HR Administrator

Job description

Make a Real Impact

Bevan Brittan is a leading commercial law firm. Alongside our recognised expertise in housing, local government, and health and social care, we are specialists in the construction, energy and resource management, higher education and financial services sectors.

Supported by our valued business services professionals, our award-winning and growing legal teams provide almost 2,000 organisations with commercial, corporate, property, finance, regulatory, employment and litigation (commercial and clinical negligence) legal and advisory services.

As a responsible business, we embrace four values: Relationships, Reputation, Responsible and Results. These give us a sense of purpose. They influence the decisions we make and how we work with each other. Importantly, they motivate us to deliver meaningful outcomes for our clients and the communities that we're part of.

Consistently recognised as one of The Times Best Law Firms and highly ranked across the legal directories, we are proud of our hard-earned reputation. Our 2025/26 financial results confirmed both revenue and profit growth for a thirteenth consecutive year, ensuring our ability to continue investing in our people.

Looking to the future, we're targeting ambitious growth and success. And we're looking for the best people to be part of it.

Join a team of experts and progressive thinkers

We're looking for an organised and proactive HR Administrator to join our growing HR team in Bristol or Birmingham.

The role

This role is focussed on coordinating Bevan Brittan's end-to-end employee onboarding process, ensuring every new joiner has a smooth, professional and welcoming experience from offer acceptance through to their first day. Working closely with our recruitment team, hiring managers and new colleagues, you'll play a key role in delivering an efficient onboarding experience while maintaining accuracy and excellent attention to detail.

You'll become the go to person for onboarding administration, while also providing support across a number of wider HR administrative activities when needed.

The role reports to our HR Operations Manager and is based in either our Bristol or Birmingham office. We operate a hybrid working model, providing colleagues with the equipment and support needed to work effectively from home. Most members of the HR team choose to attend the Bristol or Birmingham office once a week, although there is flexibility depending on business and individual needs.

What you'll be doing

Your primary focus will be managing the onboarding process for all new joiners across the firm. This will include:

• Coordinating the end-to-end onboarding process from offer acceptance through to day-one, ensuring onboarding is completed accurately, within agreed timescales and HR service standards
• Working closely with our Recruitment team to ensure a seamless transition from recruitment into onboarding
• Carrying out pre-employment checks, including Right to Work, DBS and reference checks
• Liaising with hiring managers and new joiners to ensure all onboarding requirements are completed on time
• Planning and coordinating induction activities, ensuring colleagues feel welcomed and informed
• Maintaining accurate employee records and HR systems
• Responding to onboarding queries and providing an excellent service to new starters and managers
• Supporting employee benefits administration and other HR administration as required
• Contributing to improvements in onboarding processes and the wider employee experience

In addition to this you will be supporting the wider HR Generalist Team with queries in the HR Team Inbox and other cyclical activities.

What we are looking for from you

We'd particularly like to hear from candidates who have previous experience in an administrative role, coordinating multiple activities in a busy environment. Some experience working within HR, recruitment or onboarding would be preferable but is not essential.

We're looking for someone who is

• Organised and highly detail orientated
• Passionate about delivering an outstanding experience for new joiners
• Confident managing multiple tasks and meeting deadlines
• Able to work accurately and consistently, with excellent attention to detail
• A strong communicator who enjoys building relationships with people
• Comfortable working independently while collaborating with colleagues across the firm
• Curious, proactive and keen to identify opportunities to improve processes
• Able to handle confidential information with professionalism and discretion
• Comfortable using Microsoft Office and learning new systems

Work with approachable people

When we ask colleagues what makes Bevan Brittan a great place to work, the most popular thing they say is "the people". The overwhelming consensus is that we make time for each other. We welcome questions and support each other. Naturally, we look for new colleagues who align with our values.

Supported to be your best

Hybrid working

We operate a hybrid working model based on the needs of our clients, teams and people. Our core business hours are 9am - 5:15pm Monday to Friday, but we're open to our people working more flexibly around those times and welcome a conversation with you if you have any questions about this. We try to offer you the flexibility to work your week in a way that suits you.

Learning, Development & Progression

We're committed to supporting your professional and personal development needs.This means that we offer a range of tailored training courses and you will have lots of opportunity to learn from those around you. We actively encourage progression and this is reflected in our annual review and promotion processes. You will be supported by your line manager to achieve your full potential.

Wellbeing

As a Bevan Brittan employee, you'll have access to a variety of services that support your wellbeing. We've pledged our commitment to The Mindful Business Charter and lots of our people contribute to our Wellbeing Responsible Business strand, which organises an annual calendar of wellbeing events and initiatives.

Benefits

• A minimum of 25 days holiday (plus the option to buy up to an additional 5 days)
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Generous pension scheme
• Private medical insurance through Vitality
• Biennial private health assessment through Nuffield Health
• Life assurance
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to work scheme

Embracing our differences and valuing inclusion

Our shared aim is that everyone is welcome and can feel comfortable being themselves at Bevan Brittan. To support this, we actively value and promote equality, diversity and inclusion in everything that we do. You'll be empowered and supported through our employee led networks, diverse colleagues, and a broad range of firmwide initiatives.

Recognising the unique contributions that a diverse workforce can bring to our business, we encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We take great pride in being a Disability Confident Employer. If you need any adjustments throughout the recruitment process or have any questions, please get in touch with our recruitment team by emailing [email protected]

Acting responsibly, now and for the future

To us, being a responsible business is second nature; a core part of Bevan Brittan's identity. Our colleagues are heavily involved in shaping and delivering activity across the four pillars of our Responsible Business strategy : Community Engagement; Environmental Sustainability; Equality, Diversity & Inclusion; and Wellbeing.

Our people deliver pro bono legal work for charities and not-for-profit organisations. We play an active role in our local communities and donated £100,000 across our four regional office charities last year. We are also proudly carbon neutral. We've achieved the UN's Climate Neutral Now accreditation and our environmental sustainability plan focuses on achieving our net zero carbon target by 2040.

Collectively, the four pillars ensure we look after our colleagues' wellbeing; offer an environment in which everyone can progress on merit, give something back to the communities in which we work; and protect the environment.