People Adviser

People Advisor (Change Management focus).

Salary: c£33,075 per annum pro rata.

Location: Remote based in the UK.

Contract: Fixed Term Contract, until 30 September 2024, 35 hours per week.

Benefits:

• A generous annual leave entitlement of 29 days PLUS bank holidays pro rata.
• Gain professional qualifications with excellent training, and development opportunities.
• Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages.
• A pension with a up to a 7% employer contribution rate. Plus, if you pay in to the pension you will receive life assurance cover.
• Staff discount portal with your favourite brands.
• Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 discounts from national retailers.

Why Action for Children?

Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It is the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives.

A bit about the role

Reporting into the People Advice Manager, with a dotted line into change management project HR lead, you will provide a quality advisory and guidance service to managers and staff through consistent and effective application of Action for Children's Human Resources policies and procedures in particular in regard to change management programmes.

How you'll help to create brighter futures

• Provide a first point of contact for all staff and managers to answer and respond to information requests and advice on HR policies and their interpretation.
• Provide quality advice that is functionally consistent and accurate to managers, in response to employee relations matters.
• Using HR system (iTrent) to process all changes as required from the change management process
• Retain accurate, concise, and clear notes to track cases, ensuring completion of closing procedures for all incident and service requests through the recording system.
• Adopt a coaching approach, while providing advice and guidance, using agreed techniques, e-learning tools, and systems.

Let's talk about you

• CIPD qualified or equivalent experience.
• Experience of using HR System - I-Trent.
• Ability to build credibility for self and the service by establishing and developing excellent relationships.
• Ability to select, analyse and interpret data.
• Proven presentation and communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to provide and respond to robust challenge, to ensure that the reputation and brand of AfC is maintained.
• Demonstrable leadership skills to drive and support continuous organisational improvement through service delivery.
• Working knowledge of key employment law.

Please see the Job Description for the full list of accountabilities and requirements.

Contact: David Simpson, Recruitment Partner on 01923 361732.

Diversity, equality, and inclusion

At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic, and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.

Don't meet every single requirement?

If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description, we'd love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within the Action for Children family.

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Closing Date: Wednesday 24th April 2024

Interviews are scheduled for week commencing Monday 29th April 2024.