About the Company:

Opera North is England’s national opera company in the North and a leading European arts organisation. Acclaimed for its imaginative programming and innovative productions on the main stage, Opera North programmes its own venue with an enormous diversity of activity. Committed to producing high-quality work that informs, excites and entertains, they are looking for an experienced and well-motivated individual to fill the role of HR Assistant.

About the Role:

The HR Assistant will provide effective and efficient administration and advice across all areas of HR activity. The ideal candidate will have experience in professional administration, employee relations casework, drafting staff communications, and updating policies. The successful candidate will fully engage with all HR-related issues across the department and will work directly with the HR Manager. You will be producing diversity-related recruitment metrics, drafting and issuing all necessary new starter paperwork and engaging with diversity and equality initiatives. This is a wonderful role, not to be missed.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintaining full ownership of the recruitment inbox and answering any recruitment-related queries
• Producing diversity-related recruitment metrics as requested by the HR Manager
• Drafting and issuing all necessary new starter paperwork (including contracts of employment) and carrying out right to work checks and reference checks
• Liaising with recruiting managers to arrange IT access for new starters in advance of their start dates
• Co-ordinating new starters, contract changes and leavers
• Collating and submitting workforce data for the Arts Council England Annual NPO survey every spring, and liaising with departments gathering the data throughout the survey year
• Keeping all relevant HR spreadsheets and databases updated, ensuring they are accurate at all times and maintained in accordance with GPPR, and that scanning, filing, and archiving are done on a regular basis
• Tracking and collating all pay-related changes on a monthly basis and liaising with the Finance Assistant in line with submission deadlines
• Contributing to the administration of diversity initiatives such as the Parents in the Performing Arts Best Practice Charter
• Carrying out administration for any learning and development activities as needed, including scheduling, logistics, liaising with training providers, raising any purchase orders and tracking training costs and staff attendance and evaluation for our records.
• Carrying out all relevant benefits administration in liaison with the Finance Assistant and providing general advice to staff on company benefits

Requirements:

Essential

• Professional administrative experience
• Experience and knowledge of drafting staff communications and updating policies
• Experience of employee relations casework
• Strong administrative Microsoft Office skills
• Excellent standard of written and verbal English
• Minute-taking
• Ability to review working practices and suggest improvements
• Ability to benchmark and research
• Ability to be proactive and re-prioritise work activity to meet departmental and company needs
• Problem-solving and attention to detail
• Commitment to confidentiality, CPD, and equality, diversity and inclusion

Desirable

• CIPD qualification
• Knowledgeable about employment law, GDPR and HR practice
• Knowledgeable about Office 365, including Visio
• Experience in an arts or charity organisation

ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS

• Degree-level education or equivalent professional experience

How to Apply:

For more information and to apply please visit Career Connect and search Reference ID 'O966G'