The John Muir Trust, a conservation charity dedicated to protecting wild places, is looking to recruit a HR and General Administrator who will be based at our office in Pitlochry in the heart of Highland Perthshire.

This is an opportunity to use your excellent administrative skills in support of the delivery of efficient HR and public engagement in a growing organisation, as well as supporting more widely with the Trust’s membership and administrative needs.

Applicants will be experience in similar role where confidentiality and discretion are fundamental.
 

For full details and to apply, please visit the John Muir Trust website

Note: this a short term contract for Maternity cover to the earlier of 31 December 2021 or the return of the incumbent.

Interviews will be held online 19th May 2021

Are you keen to be part of a growing charity with a focus on making a difference to vulnerable young people in your local area?

Herts Young Homeless work with 16-24 year olds who are homeless, at risk of homelessness, those aged 10-15 whose families are at risk of relationship breakdown and those aged 18+ who are in housing need and have mental health and substance misuse problems. Last year we were able to directly support 2,495 young people and engaged with nearly 9,000 schoolchildren on the realities of leaving home. Our focus is on preventing homelessness by empowering young people to make positive informed choices, through a range of free, countywide, specialist preventative and crisis services.

Position Purpose and key responsibilities:

• Provide advice and guidance on a wide range of employee relations issues
• To keep up to date with changes to legislation and best practice and implement these within the organisation
• Proactively research solutions to issues and provide appropriate advice, evidencing sound decision making skills
• Manage complex employee relations casework including (but not limited to) dispute resolutions, disciplinaries, grievances, absence, retirement and redundancy
• Advise managers on the terms and conditions of employment and knowledge share best practice with them
• Advise line managers on performance issues, sickness absence, maternity and paternity leave, grievances, benefits and pay queries
• Coach line managers in best practice with employee relations
• Develop HR policy and procedures to drive performance and mitigate disputes
• Provide first line advice on current and existing benefits for employees and managers
• Work with appropriate parties on reward strategy
• Support the recruitment process including, writing job descriptions and preparing interview questions and applications forms
• Manage talent and succession planning
• Carry out new starter inductions
• Monitor and review HR policies and processes an implement changes where necessary
• Participate in specific projects to help align the workforce with the strategic goals of the organisation
• Liaise with the organisations external HR support provider where necessary

Requirements:

• You will be CIPD Level 5 qualified or higher/Associate Member of CIPD
• Previous experience in a HR generalist role
• You will have experience of dealing with a wide range of HR issues
• Sound working knowledge of employment law
• A good level of numeracy and literacy
• Excellent understanding of confidentiality with strict professional boundaries and personal integrity
• A fair, objective and non-judgemental attitude
• A commitment to undertake training as required and an enthusiasm for new challenges
• A positive commitment to equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice
• Ability to communicate effectively, in writing and verbally, with colleagues and partners at all organisational levels
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and persuade a wide range of individuals and audiences
• Working knowledge of Word, Excel, Internet and Email
• A Full driving licence and use of own car or motorbike for business purposes

Desirable:

• Experience in the voluntary sector

If you are hardworking, conscientious and take pride in doing a job well, then we would like to hear from you.

This post is classed as having a high degree of contact with children or young adults and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. An enhanced disclosure will be sought through the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) as part of Herts Young Homeless’ pre-employment checks.

Sands is the leading stillbirth and neonatal death charity and exists to reduce the number of babies dying and to support anyone affected by the death of a baby, before, during or shortly after birth.

We are looking to recruit somebody looking to progress their HR career. and enhance their skills in an extremely interesting and supportive environment.  This is a key role which will help us to promote Sands’ vision; a world where fewer babies die and when a baby dies those affected receive the best care and support for as long as they need.

In this vital role you will undertake a wide range of tasks including co-ordinating the start-to-finish employee recruitment process, submitting payroll information to an external bureau, ensuring appropriate application of HR policies and procedures, maintaining the HR database and running reports and responding to a wide range of enquiries from line managers, staff and external stakeholders.

You will need to demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills, and be able to draft correspondence to staff, managers and other stakeholders.

