HR Systems Assistant

Seasalt began in 1981 with a small shop in Penzance, selling workwear to local mariners and practical overalls to artists. Today, we’ve grown into a thriving omnichannel retailer with over 80 UK and Ireland stores, 400+ wholesale stockists, and a growing international and online footprint.  

As a B Corp and winner of both Drapers “Best Place to Work” and CIPD’s “Best Recognition Programme”, we care deeply about our people, our communities and our long-term impact. Our Head Office teams provide the foundations that empower our people to drive sustainable growth across the UK and international markets.  

You’ll play an important role in ensuring our systems run smoothly, our employee data is accurate and our managers have the information they need to make informed decisions. From improving processes and reducing manual tasks to developing reports and supporting system upgrades, you’ll help us make the most of our technology.

Working closely with colleagues across Human Resources, Payroll, Technology and other departments, you’ll have the opportunity to build system and reporting improvements, support digital projects and help shape how we work. You’ll also provide training and guidance to colleagues, ensuring they feel confident using our systems.

This role is offered as a full time, permanent contract. Please note, as part of our Seasalt Connected approach to ways of working, this role will be based flexibly across our Cornwall head office locations (minimum 40% of working week but the nature of some roles may require more working time in our head offices) and remotely within the UK.   

You’ll help us by

• Keeping employee and organisational data in Dayforce accurate and up to date.

• Supporting system administration, including user access, security, organisational structures, jobs and workflows.

• Creating and maintaining reports and management information using Dayforce and Excel.

• Analysing data to identify trends and provide useful insights, while handling information in line with data protection requirements.

• Responding to HR Systems queries, resolving issues where possible and escalating when needed.

• Creating clear process guides, user instructions and other documentation to support colleagues.

• Helping colleagues build their confidence using Dayforce and supporting user training where needed.

• Supporting system upgrades by carrying out testing, identifying issues and considering their impact.

• Working with colleagues to identify opportunities to improve processes, systems and ways of working.

• Taking ownership of relevant projects and supporting the wider People Team as required.

The skills you’ll be sharing with the team

• Experience working with systems, ideally within HR, or a role involving working with data and processes, Microsoft Excel, and creating documentation such as user guides.

• Excellent attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.

• Strong planning, time management and problem-solving skills.

• Confident using Excel to analyse data, including formulas such as lookups.

• Comfortable communicating with end users and colleagues across the business

• High level of confidentiality and integrity.

• Strong Initiative, proactively finding tools and opportunities to build your skills

• Experience of Dayforce and SQL would be desirable.

Why we hope you’ll love working with us: 

The success of Seasalt is down to the skill and hard work of our team. We don't just want to attract the best and brightest people to come and work with us, we want you to stay and grow with us.  

As well as doing everything we can to support your development professionally, we believe encouraging personal growth is just as important. So you can fulfil your passion and purpose, not just at work but in life, we offer a range of benefits that are designed to enhance your career and wellbeing: 

• Salary: up to £27,100 depending on experience (Band 1)

• 34 days paid annual leave (including bank holidays), increasing with length of service  

• Attractive 50% employee discount   

• Flexible benefits allowance to personalise your benefits package  

• Free access to our Employee Assistance Programme through Retail Trust with 24/7 support   

• Pension plan with generous 7% employer contributions  

• Life assurance programme   

• Enhanced family leave policies  

• Flexible working opportunities with our hybrid working approach  

• Learning and Development opportunities 

• Do Good Things with our two days per year paid volunteering opportunities 

• Employee networks to develop and provide support to our people, including the Inclusion & Belonging Network 

• 100s of savings on top retailers and gym memberships through our discount hub  

At Seasalt we have a brilliant team of people – they're what make Seasalt a fantastic place to work. We love to celebrate uniqueness and are committed to making Seasalt a place where everyone feels they belong. As an inclusive employer, we want to invite a diverse range of candidates to apply for our roles.  

We aim to work flexibly where possible and value a range of perspectives - diversity of thought helps us to grow – so please apply if this is a role that would make you excited to come to work every day. We're happy to help with any adjustments to our recruitment process and beyond. Just drop us an email at careers@seasaltcornwall.co.uk    

Closing date for applications is 28th October 2026, however our roles can close earlier so we would recommend applying as soon as you are able.

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