 Month FTC

We’re a national law firm with a local reach. Our legal experts are here for you. Whether it’s personal or business, we understand that everyone’s situation is different. But we’re more than just a law firm – we’re a team of people working together to help individuals and businesses navigate life’s ups and downs. Working here you’ll feel a part of our friendly and inclusive environment.

We’ll value you for who you are and what you bring. We support each other and push boundaries to achieve incredible things and make a real difference to our clients and communities.

Your Role and What You'll Be Doing

We are looking for a HR Assistant to join our HR Operations team at Irwin Mitchell, on a 6 month fixed term contract. As a HR Assistant, you’ll support aspects of the wider HR Operations team whilst specialising in recruitment coordination to provide comprehensive recruitment and administrative service to the business. You’ll have a key role helping save on agency spend, improving candidate experience and recruiting top talent into Irwin Mitchell. You’ll also have monthly one to ones with your Team Leader, to focus on your development within HR and recruitment.

Please note, this role is a fixed term contract for a period of 6 months, and can be based flexibly at either our Sheffield, Leeds, Manchester or Birmingham office.

• Ensuring all candidates are uploaded to our ATS and all data is kept accurate and up to date.
• Reviewing all applications and shortlisting candidates against the agreed criteria before sending to the Hiring Manager for final review.
• Liaising regularly with candidates, senior stakeholders, and agencies to schedule interviews, provide guidance on interviewing and answering any ad-hoc recruitment queries.
• Ensuring all interview feedback given is delivered in a constructive manner to the candidate.
• Managing any agency invoices and ensuring these are correct, liaising with agencies in case of any inaccuracies.
• Making offers to successful candidates, collating relevant information and documents to complete the offer process
• Ensuring adherence to HR compliance by verifying right to work documentation and conducting all required pre-employment checks.
• Effectively communicating with other teams across the business to provide good service delivery and build strong relationships
• Provide wider support to HR Operations projects and initiatives
• You’ll report into one of our HR Operations Team Leaders to provide comprehensive support across the team

About You

• Strong administration skills and able to use excel and word with ease
• Confidence in working independently and making the right decisions based on the situation in front of you with limited information
• Excellent organisational skills and strong attention to detail
• Ability to communicate effectively to colleagues and candidates at all levels in different mediums
• Flexible and responsive to changing demands and priorities
• Recruitment and/or HR administration experience

Our Benefits - What We Can Offer You

• 25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can ‘buy’ up to 35hrs of extra holiday too.
• Generous and flexible pension schemes.
• Volunteering days – Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid)
• Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services.

We also offer a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you’re fully supported. This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements.

We have been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2024!

Our responsible business programmes are fundamental to who we are and our purpose. We’re committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish, and we have established a number of inclusion network groups across our business to support this aim.

Our commitment to Social Responsibility, community investment activity and tackling climate change is a fundamental part of who we are. It’s made up of four strands: Our People, Our Community, Our Environment and Our Pro Bono.