With a basic knowledge of UK employment law, you will be able to manage several work streams simultaneously and meet deadlines under pressure. Excellent organisational and time-management skills are therefore essential for this role.  You will also need to be to highly numerate and demonstrate good problem-solving ability.

Experience of co-ordinating recruitment processes, payroll administration and using an HR information system is desirable, but not essential.  A CIPD level 3 or payroll qualification are also desirable.

Carers UK is at an exciting and fast paced time in its development with ambitious plans for the future. We are seeking to expand our Human Resources facility to provide a wide range of services to ensure the effective and efficient co-ordination of the organisation’s human resources at both a strategic and an operational level.

About you

You will be an experienced HR professional with a proven record of staff recruitment, development and support and a thorough working knowledge of employment legislation and associated protocol.

About the role 

We are seeking to recruit a part-time HR Manager to provide a wide range of HR support at Carers UK.  This is a stand-alone role and the successful candidate will have had experience in the whole spectrum of the HR function from administration to change management and policy development.  They will also have a strong working knowledge of employment law and be able to build relationships across the whole organisation.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys working in a fast paced organisation that makes decisions and moves quickly but cares about is employees.  You will be a CIPD member, have experience in a stand-alone role and be a great communicator. Experience of developing and delivering a staff development programme would be a great advantage

About us

Carers UK is the leading national charity, supporting, advocating for and connecting unpaid carers across the UK.

With over 6.5 million unpaid carers in the UK and 6,000 individuals becoming a carer every day the need to support them is growing and urgent. Unpaid carers save the country an estimated £530 million each day and are vital to the friends and family members they support, as well as to the wider community.

COVID-19 has dramatically affected carers across the country. Our recent polling suggests that the figure for unpaid carers could now be as high as 13.6 million, with 4.5 million people starting to care overnight due to the impact on coronavirus on services and individuals.

The closing date for applications is Thursday 20 May 5pm

First interviews will be held Thursday 3 June 

Location: London

Background

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is one of the world’s leading humanitarian relief organisations. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC strives to help people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future.

Responding to the world’s worst humanitarian crises in more than 40 countries, the IRC delivers emergency aid, protects children, provides healthcare, prevents and responds to violence against women and girls, safeguards human rights and supports economic recovery.

International Rescue Committee, UK (IRC-UK)

The IRC’s global headquarters are in New York. Our affiliate European headquarters, IRC-UK, was established in London in 1997 to support the organisation’s global activities and in particular to diversify its donor base and be able to better advocate with European policy makers. IRC-UK comprises around 150 staff. In Europe, IRC also has offices in Berlin, Bonn, Brussels, Geneva and Stockholm.

IRC-UK

Our European headquarters, IRC-UK, were established in London in 1997 to support the organisation’s global activities and particularly to diversify its donor base and be able to better advocate with European policy-makers on behalf of the people we serve. 

Human Resources

The Human Resources team provides a comprehensive Human Resources service to UK and Europe based staff, compromising of a Director of HR, a UK HR team of 4 and HR counterparts in Europe and the US.

Whilst this role focuses on a UK based client group, the post holder also provides some HR support for staff in other offices in Europe. In this role you work as part of the wider Europe and Global HR team with HR colleagues in Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and the US, working collaboratively as part of the wider team supporting and taking on tasks as required.

Purpose of the post

As HR and Talent Officer you provide comprehensive and customer focused HR support to recruitment and HR administration to IRC UK staff and managers. You are the first point of contact for existing staff and new starters, ensuring a smooth and welcoming onboarding process. You are also responsible for timely and accurate data entry, ensuring HR systems are kept up to date whilst contributing to continually improving HR systems and processes.

Working relationships

• Reports to HR Operations Manager
• Liaises with staff and managers across the organisation.
• Works as a collaborative member of the wider Europe HR and Global HR team.

