Senior HR Associate

Talentmark are recruiting for a Senior HR Associate to join a company in the pharmaceutical industry on a contract basis for 12 months. This role is hybrid, with at least 3 days per week at the Basingstoke office.
The working hours for the role are from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday to Friday, with a daily 30-minute lunch break.
Company:
Our client is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. They focus on finding answers for some of the world's most urgent medical needs.
Salary:
21.67 - 28.27 per hour, PAYE
Rates are dependent upon experience.
Senior HR Associate Role:

• Run UK HR operations: Deliver local HR admin processes across the employee life cycle, including complex and sensitive cases, and cover the admin team during absence and peak periods.
• Be the expert adviser: Advise employees, managers and HR on policies such as family leave, sick pay, benefits, pensions, company car, mobility and immigration.
• Own and improve processes: Document and control UK processes, keep them compliant with UK laws and company policies, and use demand data and AI tools to fix root causes and improve self-service.
• Manage providers and data: Own the relationship with third-party providers and the accuracy of HR data feeds, and act as the UK HR data privacy contact.
• Support the team: Coach the HR admin team and document processes so others can cover.

Your Background:

• Experience: Degree or equivalent, plus substantial experience running HR admin processes in a complex organisation.
• Legal knowledge: Working knowledge of UK employment law (family leave, sick pay, working time, right to work, data protection).
• Analytical and AI skills: Strong data analysis, advanced Excel, and the ability to use AI tools to work more efficiently.
• Improvement track record: A measurable improvement to a process you personally delivered, with a customer-focused approach.
• Ownership and discretion: Proactive in driving issues to resolution, comfortable balancing hands-on processing with improvement work, and trusted with confidential information.
• Ideally have experience with using Workday and case management systems, pensions/benefits/mobility experience, third-party provider management, Lean or Six Sigma, CIPD.

Apply:
For more information, or to apply for this Senior HR Associate role, please contact the Key Accounts Team on (phone number removed) or email (url removed). Please quote reference 71462.
It is essential that applicants hold entitlement to work in the UK.
Please note: This role may be subject to a satisfactory basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.