PEOPLE ADMINISTRATOR

FULL TIME, 40 HRS A WEEK, MONDAY TO FRIDAY BUT WILL CONSIDER PART TIME FOR THE RIGHT PERSON

This is a fantastic opportunity to join the Jim Lawrence Lighting & Home team and become an integral part of ensuring its heritage of designing and manufacturing award-winning products, is maintained.

We are known for our outstanding customer service that sets us out from the crowd. Our customers keep coming back to us because, apart from the quality of our products, our staff know our products through and through, are passionate about properties and can give knowledgeable advice.

We are looking for an Administrator to join our People Function Team at the Jim Lawrence workshops in Hadligh, Suffolk. The purpose of this role is to provide confidential and effective support to the People Business Partner and our colleagues during this exciting time when we have lots of projects in motion.

WHO ARE WE?

"Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, inspiring us with the passion to create authentic lighting and home furnishings."

The Jim Lawrence story began back in 1994 at Jim and Sheena’s farm when they installed a forge and started to make bespoke metal fittings for friends and neighbours. Roll forward to today and the Jim Lawrence name is a well-respected in the lighting and home furnishings industry with a reputation for making high-quality lighting and home accessories using traditional handcrafted techniques.

The team has expanded greatly since then, but our ethos to nurture British craftsmanship remains the same. Today we employ a skilled team of 145 engineers, welders, painters, seamstresses, designers, lampshade makers and technicians, alongside a cohort of support staff in our Suffolk workshop.

WHAT WE CAN OFFER

We will offer you a fun, lively working environment in this friendly, family-run business.
We have a strong ongoing commitment to training and progression within the company so this is a great opportunity to progress your HR skills and knowledge.
A generous benefits package including a competitive salary, matched pension scheme, Employee Assistant Programme and many other incentives.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for a strong administrator, ideally with HR exposure or experience at administrative or assistant level to report to the People Business Partner.

You will be the first point of contact for all people queries from colleagues and managers across the company. You will be supporting the team with monthly payroll processes and recruitment activities such as advertising, arranging interviews and onboarding.

We need administrative support for the whole employee life cycle and to help managers with people processes such as absence management and investigations.

You will also be responsible for Occupational Health support with our external provider; for collecting data and reporting back to the HR team and supporting us with employee engagement and wellbeing activities.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for someone with strong IT skills who has excellent attention to detail and is a great communicator. Ideally you should be happy to get involved with change management with a desire to support a positive working culture. The ability to multi-task and work on several projects simultaneously is important.

Our full time working week is Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week, however, for the right person we can consider part time working and are happy to discuss this at interview.

If you are interested in joining our team, please contact us for an informal chat or send your CV to us at recruitment@jim-lawrence.co.uk or call us on 01473 826685 for further details.