Main tasks and responsibilities

Onboarding & Recruitment Support

• Provide administrative support to the full onboarding process
• Provide a smooth onboarding and induction process for new starters including completing recruitment checks, delivering HR induction, adding new starters to relevant systems and benefits, acting as first point of contact for new starters
• Liaise with workspace colleagues as needed to support the onboarding process
• Use ATS system (Cornerstone) to generate online offers, gather onboarding paperwork from new starers and reporting for roles in the UK and other European offices if required.
• Liaise with colleagues in HR operations and HR support for updates to the onboarding process and paperwork when needed and to work on improvements or changes to reporting from the ATS system
• Provide administrative support to the full recruitment cycle when required, including  post job adverts online, manage candidates, manage interview schedules in liaison with HR Operationss Manager, Recruiter and hiring managers, book meeting rooms, schedule interviews and tests as required

Team Administration

• Provide professional administrative support to Director of HR, Europe including:
  • Coordinating diaries, organising internal /external meetings; judging priorities and proactively working through the many conflicting demands of the team
  • Administering and taking minutes in key meetings; disciplinary and grievance meetings and project meetings
  • Handling basic correspondence with vendors and clients and all internal and external requests such as employee references in a timely and professional manner
  • Act as a reference point on purchasing, administrative training and financial matters

Administrative Processes, Record Keeping and Data Inputting

• Maintain current administrative processes across computer drives, Cornerstone, Workday and online file storage system Box – ensures processes, templates, forms and policies are reviewed regularly as agreed with the wider HR team are up to date, easily accessible and clearly documented
• Develop, recommend and draft new and revised processes, forms, templates and documents in discussion with the wider HR team
• Responsible for keeping all templates, forms procedures and policies up to date and ensures these are reviewed on a time basis
• Prepare and generate monthly, quarterly, year-end and all ad hoc HR reports as per set deadlines and distributes to identified stakeholders
• Ensure intranet pages are updated regularly, creating new pages as necessary and updating existing pages in coordination with the HR Operations Manager
• Generates letters including, offer, maternity, probationary; leaver letters in a timely and accurate manner, working across Cornerstone, Box, Workday and computer drives
• Audit all employee files on a regular basis according to schedule set by HR Operations Manager ensure all employees have all statutory paperwork and that information is in the correct place and up to date
• Keep organisational charts up to date and creates new organisational charts as required

• Performance Management: support HR Operations manager in monitoring mid-year and annual appraisal process, running reports for HR and for managers.
• Ensure files are archived regularly in accordance with schedule set by the HR Operations manager
• Produce monthly candidate and employee data reports in Excel and Power BI and present to HR Team

HR information systems

• Input all employee data into Workday for staff changes in UK, Belgium, Switzerland & Sweden in an accurate and timely fashion; liaises with HR systems team, keeps Head of HR and HR Managers in UK & Belgium, Switzerland & Sweden updated on all Workday changes
• Run and deliver HR metrics as requested by HR Operations Manager and Director of HR
• Administer online absence tracking system (eDays) ensuring staff are added/removed from the system in a timely manner

Payroll and pensions

• Assist with the preparation of the monthly payroll spreadsheet recording starters, leavers and amendments including any necessary supporting documentation.
• Contact point for staff in case of queries and changes related to payroll

Training & Development

• Coordinate trainings including, performance review training, unconscious bias training and other training sessions as required.
• Focal point for online learning portal, Kaya, supporting staff members to access and utilise the system
• Administer online training system (iHasco) ensuring staff are added/removed from the system in a timely manner to be able to access this external training through the internal online learning portal, Kaya

Person Specification

Essential

• Strong and experienced administrator with solid understanding of establishing and administrating effective administrative processes and procedures
• Experience of providing administrative support to recruitment processes
• Working in a pressured environment with conflicting priorities and without supervision; a can do attitude and organised approach
• Excellent attention to detail
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills
• Excellent IT skills, competent user of all Microsoft programmes with particularly strong Excel skills (intermediate to advanced level)
• Experience of working with HRIS systems for data entry and reporting
• Ability to work effectively within and across teams and build good working relationships.
• An interest and commitment to the work and mandate of the IRC.  
• Results oriented with a focus on delivering quality results for colleagues, managers and the organisation
• Receptive to feedback with a willingness to actively seek out feedback and learn from it
• Resourceful and solutions focused with a proactive approach to challenges, able to contribute to creative and innovative ideas for solutions to challenges
• Resilient and flexible, able to prioritise and organise in order to handle a varied workload
• Experience of using Cornerstone or Workday as HR Information Systems

• Experience of working in a complex organisation, ideally an international organisation or in the not for profit sector

Candidates must have the right to work in the UK.

