HR Administrator in Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Our Stantec HR UK&I team are a passionate team of HR professionals supporting a UK&I region of talented engineers, scientist and functional support staff. We now have an excellent opportunity for a passionate HR Representative / Administrator to join our team.

This role sits alongside other HR team members in our office in central Edinburgh, located a short walk from Haymarket Station. The role supports a larger HR team based in Stantec offices throughout the UK. We offer a hybrid working model to give you a good blend of office and home working.

Your role will be to create, maintain and provide information relating to employee data, contracts and employment related records and to ensure that the administrative processes related to the payroll and employee lifecycle are adhered to. You will process HR administration in line with agreed deadlines, liaising with managers, employees and the wider HR team as well as being the first port of call for the HR helpdesk.

On a daily basis, you will input data into multiple HR Information systems, spreadsheets and reports. You will complete template documents, amending contracts, creating, and issuing appropriate correspondence. You will help coordinate the monthly HR calendar to anticipate work volumes and organise tasks accordingly and in partnership with the other team members.

An important part of your role will be liaising with HR Colleagues and other departments in the UK and around the globe on matters relating to New Hire set-up, HR Data, approvals, validation, and compliance while continuously looking for improved ways of working and offering insight and feedback to the wider team.

This represents a fantastic opportunity to work with our established HR team for an internationally listed professional services organisation with strong ambitions to grow our UK & Ireland operations.

About You

You will have proven administration or helpdesk experience in a high-volume environment where tasks were deadline-governed and where a high degree of self-organization and planning were required. A CIPD qualification (Level 3 or above) or similar would be advantageous.

You will have a good level of English and strong interpersonal communication skills. You will have experience with Microsoft Office Suite (skills in Word & PowerPoint, intermediate level expertise in Excel) while experience with Oracle or ITrent would be an advantage. You will have good numerical and analytical skills, strong attention to detail and the ability to work autonomously. Your problem-solving skills will be important.

Most of all, your desire to work in a busy administrative role supporting a collaborative HR Team across the UK will be key to your success.

About Stantec

Stantec is a professional services firm. Our team of 28,000 global experts provides engineering, architecture, environmental, and project management services across all phases of the project life cycle.

We’re designers, engineers, scientists, and project managers, innovating together at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships. Balancing these priorities results in projects that advance the quality of life in communities across the globe.

From large-scale developments to challenging neighbourhood projects, we stretch across our global network to learn from others, offer our support, and gain new experiences along the way. So while we work to help the communities around us thrive, our own people thrive too.

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.

At Stantec we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process then please inform a member of our Talent Acquisition team.

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