Trainee HR Administrator

At Gallagher, we help clients face risk with confidence because we believe that when businesses are protected, they’re free to grow, lead, and innovate. You’ll be backed by our digital ecosystem: a client-centric suite of consulting tools making it easier for you to meet your clients where they want to be met. Advanced data and analytics providing a comprehensive overview of the risk landscape is at your fingertips.  Here, you’re not just improving clients' risk profiles, you’re building trust. You’ll find a culture grounded in teamwork, guided by integrity, and fueled by a shared commitment to do the right thing. We value curiosity, celebrate new ideas, and empower you to take ownership of your career while making a meaningful impact for the businesses we serve.  If you’re ready to bring your unique perspective to a place where your work truly matters; think of Gallagher.

Start Your HR Career with Gallagher!

Are you ready to take your first step into the world of Human Resources? Due to promotion, we are looking for a Trainee HR Administrator to join our Central HR Service Delivery team and become part of a friendly, dedicated, and supportive team. This hybrid role offers the perfect balance of working in our modern Chelmsford city centre office and from the comfort of your home (following initial training).

At Gallagher, we believe in doing the right thing, fostering teamwork, and supporting our people to grow and thrive. This role is your opportunity to develop your skills, gain valuable experience, and build a rewarding career in HR.

Our Central HR Service Delivery function is recruiting a Trainee HR Administrator to join their friendly and dedicated team.

Working alongside our team of Human Resources experts; this role is challenging and fast paced, as such, we’re looking for an ambitious character! Internally we brand our HR Service Delivery team roles as ‘HR Specialist’ and offer a potential career path to ‘Senior HR Specialist’ and beyond. We are proud that our HR Service Delivery team is viewed as a future talent pool for career paths both within our HR Operations team and across our Divisional HR teams with opportunities for progression into roles such as HR Advisor, HR Business Partner, HR Data Analyst and roles within Reward, Benefits and Learning & Development.

• Be the first point of contact for HR queries from our UK employees (approx. 12,000), managing email requests and phone calls with accuracy and efficiency.
• Handle HR administration tasks across the employee lifecycle, including changes to terms and conditions, family leave, and leaver processing.
• Maintain accurate and secure employee data.
• Support benefit queries and administration.
• Collaborate with teams across Learning & Development, Payroll, and Recruitment.
• Contribute to exciting HR projects.

• A keen eye for detail and excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Confidence in using MS Office and a willingness to learn new systems and processes.
• Experience in a process-driven environment and an understanding of HR policies is a plus.
• A proactive, ambitious, and service-oriented mindset.

We'd love to hear from you if you relate to the following statements:

• I'm able to thrive in a fast-paced complex environment, driven to deliver real results.
• I deliver excellent service when dealing with difficult situations
• I'm an ambitious professional who thinks creatively and laterally, comfortable working to tight deadlines, and able to turn work around within a short time span.
• With proven interpersonal skills, an effective communicator, able to operate with discretion, diplomacy, tact and empathy.
• Eligible to work in the UK.

Why Join Gallagher?  

At Gallagher, we’re proud of our inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves. We value diverse perspectives and believe they make us stronger, more innovative, and successful. We offer a clear career path, with opportunities to progress into roles such as HR Advisor, HR Business Partner, or even within Reward, Benefits, and Learning & Development.

On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.

Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

• Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’ extra days
• Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to
• Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x
• Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up
• Health cash plan or Private medical insurance

Other benefits include:

• Three fully paid volunteering days per year
• Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount
• Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan
• Critical illness cover
• Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally
• Season ticket loan
• Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase
• Emergency back-up family care
• And many more…

We value inclusion and diversity

Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organisation. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our existing employees with any long-term health conditions or disabilities.

We understand that applicants may have disabilities, if you do, you may find some parts of the recruitment process more challenging than others. Don’t worry, we’re here to help, however, we can only do this if you let us know.

Should you require reasonable adjustments to your application, please get in touch with . If you’d prefer to speak on the phone, please request a call back, leaving details, so we get in touch.

Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation. We are committed to diversity and opportunity for all and are opposed to any form of less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender or gender identity, marital status, civil partnership status, parental status, race, ethnicity, colour, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion/ belief, age and those with caring responsibilities.

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.