The application deadline is 5th May 2021. Interviews will take place week commencing 10th May 2021.

IRC UK is committed to equality of opportunity and non-discrimination for all applicants and employees. IRC-UK seeks to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce regardless of gender, race, religious belief, nationality, ethnic/national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability. IRC-UK welcomes applications from all candidates, including underrepresented groups and refugees who have the right to work in the UK.

IRC UK will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable adjustments to participate in the job application and/or interview process, and for essential job functions if appointed to a role. Please contact us if you may need such adjustments. 

HR Business Partner

Contract: Full-time, Permanent

Hours: 35 per week 

Location: London (currently working remotely)

Salary: £41,774 per annum + good benefits

Closing date: 3 May 2021 

Expected date of interviews: TBC

We have an exciting opportunity for an HR Business Partner, to join our small but busy team of 4, to provide centralised HR support to approximately, 300 staff and volunteers across 5 centres, situated in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle and Glasgow. This is a newly created role reporting to the Head of HR and working alongside another HRBP.

You will take lead responsibility on Diversity and Inclusion, and so it’s essential that you have significant knowledge and expertise in this area. You will also be expected to lead on the effective use of the HRIS and HR team’s processes, Contracts with third party suppliers and employee benefits, as well as acting as a Business Partner to Management.

You must have experience in managing a caseload, and be confident in providing, accurate timely advice and support, with up to date knowledge of HR best practice, UK employment law and GDPR. 

You will need to have a keen eye for detail, excellent planning and organisational skills and the ability to influence, persuade and negotiate at all levels within the organisation. It is also essential for you to be experienced in making effective use of HRIS and HR processes. 

Experience of working in a professional clinical setting and/or Charity sector would be highly desirable. 

In return, we offer a competitive package, with a generous 30 day annual leave entitlement, and 6% employer pension contribution (minimum 1% employee contribution).

To view the Job Description and Person Specification, please click the link provided.

Freedom from Torture is dedicated to healing and protecting people who have survived torture. We provide therapies to improve physical and mental health, we medically document torture, and we provide legal and welfare help. We expose torture globally, we fight to hold torturing states to account and we campaign for fairer treatment of torture survivors in the UK.

We campaign for national and global change, using evidence from our services and survivor voices to protect and promote survivors' rights and hold torturing states to account. We are proud to play a significant role in the global anti-torture movement. Survivors, active and empowered, are at the centre of all of our work.

Freedom from Torture is committed to its responsibilities under safeguarding, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to a satisfactory DBS disclosure, as well as a need for full employment history and up to date employment references.

Freedom from Torture is an equal opportunity employer. People with lived experience of torture or asylum, from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQIA+ individuals and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.

No agencies thank you.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a team providing solutions which deliver greater choice for disabled people.

We are seeking a Senior HR Advisor to provide a proactive and effective HR service to the Designability team to help us achieve our goals. You work closely with the leadership team, providing advice and support on key HR policies and processes, and work alongside our partner the University of Bath to ensure timely delivery of services and support. You will also be responsible for identifying development opportunities for staff in order to enhance their performance and retain their skills.

You will have:

• Experience in providing excellent, high quality HR services throughout the entire employment life cycle
• Experience of using an HR information system, managing and interpreting data
• Excellent understanding of current employment legislation and best practice
• Confidence in sharing and applying your HR knowledge at a practical level

You will joining an independent, national charity based in Bath. Our creative and inspiring team includes engineers, technicians, product designers, occupational therapists, fundraisers and administrators. We are led by strong values: we are creative, inclusive and practical, with our vision being to create a future where every disabled person has the products they want to live the life they choose.

We are looking for an HR Officer to oversee and ensure the smooth running of our payroll services, oversee contractual administration, ensure HRIS changes are captured accurately and to support the HR Advisors to provide first level people management advice and guidance to employees.

