Job Description

We are looking to welcome a Senior HR Administrator, to support our HR administrative team here at Carnival UK on a 6-month FTC basis.
This opportunity sits within our People Services team and tasks will focused on maintaining accurate employee data, organisational structures, and payroll related activity and other HR related processes that fall within the remit of the HR operations team.

Key accountabilities include:
• Maintaining organisational hierarchy and positions within the myHR portal in line with governance and business processes.
• Supporting the wider team with testing new system requirements and reporting activities using OTBI.
• Supporting Payroll Executives with processes, variable pay calculations, and tasks relating to starters, leavers, and benefits.
• Managing bulk data uploads and supporting Quality Assurance checks.
• Assists colleagues across the function by stepping into broader responsibilities to maintain accuracy, continuity, and service standards

This role is classified as CUK11 and is available on a full time, fixed term (6 months) basis. We offer hybrid work including up to two days from home.

About you: the ideal candidate
You are more than just your CV. You're someone who brings:
• High levels of accuracy, organisation and the ability to work with sensitive data.
• Highly confident in using Excel at an advanced level, including lookup and reference functions, pivot tables, and data cleansing.
• A customer-focused approach with strong communication skills.
• Must have experience and be confident in using either HR or Payroll systems
• Adaptability and initiative to spot opportunities to assist the team as a collective

We recognise the value in having people with a variety of backgrounds, experience and skills in our business. That means the role requirements here should be seen as a guide, not a checklist.

Why Join Us?
Our People Team are about being part of a community that values growth, work-life balance, and wellbeing.
Read our employee experience guide to learn more about life as a Carnival UK colleague here.

• Employee Discounted Cruising plus Friends and Family offers
• Regular office events including live entertainment, lifestyle events and charity partner fundraisers
• Extensive learning and development opportunities
• Employee-led networks
• Employee Assistance and Wellbeing programmes
• Company paid Health Cash Plan and health assessment
• In-house Occupational Health help and access to digital GP
• Life Assurance
• Parental and adoption leave
• Employee Shares Plan
• Electric Car and Cycle to Work schemes
• Onsite restaurant offering range of healthy cooked and grab and go meals
• Discounted retail and leisure via discounts portal
• Minimum 25 days leave, bank holiday allowance and holiday trading scheme

Take the next step
Due to the popularity of our roles and our commitment to finding the best talent, we may close applications earlier than advertised. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to join a team dedicated to creating unforgettable holiday happiness. Apply today to start your journey with us.

Recruitment Journey
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Holidays are one of life’s greatest pleasures. Having the chance to relax, escape and explore is a magical thing. And there is no better holiday than a cruise.

No one knows cruising like Carnival UK, where talented people from across the globe come together to create unforgettable holiday happiness. As part of the world’s largest holiday travel and leisure company, we take enormous pride in bringing to life two of the most iconic brands from Britain’s rich seafaring heritage, P&O Cruises and Cunard. Collectively they have been delivering unbridled joy, boundless adventure and lifelong memories to millions of people for over 350 years. And in a multi-million pound global holiday market, where cruising has barely scratched the surface, we have the opportunity to do that for many, many more people.

Our diverse yet tight knit teams share high standards, heartfelt values and passion for our purpose. Our Culture Essentials describe the expectations we have for ourselves and of each other, in building a culture that supports safe, sustainable, compliant operations and celebrates diversity, equity and inclusion.

It’s through the successful delivery of these extraordinary travel experiences for our target markets and our distinctive culture, that we hope to become Travel’s Employer of Choice.