People Officer

People Officer - HR 

£31,050 a year 

Stoke, Stoke-on-Trent / Hybrid Working 

Hours per week: 35 

Contract type: Permanent 

You’ll provide timely and professional advice and support to their mangers on all aspects of the employment journey, including advising on employee relation cases; co-ordinating recruitment campaigns; supporting on change management activity; and advising on best practice.  We have an ambitious People Strategy to implement over the next 5 years, and so this is a really exciting time to join our team and help drive these initiatives forward! 

Job requirements: 

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  Advise, support and coach managers on all aspects of the employment lifecycle including absence management; employee relation cases; best practice for effective recruitment campaigns; wellbeing support etc. 

  
  


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  Allocate, supervise and monitor work to the People Administrators to ensure timely responses to all incoming queries 

  
  


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  Co-ordinate initiatives and projects to drive forward efficiencies and continuous improvement across all areas of people activity 

  
  


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  Support in ensuring that our People policies and procedures are up to date and reflective of current legislation 

  
  


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  Guide managers on the interpretation of our People policies 

  
  


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  Maintain knowledge of current best practice and employment legislation 

  
  


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  Guide managers on change management activity 

  
  


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  Work alongside the Learning and Development Officer to support learning and development activities 
  
    

  
  

What we’re looking for: 

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  Educated to A Level standard or equivalent 

  
  


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  Appropriate HR qualification / CIPD membership or qualified by significant experience in a HR setting 

  
  


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  Considerable experience of supporting and advising in a HR setting, with experience of advising on employee relation cases 

  
  


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  Understanding of employment law and its application in the workplace 

  
  


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  Excellent communication skills with the ability to converse at all levels 

  
  


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  Confidence to constructively challenge decisions and approaches 

  
  


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  Strong IT skills including MS Office and experience of using HR systems and platforms 

  
  


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  Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple tasks and demands 

  
  


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  A motivational approach to help lead, coach and support their team members 

  
  


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  A high level of integrity and resilience 

  
  

Help us to make sure everyone in our region has access to a happy home. APPLY NOW! 

We’ll be interviewing as we go so might close the application process early if we find the right person. 

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Who we are 

The Honeycomb Group is a team of social-minded brands championing happy homes in our region by providing services and support that help people across Staffordshire and its surrounding areas feel secure, connected and confident. Whether it’s developing and maintaining affordable homes, providing trusted home repairs and improvements, keeping people safe and well at home or providing support services, we're tackling the social issues that can isolate people from a happy home - Honeycomb Group is making our region vibrant.