About us
Battersea is here for every dog and cat and has been since 1860. We are a leading animal welfare charity and over the last 160 years we’ve grown from one home in London to three rescuing and rehoming centres across the South East. With c500 staff and 1000 volunteers, we have cared for over three million vulnerable animals We also campaign tirelessly to make things better for dogs and cats; sharing our expertise and educating the public and policymakers about responsible pet ownership. Join us and make a difference for every dog and cat.

Our Human Resources Team
Battersea’s Human Resources department provides expert advice, guidance and support through partnership with managers, teams and people across the organisation. Battersea is way ahead of the sector when it comes to employee engagement – and our department works hard to keep us there. Our work involves everything from pay and benefits to providing learning and development solutions that support other departments achieve their strategic objectives. We do this to attract, retain and develop our people to be the best they can be, so we can be here for more dogs and cats.

HR team
Within the Human Resources department sits the core HR team and the L&D Team. Providing strategic and operational advice on all HR topics and developing/operating good practice policies procedures and processes, we enable our people to help every dog and cat.

What we can offer you
Our dedicated people mean that we can be here for every dog and cat. Whether you are sharing an office with our dogs or directly caring for our cats, our animals show their appreciation every day. There is no better reward than seeing the difference you make to the lives of our dogs and cats first-hand; although we also provide a wide range of employee benefits, including:

• 28 days of annual leave (plus 8 days paid public holidays) per year
• Generous pension contributions – up to 10% employer contribution
• Free healthcare cash plan, where you can claim for a range of treatment including dental (£100), optical (£100), physiotherapy, chiropody and acupuncture (£325) every year
• Annual interest-free season ticket loans
• Discounted gym memberships and cycle to work schemes
• Life insurance

So, if you are passionate about dogs, cats and about our work, then we’d like to hear from you.

We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and valuing diversity for all current and prospective staff, volunteers and Trustees. We aim to ensure that this commitment, reinforced by our values, is embedded in our day-to-day working practices and our work together. We would particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic and disabled candidates, who are currently under-represented at Battersea.

Closing date: Monday 3rd May 2021

Interview date(s): w/c Monday 10th & 17th May 2021

For full details, please download our recruitment pack. To apply, click the button below. All applications must be submitted before the closing date advertised; we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications is received.

I am excited to be working with an amazing International charity to recruit a HR and Talent Officer. Whilst this 3 month temporary role focuses on a UK based client group, this role also provides some HR support for staff in other offices in Europe.
As HR and Talent Officer you will provide comprehensive and customer focused HR support to recruitment and HR administration to IRC UK staff and managers. You are the first point of contact for existing staff and new starters, ensuring a smooth and welcoming onboarding process.

Main duties:
Provide a smooth onboarding and induction process for new starters including completing recruitment checks, delivering HR induction, adding new starters to relevant systems and benefits, acting as first point of contact for new starters
Use ATS system (Cornerstone) to generate online offers, gather onboarding paperwork from new starters and reporting for roles in the UK and other European offices if required.
Liaise with colleagues in HR Operations and HR Support for updates to the onboarding process and paperwork when needed and to work on improvements or changes to reporting from the ATS system
Provide administrative support to the full recruitment cycle when required, including post job adverts online, manage candidates, manage interview schedules in liaison with HR Operations Manager, Recruiter and hiring managers, book meeting rooms, schedule interviews and tests as required

Team Administration:
Administrative Processes, Record Keeping and Data Inputting
Maintain current administrative processes across computer drives, Cornerstone, Workday and online file storage system Box ensures processes, templates, forms and policies are reviewed regularly as agreed with the wider HR team are up to date, easily accessible and clearly documented
Develop, recommend and draft new and revised processes, forms, templates and documents in discussion with the wider HR team
Responsible for keeping all templates, forms procedures and policies up to date and ensures these are reviewed on a time basis
Prepare and generate monthly, quarterly, year-end and all ad hoc HR reports as per set deadlines and distributes to identified stakeholders
Audit all employee files on a regular basis according to schedule set by HR Operations Manager ensure all employees have all statutory paperwork and that information is in the correct place and up to date
Produce monthly candidate and employee data reports in Excel and Power BI and present to HR Team
Input all employee data into Workday for staff changes in UK, Belgium, Switzerland & Sweden in an accurate and timely fashion; liaises with HR systems team, keeps Head of HR and HR Managers in UK & Belgium, Switzerland & Sweden updated on all Workday changes
Payroll and pensions Administration
Training & Development Coordination

If you are immediately available with the above skills and experience, please apply online today!

