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HR Officer (Fixed Term 12 Months)

This key role offers the opportunity to lead the full recruitment cycle — from attracting and sourcing talented candidates to their onboarding and integration. Your efforts will ensure a smooth, positive experience for both candidates and internal stakeholders. As a valued member of our collaborative HR team, you'll thrive as a proactive team player, supporting various HR functions and contributing to our vibrant workplace culture.

This is a fixed term contract, for a period of 12 months.

Important Information
Location: Donnelly Group Dungannon, 59 Moy Road, Dungannon, Northern Ireland, County Tyrone, BT71 7DT
Date Posted: 25th July 2025
Closing Date: 10th August 2025
Industry: Automotive
Job Type: Fixed Term
Salary: Based on Experience

About the role

Key Responsibilities:

  • Manage end-to-end recruitment processes.

  • Manage the application and selection process from job analysis, job description, and person specification.

  • Attract and retain talent, providing an excellent recruitment process for internal, external, and third-party companies candidates from the UK and outside the UK throughout the candidate selection process.

  • Best practice recruitment including a knowledge of employment law, right to work checks, reference checks.

  • Attending careers events with schools, colleges, and training providers.

  • Liaise with the Marketing team to develop strong branding for recruitment and attraction techniques.

  • Preparation and issue of employee terms and conditions.

  • Support employee onboarding and offboarding.

  • Maintain HR records and ensure compliance with employment legislation.

  • Assist with employee relations and HR queries.

  • Support training and development initiatives.

  • Build strong working relationships with key stakeholders across the business, support stakeholders with advice and guidance.

  • Have a very hands-on approach to ensure all areas of the HR function are being met.

  • GDPR compliance.

  • Promote equality and diversity as part of the culture.

Please note that the job description is a guideline and does not aim to detail every possible task and expectation.  This job description may be subject to change and periodic review.

Essential

  • Minimum of 2 years’ experience in an HR role focus on recruitment.

  • Familiar with online recruitment search tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter etc.

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

  • Ability to handle sensitive information with confidentiality.

  • Experience supporting and delivering across a variety of projects.

  • Excellent IT skills-experience of using a variety of computer software.

  • Strong competency skills in problem solving, leadership, communication, teamwork, results orientation, planning and organising.

  • Enjoy working in a collaborative team.

  • Ability to engage and connect with people.

  • Ability to travel to other business sites when required.

  • Please note this is a fixed term role

Desirable

  • CIPD Qualified or Part Qualified or working towards.

We can offer you:

  • Opportunity to work in a dynamic, supportive environment.

  • Develop your HR career with a reputable company.

  • Competitive pay.

  • Job security during the duration of the Fixed-Term Contract.

  • Continuous personal & professional growth.

  • A collaborative and supportive team environment.

  • Constant learning.

  • Working with great people in a nurturing team environment.

  • A diverse and inclusive workforce.

  • Support for employee wellbeing.

 In return, we will provide you with the following competitive package:

  •  Pension Provision

  • Life Insurance Cover

  • Company Health & Wellbeing package

  • Membership of Kingsbridge Hospital Diamond Club

  • Free Company healthcare with Healthshield including cashback, discounts & perks

  • Access to discounted Private Healthcare Scheme

  • 30 days Annual Leave

  • Cycle to Work scheme

  • Long Service Awards

This is not an exhaustive list of duties and the post holder will be required to undertake any other reasonable duties discussed and directed by the line manager.

Donnelly Group is an equal opportunities employer

The company reserves the right to expand the short-listing criteria to facilitate the short listing process.

What you will need

Required criteria

  • A minimum of two years’ HR related experience with a focus on recruitment.
  • Familiar with online recruitment search tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter etc
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to handle sensitive information with confidentiality
  • Experience supporting and delivering across a variety of projects
  • Excellent IT skills-experience of using a variety of computer software
  • Strong competency skills in problem solving, leadership, communication, teamwork, results orientation, planning and organising
  • Enjoy working in a collaborative team
  • Ability to engage and connect with people
  • Ability to travel to other business sites when required

Desired criteria

  • CIPD Qualified or Part Qualified or working towards

Professional skills you’ll need for this job opportunity

Communication

Communication

Teamwork

Teamwork

Building Relationships

Building Relationships

Recruitment and Selection

Recruitment and Selection

Donnelly Group

As Northern Ireland’s largest family-owned motor retailer, the Donnelly Group offers customers the best deals on a huge selection of new cars, used cars, and commercial vehicles. Built on customer service over 70 years ago, the Donnelly Group prides itself on the quality of service provided to every customer throughout the process of matching them to a vehicle that suits their needs, requirements, and budget. With nine locations across Northern Ireland in Ballymena, Bangor, Belfast, Derry/Londonderry, Dungannon, Dungannon M1, Eglinton, Enniskillen, Mallusk, and Maydown Derry/Londonderry, motorists are never far away from a Donnelly Group showroom.

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The Donnelly Group has been synonymous with the motor industry in Northern Ireland since 1947 when Peter Donnelly started a vehicle repair and taxi business in Caledon on the border of Co Tyrone and Armagh. Since then the Donnelly Group has become the largest family-owned automotive company in Northern Ireland. We offer competitive salaries, industry-leading work-life balance, generous holiday allowance, continuous training and development, wide-ranging benefits, and an opportunity to give volunteering time back to the communities within which we serve through the Donnelly Group Foundation.

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Our teams across all our branches get involved with fundraising for our nominated charity partner, through football tournaments, Donnelly Group bake-off events, dragon boat racing, abseiling, cycling events as well as having a ‘Foundation Day’; a paid day off, to get involved with community projects. We like to feel that we work hard and play hard.

Our benefits

Vacation, Paid time off

Performance bonuses

Paid sick days

Retirement plan and/or pension

Office perks

Employee development programs

Employee discounts

Free parking

Cycle to work

Referral bonus

Competitive salary

Family and friends rates

Long service recognition

Employee Assistance Scheme

Perks Card

Wellbeing Scheme

Work With Charities

Social Opportunities

On the job learning

Progression opportunities

Access to Health & Wellbeing app

Long service awards

Service recognition increases to annual leave

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HR Officer (Fixed Term 12 Months)

As Northern Ireland’s largest family-owned motor retailer, the Donnelly Group offers customers the best deals on a huge selection of new cars, used cars, and commercial vehicles. Built on customer service over 70 years ago, the Donnelly Group prides itself on the quality of service provided to every customer throughout the process of matching them to a vehicle that suits their needs, requirements, and budget. With nine locations across Northern Ireland in Ballymena, Bangor, Belfast, Derry/Londonderry, Dungannon, Dungannon M1, Eglinton, Enniskillen, Mallusk, and Maydown Derry/Londonderry, motorists are never far away from a Donnelly Group showroom.

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