Who we are and what we do
We, Hachette UK Distribution, are the leading book distribution company in the UK. We are one of the most advanced distribution centres in Europe, with leading-edge automation and modern systems which will ensure world-class service to customers and publisher clients. We ship in excess of 60 million books globally each year and supply one out of every four books to the UK trade.
Our mission is to make it easy for everyone to discover new worlds of ideas, learning, entertainment and opportunity.
Hachette UK Distribution is part of the Hachette UK publishing group.
What you'll be doing
Supporting across all stages of the employee lifecycle, this is a varied role that will see you managing and responding to a range of HR related queries and ensuring that administration and payroll tasks are completed accurately and to deadline.
Key tasks include:
- Producing all people related paperwork e.g. contracts, changes to terms and conditions
- Managing the HR inbox and responding to queries from colleagues and managers
- Supporting the recruitment process, including posting adverts, managing responses and coordinating shortlisting and interviews
- Processing payroll tasks and updating systems and trackers
- Supporting the HR Business Partners with ad hoc reporting, process administration, ER matters e.g. absence management, parental leave
- Supporting the onboarding and offboarding of staff e.g. probation periods, exit interviews
- Offering guidance on HR policy and process
- Supporting ad hoc projects and the HUKD people plan
Who we are looking for
We are ideally looking for someone with previous HR administration experience, but more importantly, we are looking for someone that can juggle a number of priorities, is an excellent team player and exudes a positive 'can do' attitude.
You will be:
- Organised and proactive, able to prioritise and work to deadlines
- Able to communicate effectively, be approachable and build relationships
- Customer-focused - managers, employees, colleagues and externally facing
- At ease with processing payroll, numerical data and systems management
- A dab hand at Excel would be a helpful attribute, as would previous use of HR information systems
- Keen to work collaboratively as a team - both within HR and the wider business
- Eager to learn, spot process efficiencies and able to champion our people initiatives
What we offer
Our people are our greatest asset and our benefits reflect this. Therefore, we offer an extensive list of benefits that include:
- 33 days annual holiday including Bank Holidays
- Pension Plan and Life Assurance schemes
- Company enhanced family policy including maternity, paternity and shared parental
- Reward programme giving discounts, savings and cash back at numerous retailers
- 2 Community Days per year
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Eye care vouchers
- Generous discounts on books we publish
- Mental Health First Aiders / Champions and an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Wide-ranging training library
- Development Programmes including Mentoring
- Staff Events e.g. Burrito van, Pie van, Ice Cream van, Staff Party
- Many employee networks to join
- Free onsite parking
- Free tea and coffee
- Creating an environment of inclusion so everyone can be their true self #Ibelong #AndSoDoYou #OneTeam
Our commitment
Hachette employs people on the basis of their abilities. We aim to attract and develop talent from a base as broad as the world of readers we want to reach, with a wide and representative range of age, faith, disability, race, gender, sexuality and socio-economic, regional and cultural backgrounds.
If you are shortlisted and need us to make any adjustments to help you attend for interview, please let us know.
We will notify all candidates of the outcome of their application.