Interim HR & OD People Partner – Band 8b  Initially Part-Time - Fixed Term Contract - 12 Months

Are there any experienced HR Business Partners/Managers on the market who looking for a new role on an initial PART-TIME (2/3 days a week) basis?

I have an NHS client looking for an experienced HR Professional to support the TUPE of Cancer Services.

Skills required:

1. Change skill sets

2. Experience of Communication and engagement programme

3. TUPE law

4. Union working in partnership

5. Inclusion within a change frame

The role is likely to increase to 4 days a week towards the Autumn with mobilisation due April 2022.

Candidates do not necessarily need NHS experience but they must have TUPE related experience together with experience of working in a large scale, complex, unionised environment.

This role can be done remotely but you will be on site in North West London ideally once a week/fortnight.

**This role is ideal for someone who is currently working on another contract part time or someone looking to return to work on an initial part time basis.

Age Concern Hampshire has an exciting opportunity for a full-time HR Manager to provide a wide range of generalist HR support and advice on a range of people management activities.

Working for Age Concern Hampshire

We are proud of our open, honest, collaborative culture where staff can thrive.  We strive to ensure everyone always feels valued, supported, listened to and appreciated.  You will work with our incredible teams of caring, dedicated and friendly employees and volunteers who really make a difference to peoples’ lives. 

Other benefits include:

•  A competitive salary
• 24 days paid holiday, plus bank/public holidays
• Free car parking
• An Employee Assistance Programme offering 24 hour confidential support on a wide range of issues
• COVID-compliant working practices
• Pension Scheme

The main responsibilities of the HR Manager role include:

• Provide high quality advice to management in line with the Charity’s policies and procedures and relevant employment legislation where applicable.
• Advise and assist managers with recruitment campaigns, writing of job descriptions, conducting interviews and managing the administrative processes. Proactively support the development of the recruitment process for both staff and volunteers.
• Prepare and issue contractual documents.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date HRIS data
• Design and deliver HR training workshops to managers
• Contribute to the improvement and development of HR Policies and Procedures ensuring compliance with employment legislation where applicable.
• Assist in the administration of placements under the Governments “Kickstart” scheme (16 to 24 Year olds).
• Lead or participate in improvement projects in line with the functional HR objectives.
• Deal with day-to-day HR enquiries from all employees.

Personal Qualities needed to be a successful as HR Manager:

• Empathetic, resilient, communicative and confident
• Highly motivated to ensure a high quality, effective and safe HR service provision
• Honest, trustworthy, reliable and respectful
• Ability to use initiative to solve problems
• Ability to build and develop relationships with stakeholders
• Attention to detail while remaining focused on key objectives
• Strong influencing skills
• Strong organisational and time management skills to handle multiple priorities
• Able to work under pressure
• Good team player but also able to work alone

Skills and Experience we are looking for in our HR Manager:

• CIPD qualified to level 5 and evidence of ongoing CPD
• At least 7 years’ experience in a HR Advisor/Generalist/Officer role
• Up to date knowledge of UK employment law
• Experience of recruitment, ideally in the Care Sector
• Experience of managing payroll
• Experience of HR Policy and Procedure writing, reviewing and developing
• Ideally will have experience of participating or leading HR projects
• MS Office skills including Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook

A current driving licence and a willingness to travel within Hampshire is essential for this role.

Age Concern Hampshire is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from suitably qualified people from all sections of the community.

HR Manager

Their people strategy and plans are fundamental in the ongoing development of a culture that enables achieving the goals and objectives within their business plan and realises the full potential of their people. The HR Manager will be responsible for co-ordinating the development and implementation of their people strategy, plans and framework with the Executive and Board teams.

