HR Assistant (Scale 5)

London Borough of Lambeth
Lambeth, Greater London


Job Category : Human Resources
Location : Lambeth Civic Centre, London Borough of Lambeth
Hours Per Week : 35.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £121.65

Please note this is a hybrid role. Any two days of the week on site
Important: At least Intermediate Excel skill level required

We are looking to recruit a strong administrator to our Learning and Development team, working within the HR function. We’d like someone with experience working with an HR platform (we use Oracle but it doesn’t need to be that) and who can manage a busy and varied workload with minimal supervision.
This role would be a great opportunity for someone looking to build on and develop their existing admin skills.
Core Skills
Understands what databases are used at the Council and how data is gathered, organised and extracted
Understands what a career pathway is and how they could be deployed across the Council
Inform and advise managers and employees about HR Policy & Procedure and implement guidelines in relation to the Policy & Procedure
Utilise the Contact Point system and the information it provides to understand the correct HR team to direct the work to
Establish effective relationships with key stakeholders and colleagues in the Council
Provide accurate and appropriate advice to line managers in order to train and support them to follow processes effectively and with minimal risk
Implement guidelines on HR Policy & Procedure (as well as processes and principles), in order to keep employees and line managers aware of the latest practice and their responsibilities
Ability to learn appropriate UK employment and discrimination law and apply this in their role in order to ensure employee’s rights are protected the Council is not subject to any legal challenge
Ability to evaluate data and establish key insights, identify and highlight key trends / changes to trends in financial, people and / or performance indicators (when approaching HR casework)
Core Competencies
Understand common issues based on existing knowledge, suggests improvements to current ways of working, completes tasks independently in a timely manner
Ability to analyse and interpret data to identify and highlight key trends, as well as integrate external sources of data to ensure a broad level of analysis
Ability to communicate appropriately using approved methods for the target audience. Inform others in a simple and easy way, and clarify to check understanding
Ability to collect and synthesize relevant data to analyse complex problems and evaluate situations based on previous experience

Posted 2025-09-10

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