Job Description

Role: HR Officer

Sector: Public Sector

Duration: Contract Until December 2026

Location: West Sussex

Salary: £18 PAYE per hour

Sellick Partnership is currently recruiting for an experienced HR Officer to join our public sector organisation, based in West Sussex. The role is for 5 months until December 2026 and is offered on a hybrid basis with a minimum of 3 days a week onsite.

The HR Officer will provide professional, proactive HR Support to the organisation during a period of increased project activity. The role will ensure continuity of day-to-day operations, supporting managers across a wide range of people matters, while contributing to the effective delivery of recruitment, employee relations advice and HR reporting.

The duties of the HR Officer include:

Providing advice and guidance to managers on the end-to-end recruitment process, ensuring compliance with the organisation's procedures and best practice

Ensuring all recruitment activity is conducted in accordance with employment law

Coordinating and facilitating recruitment activity including advertising, shortlisting support and interview processes

Providing hiring managers with updates on recruitment, identifying any risks or delays

Advising managers contractual terms and conditions, including local and national agreements, ensuring compliance with employment legislation

Preparing, issuing and maintaining contracts of employment and new starter documentation accurately and in a timely manner.

Processing and implementing contractual changes, ensuring accuracy, compliance and alignment with payroll deadlines.

Maintaining accurate and up‑to‑date contractual records within HR systems in line with data protection requirements

Produce regular and ad hoc HR reports (e.g. absence, casework trends, workforce metrics)

Present data clearly and effectively to managers and senior stakeholders

Support data cleansing, validation and preparation activities to ensure high-quality data for system implementation and organisational change planning

The HR Officer will ideally have:

Experience in a similar role

Experience in advising on contracts of employment and conditions of service

Experience in HR data analysis and reporting

CIPD qualification

The HR Officer will need to have excellent communication skills and effectively be able to communicate to stakeholders of all levels. Furthermore, the ideal candidate will have an impeccable eye for detail and accuracy to ensure all workload is carried out effectively and efficiently. They will also need to able to prioritise their workload and be efficient and effective to meet unpredictable deadlines and deal with conflicting demands, whilst working in a high-pressured environment.

How to apply for the HR Officer role:

Our client is hoping to have the HR Officer in the role as soon as possible, therefore if you believe your experience meets the criteria above, please contact Charlotte Broomfield by Monday 29th June by submitting your CV directly below.

Sellick Partnership is proud to be an inclusive and accessible recruitment business and we support applications from candidates of all backgrounds and circumstances. Please note, our advertisements use years' experience, hourly rates, and salary levels purely as a guide and we assess applications based on the experience and skills evidenced on the CV. For information on how your personal details may be used by Sellick Partnership, please review our data processing notice on our website