HR Manager Responsibilities:

• Co-ordinating the development of their people strategy, plans, framework and processes to support the culture and capability requirements and deliver their business plan goals and objectives.
• This includes reward, performance, benefits, wellbeing, health and safety plans and processes.
• Ensure all HR and people regulatory aspects are fed into the plans and all activities and processes remain compliant to all relevant legislation.
• Oversight and support of all people processes ensuring any risks or gaps are identified, notified and acted upon.
• Support complex employee relations casework including but not limited to recruitment, dispute resolutions, disciplinaries, grievances, absence, retirement and redundancy.
• Apply and feed in HR and business knowledge to business plans and activities.
• Development, management and delivery of people MI and ensuring all relevant information and records are effectively and compliantly gained, maintained and stored – responsible for the maintenance of any people related systems.
• Implement and sustain a learning and development environment
• Provide first line advice on all people processes, policies and frameworks to people leaders.
• Support and check payroll and payroll records and keep accounts appraised of any changes
• Identification, development and maintenance of effective relationships with any relevant suppliers in this area.
• Provide advice on recruitment and selection and support the recruitment process including reviewing/writing job descriptions and preparing interview questions and testing etc.
• Oversee the induction process, measuring effectiveness and implementing identified
• Oversee performance management and succession planning plans and processes.

HR Manager Requirements:

• Be CIPD qualified with demonstrated knowledge of leading people process and plans .
• Have knowledge of current employment legislation.
• Possess knowledge of best practice in specific HR/people areas including but not limited to reward, recruitment and selection, absence management, capability, disciplinary and grievance, etc.
• Have knowledge of good line management practice
• Have sound IT proficiency and experience of using IT in an HR context
• Have knowledge of Health & Safety practices
• Be proficient in MS Office
• Be an excellent communicator at all levels.
• Possess excellent negotiation skills.
• Have over 7 Experience of working in a generalist HR environment.
• Have experience of working with Executive level teams on the development of people plans and strategy linking to setting and building culture.
• Leading and embedding people frameworks across business teams.
• Practical experience of advising on HR/people matters and of participating in meetings at all levels (including procedural with people leaders).
• Also, able to prove experience of: handling a wide range of enquiries; Management of HR records and administration; support payroll and associated payroll/benefit enquiries
• Health & Safety experience in an Office environment
• Awareness of identifying, selecting and maintaining effective relationships with suppliers.
• Effective conflict resolution.

Desirable:

• Cheshire location with easy access to the motorway network.

This role is subject to a satisfactory DBS and credit check.

About the company:

Our client is a mutual insurance company, established in 1865 and run by experienced veterinary surgeons on behalf of the veterinary profession, which:

• Insures the vast majority of the practising profession against the effects of claims of negligence
• Ensures that each case is handled by a veterinary colleague experienced in claims management
• Defends reputations and finances against unjustified claims and offers compensation when appropriate
• Includes cover for negligence resulting in human injury
• Provides legal representation at criminal and disciplinary hearings
• Offers advice and guidance to members, through training, Newsletters and other helpful publications.

Location: Haig Court, Knutsford, Cheshire

Type: Full time, Permanent

Salary: £43,000 to £48,000 per annum dependent upon experience

Hours: 35

Benefits:

• Generous holiday entitlement
• Non-contributory individual pension
• Generous company benefits

They are an equal opportunities employer. They encourage applications whatever your background – be it educational background, disability, gender, age, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief.

No external agencies please.

You may have experience of the following: Human Resources Manager, HR Manager, Human Resources Officer, HR Officer, Human Resources Generalist, HR Generalist, Human Resources Executive, HR Executive, Human Resources Business Partner, HR Business Partner, HRBP, etc.

Ref: 98561

EASST is an independent UK-registered charity whose mission is to save lives and prevent injuries by making road transport safer, greener and more sustainable for future generations. We operate as a regional partnership of local road safety NGOs aiming to reduce road casualties and promote sustainable transport choices. Our network currently spans 15 countries across Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia and South-East Europe.

