HR Systems Specialist
Northern Ireland WaterJob description
Job Title: HR Systems Specialist
Location: Westland House, Belfast
Length: Temporary
Hours of work: 37.5hrs Monday - Friday
Rate of Pay: £15.31 per hour
The Client:
NI Water was set up in 2007 to provide water and wastewater services in Northern Ireland. They recognise that people are what make Northern Ireland Water a great place to work, so they are always looking for talented and passionate individuals that can help them on the journey to becoming world class.
The Role:
System Maintenance & Improvement
- Identify system and process improvements and develop specifications and change requests by working with stakeholders and system providers and collaborate with the wider team to plan implementation.
- Plan for and test all system patches and upgrades in all HR systems by developing test plans based on system specifications and knowledge of HR and Payroll processes.
Learning and Development
- Provide training to end users on new processes as they transition from testing to business-as-usual activity.
- Develop and design training materials to support any major changes to BAU processes or as part of the new system implementation.
System Build & Testing
- Participate as required in the Design Authority Groups responsible for scoping and designing the build of each module, contributing as appropriate based on knowledge of the area.
- Create test scripts that stress test the system for weaknesses and for adherence to the design principles.
- Work with colleagues to carry out system testing and to identify where the build does not match the specification, providing detailed follow-up on these areas.
The list of duties/responsibilities must not be considered comprehensive nor exhaustive. They are simply a summary of the main duties/responsibilities that the post holder will be required to undertake. No Job Description can cover every issue that may arise within the post a various times and the post holder is expected to carry out other duties from time to time which are broadly consistent with those in this Job Description.
Requirements:
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA
- Have a minimum of 5 GCSEs, Grade C or above (to include English Language and Maths) or equivalent e.g. relevant NVQ Level II.
- Have 2 years' detailed knowledge and experience of working with HR and Payroll processes.
- Minimum of 2years' experience working with HR/ Corporate/ Financial systems. Experience should include:
- Understanding of payroll process and regulations
- Testing of payroll / financial / corporate systems to provide assurance of system functionality
- Utilisation of reporting systems 3. Experience of working on a large system implementation project to include data manipulation tools and techniques used for data cleansing and validation.
- Liaison with internal stakeholders such as HR, ICT, systems colleagues and external stakeholders such as systems providers and specialists
- Proficient user of the Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc).
- Demonstrable attention to detail, good problem solving and research skills.
DESIRABLE CRITERIA
- Technical knowledge and experience of being an administrator or super user of an HR & Payroll integrated system and experience of testing changes.
- Previous experience of providing system support to Oracle EBS or Fusion
- Experience of working on a large system implementation project to include data manipulation tools and techniques used for data cleansing and validation.
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