Vacancy
People & Culture Administrator
People & Culture Vision: A workplace where everyone belongs.
People & Culture Mission: Attract, develop and retain colleagues by fostering a caring, fair and consistent culture where people feel happy, engaged and a shared sense of purpose.
Job Purpose: As People & Culture Administrator, you will be part of the team responsible for following and delivering administrative tasks and activities in relation to Recruitment, Onboarding, Performance Management, Learning & Development, Welfare and Recognition.
You’ll be expected to support the drive for consistent deployment of ‘PRIDE’ values across the workforce, encouraging staff and teams to develop themselves in line with their life ambitions and to meet their full potential.
Help maintaining an inclusive culture that embraces and celebrates the differences of our people, their experiences, backgrounds, and ways of thinking, linking all department services uniting our organisation.
Key Responsibilities
- People Department Inbox Management: Overseeing and responding to employee and business enquiries, ensuring prompt resolution of concerns for all staff.
- Your People: Managing all aspects of recruitment, onboarding, offboarding, performance management (appraisal reviews, RTWs, Welfare, Pay Reviews/Promotions) and career progression for Grade 1 to Grade 5 office staff.
- Department Services: Maintain comprehensive knowledge of employment law requirements, internal company policies and guidelines, employee handbook provisions, and staff benefits across all service areas, ensuring effective communication and alignment within the team.
- Document Management: Creating, updating, and maintaining departmental documents to effectively support employees under your care.
- Survey & Performance Appraisal Administration: Managing all assigned quarterly staff surveys and performance appraisals, gathering and sharing feedback with stakeholders, and tracking, analysing, and communicating relevant KPIs.
- Employee Well-being Initiatives: Supporting and actively participating in the execution of wellness initiatives that promote employee engagement and well-being.
- Employee Engagement Activities: Coordinating Big Bite Friday & Seasonal Treat WOW initiatives across sites, ensuring employee satisfaction, accommodating dietary needs, and managing budgets effectively.
- Event Coordination & Employee Experience: Supporting and executing assigned tasks for social events, recognition programs, team-building exercises, seasonal celebrations, and weekly employee engagement activities.
- Absence Management: Leading the administration and maintenance of absence management systems.
- HR Digital Platform: Overseeing project administration for HR/People digital platforms, including system testing, implementation, guideline creation, fact sheet development, and issue resolution.
- DSE Assessments & Employee Well-being: Conducting Display Screen Equipment (DSE) assessments for all staff, collecting feedback, identifying necessary actions, and implementing measures to support employee welfare.
- Housekeeping: Responsible for overseeing the general upkeep and availability of consumables within the People & Culture (P&C) office and all other designated areas under our care.
- Reception Cover: (including staggered breaks to support Reception/Admin and covering reception duties every Friday. Holiday cover for any Reception/Admin tasks that cannot wait, e.g., procurement, hospitality, post, etc.
- Additional Responsibilities: Performing other tasks and assignments as directed by the People & Culture Management Team.
Skills & Competencies
- Happy to have both an active and office-based role (events, stock replenishment on 3 premises-all close by, within 5mins walk of each other).
- Highly organised, and loves admin.
- Can prioritise effectively and able to manage a varied workload under tight time constraints.
- Excellent Communicator, both written and verbal.
- High professional standards, strong work ethic and positive attitude.
- Calm and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.
- Thorough and meticulous with excellent attention to detail.
Person Specification
Behaviour
- Develop & maintain strong authentic relationships with all stakeholders and staff that show how much you care, trust, and support one another.
- At all times act professionally, maturely, show resilience, Empathy, trustworthiness, and reliability ensuring you can be counted upon wherever and whenever.
- Ensure confidential data and information remains confidential and is always stored appropriately.
- Using People Systems and HR tools and techniques, deliver consistent, cohesive help and support by using the most appropriate methods and resources for departmental activities.
- Using the company values, support positive change that brings our values to life.
Personality
- Positively supports company culture and PRIDE values.
- Happy, helpful, empathic, caring approach and loves to make someone else’s day.
- Loves people, understanding what makes them tick and gives them purpose.
- Keeps promises. Is trustworthy, reliable, and honest.
Contract
Permanent
Location
HQ Dura House, Clacton-on-Sea
Grade
2
Reporting To
People & Culture Manager
Holidays
28 days per year (inc. bank holidays)
Option to purchase 5 additional days per year
More Great Reasons to Join Dura Composites
- Full Sick Pay scheme, following 1yr service.
- Auto Enrolment Pension scheme provided by People’s Pension.
- Occupational Health Screening Services.
- BUPA GP appointment services.
- Wellbeing initiatives (e.g. massages, wellness & fitness groups).
- Salary Sacrifice Schemes (e.g. Electric Car Scheme, Tech Scheme).
- Quarterly 1-2-1 welfare & performance reviews.
- Role-specific training & development opportunities, team building activities.
- Choice to attend PRIDE Experience outings, social events, and celebrations across the year.
- Free refreshments, treats, and Friday Lunch Club.
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Company Information
Founded in 1996, Dura Composites offers an unparalleled range of composite solutions that harness cutting-edge design and manufacturing techniques to replace traditional materials such as wood, concrete, and steel across a wide variety of applications and industries.
Winners of three King’s awards, Dura Composites’ fully recyclable d² product range includes walkway grating, trench covers, structural profiles, handrailing, high-rise balcony decking, access structures, and station platforms. Designed with sustainability at their core, these unique products incorporate weight-reducing innovations that simplify on-site logistics and reduce environmental impact by minimising embodied carbon. Uniquely, our d² products are fully recyclable at the end of their lifecycle, aligning with our commitment to a circular economy.
Our Purpose: The Lowest Carbon Walkways in the World, to Best Preserve our Planet.
Our commitment to innovation and sustainability ensures that businesses can achieve their net-zero goals without compromise. Our purpose is clear, by pioneering the world’s lowest carbon walkways, we’re redefining sustainable infrastructure – delivering safer, stronger, and greener solutions that are proven to support a better future for all.