HR Co-ordinator

HR Co-ordinator
Based: High Wycombe
Term: Permanent, Full time
Salary: £28000-£33000 pa + excellent benefits
The HR Co-ordinator Role:
Are you ready to develop your HR career in a hands-on role that sits at the heart of the employee journey?
Join our People Team and take on a role that forms the operational backbone of the employee experience. As our HR Co‑ordinator, you'll be a key front‑line member of the People team and a first point of contact for colleagues throughout their employee journey. You'll be supported to learn, encouraged to share ideas, and trusted with work that has real, visible impact across the organisation.
A core part of your HR Co-ordinator role will be owning and delivering day‑to‑day HR administration processes. You'll play a hands‑on role in activities such as onboarding and offboarding, processing payroll changes, maintaining accurate employee records, issuing documentation, and ensuring our people processes are followed consistently and accurately.
As the HR Co-ordinator, you'll use your developing HR knowledge and strong attention to detail to:
* Support colleagues with clear, empathetic and timely guidance on people processes
* Maintain high‑quality people data and manage core trackers and documentation
* Produce reports that support compliance, insight and effective decision‑making
Alongside this foundation, you'll have the opportunity to get involved in wider People initiatives, including Learning & Development, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging, and Wellbeing. Your coordination and organisation will help ensure these programmes run smoothly and are accessible and meaningful for everyone.
The HR Co-ordinator will work closely with a supportive, collaborative People team who will guide your development, listen to your ideas, and give you space to take ownership as your confidence grows. You'll build trusted relationships across the business and contribute to delivering a reliable, high‑quality People service we can all be proud of.
The scope of this HR Co-ordinator role is broad and varied. You'll support around 280 people across four Focusrite companies based in the UK, Hong Kong and Australia with occasional involvement in other Group entities.
So, if you're looking to grow your HR career in a friendly, forward‑thinking team, then we'd love to meet you.
HR Co-ordinator Duties:
HR Support & Employee Experience
* Act as the first line of HR support, managing the shared People Team inbox and triaging or resolving queries in a timely, accurate manner aligned with our policies and culture.
* Provide routine guidance to employees and managers on HR processes, performance matters, absence, wellbeing, and other day-to-day employee topics, championing a positive, inclusive employee experience in every interaction.
* Co-ordinate the people forum. This entails general meeting prep, including taking and assigning actions, and producing public comms.
* Role-model our values and contribute to initiatives that strengthen inclusion, belonging, and the overall employee experience.
Payroll & Operational Support
* Prepare and process monthly payroll changes accurately, collaborating with the People Advisor, Head of People and Payroll Manager to ensure timely and correct submissions.
* Co-ordinate onboarding and offboarding processes, including HR inductions, system access, documentation, and exit interviews, ensuring a seamless and insightful experience.
* Administer employee benefits, ensuring smooth enrolment, changes, provider communication, and accurate resolution of employee queries.
* Support continuous improvement by reviewing processes, identifying efficiencies, and contributing ideas to enhance People Team operations.
Data, Systems & Reporting
* Maintain accurate, up-to-date employee data across the HRIS and People Team folders, ensuring changes affecting payroll are logged correctly and on time.
* Produce core HR reports (e.g., right-to-work, probation, sickness, holiday) and maintain People trackers, logs, and portals.
* Support data integrity, compliance, and audit readiness through diligent record‑keeping.
Learning & Development
* Co-ordinate the delivery of L&D initiatives, including liaising with external providers, promoting programmes, and tracking participation.
* Administer and support ongoing development offerings such as LinkedIn Learning, Development Days, mentoring, learning agreements, and apprenticeships.
EDIB
* Assist with the delivery our EDIB (Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging) programme, ensuring it is an effective driver of positive change within the organisation, and promotes a culture of equity, diversity, inclusivity and belonging.
Wellbeing
* Co-ordinate and implement an effective wellbeing provision, both through the direct actions of the People Team, and by providing managers with clear and consistent guidance that empowers them to make choices that support and promote wellbeing within their teams.
HR Co-ordinator Skills and Experience Required:
* Ideally 1-2 years' experience in an HR/People or similar administrative role, with exposure to HR processes. CIPD Level 3 qualification (or equivalent), or willingness to work towards this.
* Working knowledge of HR best practice, HR operations, and UK employment law.
* Able to handle sensitive information confidentially and exercise sound judgement.
* Strong written and verbal communication skills, active listening, and ability to build trusted relationships at all levels.
* Highly organised, flexible, able to manage multiple priorities, and comfortable working with moderate guidance.
* Good data analysis capability with intermediate Microsoft Excel ability.
* Detail-focused, adaptable, quick to learn, and emotionally intelligent.
About Us
Focusrite plc is a global music and audio group that develops and markets music technology products. Used by audio professionals and amateur musicians alike, its solutions facilitate the high-quality production of recorded and live sound. Our audio technology brands stand together, seeking to enrich lives through music by removing barriers to creativity - ‘we make music easy to make'.
The Focusrite Group trades under thirteen established and rapidly growing brands: Focusrite, Focusrite Pro, Novation, ADAM Audio, Sequential, Oberheim, Martin Audio, Optimal Audio, Ampify Music, Linea Research, Sonnox, TiMax and OutBoard. With a high-quality reputation and a rich heritage spanning decades, its brands are category leaders in the music-making industry.
Music technology is an enriching space to work in and we enjoy a Group-wide open-door culture which encourages innovation. This culture, combined with a passion for the inspirational solutions we create, has led to the group winning numerous accolades, including four Queen's Awards for Enterprise and the AIM Company of the Year Award 2021.
The Focusrite Group is dedicated to building a great place to work and as an equal opportunity employer we are committed to Diversity and Inclusion. The group mission is to cultivate an equitable culture, internally and externally, where all people feel they are welcome and positively represented, whether office-based or working remotely. Equally, we recognise the major impact that climate change is having on our world and work every day towards being industry leaders in a carbon neutral future.
HR Co-ordinator Benefits include flexible/hybrid working, company pension, life insurance, private healthcare, employee purchase scheme, company music events, free breakfast/lunch in the canteen at Focusrite HQ. We arrange company training sessions and encourage personal development