Working closely with the Admin Support Officer and reporting to the Executive Director, the successful candidate will be responsible for managing the day-to-day administration, finance, office management and HR for EASST and our trading subsidiary, EASST Expertise Ltd.

The successful candidate will have opportunity to innovate and develop internal operational systems to support the effective and efficient running of the charity.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Administration

Work closely with the Executive Director and Admin Support Officer to:

• Organise quarterly Board of Trustee meetings – collating and issuing Board agendas and papers, arranging meeting logistics, taking minutes, etc.
• Organise regular staff meetings – collating and issuing meeting agenda, arranging meeting logistics, taking minutes, etc.
• Provide admin support for quarterly All-EASST partners meetings and other ad hoc events (in collaboration with other EASST staff).
• Manage and maintain internal shared drives, mailing lists & EASST records.
• Provide day-to-day administration as required – diary management, drafting letters, ordering supplies, requesting documents, etc.
• Issue and renew consultant/freelancer contracts as needed.
• Monitor and review donor/supplier contracts as needed.
• Handle other related administrative tasks as they arise.

Finance

Work closely with the Executive Director, EASST accountants, and Admin Support Officer to:

• Set, monitor, and update (as necessary) EASST’s annual budget.
• Manage internal financial systems for EASST and EASST Expertise (inc. bookkeeping) and advising staff on financial procedures.
• Manage EASST and EASST Expertise bank accounts inc. processing payments and donations.
• Review and process staff and other expense claims.
• Prepare and submit quarterly VAT returns for EASST Expertise.
• Manage EASST and EASST Expertise invoicing (in collaboration with other EASST staff).
• Contributing to the preparation of the annual accounts and ensure compliance with regulators such as the Charity Commission and the Information Commissioner’s Office.
• Manage the EASST partner grants process including all due diligence, issuance of grant agreements, and review of grantee financial reports (in collaboration with other EASST staff).
• Support EASST staff to prepare project-specific financial reports for donors as needed.
• Act as the primary point of contact between EASST and EASST accountants.

Office management and HR

• Ensure all relevant insurance policies are in place and up to date.
• Conduct annual compliance review EASST’s Anti-Bribery and Corruption policy
• Develop, monitor and review EASST’s policies and procedures on a regular basis.
• Update EASST’s annual organisational risk assessment and monitor compliance.
• Prepare information for payroll and process related payments.
• Maintain records of all staff annual leave, TOIL, other absences from the office, sickness leave.
• Coordinate recruitment, induction and exit processes for staff, trustees and volunteers.
• Maintain staff training log and ensure staff training on safeguarding, health and safety, cyber security etc. are all up to date.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Required:

• Minimum 3 years related work experience
• Excellent attention to detail
• Excellent numeracy skills and experience of budget management at an organisational and project level
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Highly organised, self-motivated, reliable, and able to take initiative
• Good IT skills, including effective use of all MS Office software
• Able to manage a varied workload, balancing scheduled tasks with requests for assistance from the team, which may have short deadlines
•  Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work proactively as a member of a small, busy team

​Desirable:

• Experience of using financial software, in particular Xero accounting software
• Experience in managing events and conferences
• Experience of working in the charity/voluntary sector, including an understanding of the regulatory and governance requirements of UK charities
• Ability to understand and implement technical elements of contracts and legal agreements

Harris Hill are delighted to be recruiting for a HR Assistant for an excellent human rights charity.

The successful candidate will have charity or non-profit experience.

Please only apply if you are immediately available or within 1 week.

Job Title: HR Assistant
Salary: 16- 17ph
Hours: 3 days per week
Location: London
Temporary contract for: 2 - 3 months
Start: ASAP

Key responsibilities:
Assisting with;
Recruitment
Interviews & references
Contracts
HR Systems
Employee Relations
HR Projects
Performance Reviews

Essential Experience/Skills
Experience in a similar role
Assisting with recruitment, interviews & references
Assist with drafting of Contracts
Confident on HR Systems
Assisted with HR Projects
Employee Relations experience
Carried out or assisted with performance Reviews

If you feel that you have the above experience, please respond with your updated CV.
Please note that due to high levels of applications, only successful candidates will be contacted.