People Coordinator

Closing Date

Job Title: People Coordinator

Location: Durrington / Hybrid
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: 37 hours per week

About the Role

We are looking for an organised customerfocused People Coordinator to provide highquality administrative support across the full employee lifecycle. This role sits at the heart of our HR operations supporting the wider People team and acting as a first point of contact for employee and manager queries.

Working closely with People Services HR Business Partners and Payroll you will help ensure our people processes run smoothly efficiently and in line with our policies and standards. This is a great opportunity for someone looking to build their HR career within a busy and supportive team.

What you will be responsible for

• Delivering HR administrative processes across the full employee lifecycle including preemployment checks references benefits training coordination and peoplerelated schemes.
• Ensuring HR records are accurate up to date and compliant with GDPR requirements.
• Completing purchasing and invoice processing for HR goods and services in line with company procedures.
• Preparing HR documentation including employment contracts offers and organisational change paperwork.
• Acting as the first point of contact for managers and employees on HR administrative queries.
• Contributing to continuous improvement of HR systems processes and tools including templates and manager resources.
• Supporting the development maintenance and rollout of HR policies procedures and toolkits.

What youll bring to the role

Essential

• HR administration experience gained in a similar-sized organisation.
• Experience responding to employee and manager queries professionally and accurately.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills including Excel Word and Outlook.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to build strong working relationships.
• Meticulous attention to detail and strong organisational skills.
• Customer service mindset and ability to thrive in a fastpaced environment.
• Familiarity with HR legislation or willingness to learn.
• Experience using Workday (advantageous).
• Ability to role model Southern Waters values and behaviours.

Desirable

• CIPD Level 3 or Level 5 (or interest in working towards).

Southern Water is at the forefront of transforming Britains water industry investing significantly to enhance resilience sustainability and service excellence. With 7.8bn planned investment for 2025-30 this is an unparalleled opportunity to join a business committed to delivering a generational shift in the way water services are managed.

You will be joining at a time ofsignificant change working alongside a highly skilled leadership team witha clear visionfor the future. We offer an environment where senior professionals can make a meaningful impact influence major strategic decisions and drive long-term value creation

At Southern Water we believe diverse perspectives drive innovation. Ifyourepassionate about making a positive impact and think you can bring value to our teamwedlove to hear from youeven if youdonttick every box. Your unique skills and experiences could be exactly what we need.

If this roleisntquite whatyourelooking for but are keen to be contacted about opportunities at Southern Water you can register your details here: Introduce Yourself (-Introduce Yourself)

Our Commitment to Diversity

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds identities and experiences. We do not discriminate based on race ethnicity gender sexual orientation age disability religion or any other protected characteristic. If you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process please let us know.

Additionalinformation:

In line with Southern Waters security requirements successful candidates willbe requiredto provide evidence of their identity eligibility to work in the UKcriminal recordcheck (DBS)and verification of their employment and/or education history for the past three years.

Appointment to this role is subject to the successful completion of all preemployment checks including security vetting.

Please note that if a candidate does not meet the required security standards orfails topass the vetting process Southern Water reserves the right to withdraw the offer of employment. Some positions may also requirehigher levels of security vetting which may involve providingadditionaldocumentation.