Based in our Wexford Office, Howden Ireland are delighted to have a vacancy as a HR Administrator on a permanent basis who will provide day‑to‑day HR support across the Howden Retail division, acting as a key point of contact for employees and managers, and will be an integral part of our wider HR team.
The successful candidate will support the HR , Payroll & Recruitment Team in delivering a high‑quality, compliant, and people‑focused HR service.
About the Role:
As a key contributor, you will thrive in our dynamic and fast‑paced environment, you'll embrace the complexity and commerciality that accompanies Howden's growth plans.
You will work across the full employee lifecycle, supporting HR operations, employee relations administration & relations, Workday transactions, onboarding, payroll and HR process administration.
Key Responsibilities:
Provide a client focused HR service across the employee lifecycle, delivering a great experience to our people.
Provides administrative support to the Payroll & Reward Specialist on the processing of monthly payrolls across ROI and the UK.
Supports the Payroll & Reward Specialist on the administration of the employee benefit schemes.
Working as an advocate and expert on Workday HR, guiding and supporting people, whilst promoting self‑service capability, ensuring payroll cases and requests are completed correctly and in time for payroll.
Responsible for follow up actions and ongoing enquiries, ensuing processes are completed to a high standard and in time for payroll cut‑off.
Works closely with colleagues within Retail UK&I HRES Team to drive consistency across the business, improve processes and gain efficiencies.
Works with the Recruitment team to ensure the applicant through to new starter process is managed efficiently and provides a great candidate experience.
Validates data, ensures job details are correct, such as roles, teams and cost centres.
Works within GDPR guidelines, managing people data requests and the confidentiality of data.
Contributes to wider projects and initiatives within HR, driving process improvements, automation and efficiencies.
About You:
Minimum of 1 years' experience working within HR department.
A desire to progress towards a HR qualification is required.
Comfortable in a fast‑paced and constantly evolving environment with high volume case management experience.
Strong customer focus and employee experience mind‑set - using this for continuous improvement in service delivery.
Good Excel, PowerPoint and Word skills.
Self‑motivated with a positive attitude and strong attention to detail.
Team player with the ability to learn quickly.
Workday and HR Shared Services experience desirable.
Ability to work well independently with confidence.
Strong administration, organisational, communication and interpersonal skills
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