HR Assistant

Job title: Human Resources Assistant

Salary: £29,000p.a. FTE (pro-rata for reduced hours)

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 30-37.5 hours per week (hours must be delivered over 5 days per week)

Location: Wigan/hybrid or remote-based with ability to travel to the Wigan office on a weekly basis with occasional travel in England

Keep Britain Tidy is one of the UK’s leading environmental charities. At a time when we are living in a world that is facing its greatest environmental challenges, the work we do has never been more important or more urgent.

About the role

We are looking for a HR Assistant who is looking to develop their career in HR, working towards or already holds their CIPD level 3 qualification.

You will help deliver an effective HR service to employees across the organisation. Working in a small team, you’ll support the full employee lifecycle at Keep Britain Tidy in a varied, fast-paced role that suits someone who is organised, proactive and able to work at pace.

The successful applicant will support in our HR and recruitment service alongside office and administration duties. Please review the job description to learn more.       

Benefits

All our roles benefit from generous holiday entitlement and pension contributions, including the opportunity to join the UK’s first net zero carbon pension scheme and to receive extra days leave for using alternatives to flights. You can view our range of benefits on our website.

Diversity & Inclusion

We are committed to building a diverse workforce and welcome applicants from all backgrounds including those from underrepresented groups.

If you need any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please let us know.

How to Apply

If this sounds like the perfect role for you and you’d like to help us make a difference, we’d love to hear from you.  Please review a copy of the full job description and ensure you meet the essential criteria before applying. 

After reading the application information, if you would love to work with us please continue to apply via our website. 

As part of the application process you will need to answer 5 timed multiple-choice questions, 2 sift questions relating to your relevant experience and submit your tailored CV which highlights how you meet the essential criteria of the role.  We also ask that you complete equal opportunities monitoring information as we want to try to make sure that our workforce is representative of the population and we are not excluding any community. Please note that this information will be held separately.

Please submit your application before the closing date.

The deadline for applications is 09:00 Monday 08 June 2026. Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy early, so recommend that you submit your application at the earliest opportunity.

Interviews will be held via MS Teams w/c 15 & 22 June 2026.

If you require an in-person interview, please let us know.

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