HR & Engagement Administrator

Are you passionate about creating a great colleague experience and making a real impact on site culture? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment where no two days are the same? Are you an organised HR professional who enjoys balancing people, processes and engagement activities?

Here at GXO, we're looking for an enthusiastic HR & Engagement Administrator to join our River Island operation in Milton Keynes. Reporting to the HR Advisor, you'll play a vital role in supporting the employee lifecycle, delivering best-in-class HR administration, and driving colleague engagement initiatives that continue to make GXO a great place to work. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys building relationships, improving processes, and bringing fresh ideas to enhance wellbeing, communication, retention and site culture. If you're passionate about people and are looking to develop your HR career within a dynamic logistics environment, we'd love to hear from you.

This is a full time, permanent position working Monday to Friday, 09:00 to 17:00

Pay, benefits and more:

We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £27,227.20 per annum, and 28 days annual leave (including bank holidays). Your benefits package includes a company sponsored pension scheme, private medical & dental insurance, a 24/7 online GP service, life assurance and a fully comprehensive employee assistance programme. You’ll also have access to our MyBenefits platform offering a variety of high street discounts, a cycle to work scheme, cashback cards, a saving scheme and much more! 

What you’ll do on a typical day:

 

• Provide HR administrative support across the full employee lifecycle, including starters, leavers, changes and probation reviews
• Assist with recruitment activities, including interview coordination, offer documentation and onboarding administration

Maintain accurate HR records, always ensuring compliance and audit readiness

Support colleague engagement initiatives, wellbeing campaigns, charity events and CSR activities across the site

Produce and analyse people data, reports and HR metrics while providing first-line HR guidance to colleagues and managers

What you need to succeed at GXO:

 

• Previous experience in HR, administration, engagement or people-focused role
• Strong organisational skills with exceptional attention to detail and the ability to manage competing priorities
• Good knowledge of HR processes and the employee lifecycle
• Confidence using Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with a positive, proactive and professional approach

We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains.

 

GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work. GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.  We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed. Review GXO's candidate privacy statement here.