HR Assistant

The Vacancy

Exciting 12-Month Opportunity – HR Assistant (Parental Leave Cover)
Location: Leatherhead Office ¦ HR Shared Services Team

We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced HR Assistant to join the Wates Group on a 12-month fixed-term basis to cover parental leave. This role sits within our dynamic HR Shared Services Team, based in our Leatherhead office.

ABOUT THE ROLE

This is an ideal opportunity for someone who is customer-focused, highly organised, and looking to build on their HR experience within a supportive and collaborative environment.

To succeed in this role, you’ll bring strong administrative skills—ideally gained in an HR setting—and be confident using MS Office tools. Discretion and confidentiality are essential, as is a professional and proactive approach to your work.

We’re looking for someone with excellent verbal and written communication skills, strong attention to detail, and ideally, someone who is studying towards or already holds a CIPD or similar qualification.

As HR Assistant, you will:

• Provide end-to-end support across the employee lifecycle in a timely and customer-centric manner
• Maintain accuracy and integrity of employee data across HR systems
• Support the HR team with project work and operational delivery
• Operate with discretion, professionalism, and confidentiality at all times

WHAT WE OFFER

• Competitive salary & profit share
• Flexible working options
• Extensive corporate benefits including Private Medical Insurance, Pension (6% employer contribution), 26 days holiday + bank holidays, and access to our Health and Wellness programme
• Excellent learning and development opportunities to support your career growth
• Market-leading family leave benefits, including 26 weeks of fully paid maternity leave and 12 weeks of fully paid paternity leave

Discover more about Life at Wates: https://www.wates.co.uk/careers/

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies.  Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:

• Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
• Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
• Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer.  We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.