Join our Our Stantec HR UK&I team are a passionate team of HR professionals supporting the UK&I region of talented engineers, scientist and functional support staff. We now have an excellent 12 month Fixed Term Contract (FTC) 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 (including iTrent and Oracle), spreadsheets and reports. You will complete template documents, amend 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 starter set-ups, 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 HR administration or helpdesk experience in a high-volume environment where tasks were deadline-governed and where a high degree of self-organisation and planning were required. A CIPD qualification (Level 3 or above) or similar would be advantageous.

You will have strong interpersonal communication skills. You will have experience with the 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

The Stantec community unites more than 31,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. We plan, design, deliver and manage the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable, healthy and prosperous communities.

Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating our clients’ vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insights. We deal with today’s challenges, but also keep a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, looking at how we deliver clean growth, support radical changes in our economy and meet the needs of future communities.

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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