HR Administrator

Posted 16 September 2025
Salary £30k per year
LocationCheshire
Discipline Human Resources
Reference140935
Contact NamePeter Bennett

Job description

We are currently seeking a HR Administrator to join our client's newly established HR team, with this role pivotal in helping to set up a new department.

This role will be responsible for the setting up of new policies and procedures, before moving on to providing comprehensive HR and Recruitment administration support for the end-to-end employee lifecycle.

The role is based in Runcorn, is paying c.£30k and offers great flexibility in terms of hybrid working.

 Key Responsibilities:

  • Acting as the first point of contact for HR queries from line managers and employees

  • Providing comprehensive HR and Recruitment administration support as part of a small busy HR team

  • Taking ownership of the recruitment and onboarding procedure, including advertising vacancies, producing offer letters and contracts and completing pre-employment checks such as DBS and right to work

  • Overseeing an outsourced payroll service to ensure the data submitted is accurate

  • Helping to set up a new HR department, including the creation and implementation of HR policies and procedures, and HR systems

  • Maintaining employee files, ensuring compliance with data protection/GDPR requirements

  • Developing and maintaining HR document templates

 About You:

  • Strong HR administration experience, ideally within a SME or startup environment

  • Good organisational skills and a can-do positive attitude

  • Someone who takes the initiative, with a proactive mindset and a flexible and solutions-focused approach to changing priorities

If the above seems a good fit for your experience then please get in touch today!

James Andrews is acting as an employment agency and business in relation to this role.

At James Andrews Recruitment Solutions we try to respond to all applications personally, however, due to the high volume of applications this is not always possible. If you have not heard back from us within 72 hours, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.