Howden is a global insurance group with employee ownership at its heart. Together, we have pushed the boundaries of insurance. We are united by a shared passion and no-limits mindset, and our strength lies in our ability to collaborate as a powerful international team comprised of 24,000 employees spanning over 56 countries.
People join Howden for many different reasons, but they stay for the same one: our culture. It’s what sets us apart, and the reason our employees have been turning down headhunters for years. Whatever your priorities – work / life balance, career progression, sustainability, volunteering – you’ll find like-minded people driving change at Howden.
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
About You:
Howden Ireland is part of Howden, the global insurance intermediary group, and has over 600 employees across 28 local offices advising clients on their commercial insurance, personal insurance, health insurance, life and pensions and mortgage requirements. Our success is primarily down to the incredible people we employ.
A career that you define. At Howden, we value diversity – there is no one Howden type. Instead, we’re looking for individuals who share the same values as us:
Our successes have all come from someone brave enough to try something new
We support each other in the small everyday moments and the bigger challenges
We are determined to make a positive difference at work and beyond
We're committed to providing reasonable accommodations at Howden to ensure that our positions align well with your needs. Besides the usual adjustments such as software, IT, and office setups, we can also accommodate other changes such as flexible hours* or hybrid working*.
If you're excited by this role but have some doubts about whether it’s the right fit for you, send us your application – if your profile fits the role’s criteria, we will be in touch to assist in helping to get you set up with any reasonable adjustments you may require.
*Not all positions can accommodate changes to working hours or locations. Reach out to your Recruitment Partner if you want to know more.
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