HR Officer (B0333N)

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Birmingham, West Midlands (England), B1 2AX : Bristol, South West England, BS1 6EH : Longstanton, East of England, CB24 3EN : Guildford, South East England, GU1 4LZ : Liverpool, North West England, L3 1BP : Leeds, Yorkshire and the Humber, LS11 9AT : Manchester, North West England, M1 6EU : Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England, NE4 5BZ

About the job

Job summary

The HR Officer is a key role within the People Services team and wider HR. This role will work alongside four other HR Officers and HR Advisor, responsible for providing first line HR advice and guidance across the whole Agency.

This is an exciting role, providing first-class HR support to Directorates on a range of People Services matters spanning the full employee lifecycle including HR transactions, reward, benefits, job evaluation, payroll and pensions. 

The HR Officer will manage and process all aspects of the employee lifecyle and be part of a team identifying opportunities for continuous improvement to enhance the colleague experience.

This role works closely with the wider HR team to achieve the aims and objectives of the People and Culture Strategy.

Job description

Your experience in working in a fast-paced HR environment and clear focus on customer service and user experience will be essential to succeed in this role. 

You will have the confidence, skills and knowledge to coach others to understand their roles and responsibilities in enacting core HR processes, to deliver practical customer service solutions and to support the development and modernisation of HR systems and processes.

You will be CIPD qualified to Level 3 (or demonstrable equivalent experience)

Person specification

Essential:

• CIPD Level 3 Foundation Certificate and/or HND/BTEC qualification in relevant subject
• Intermediate level Microsoft Office capability – Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel
• Previous administrative experience in an HR environment
• Excellent communication and organisation skills
• Excellent literacy and numeracy skills
• Exceptional attention to detail, ensuring all work is accurate and has no mistakes
• Ability to prioritise tasks, manage workloads and anticipate any action needed
• Customer service focused approach

Desirable:

• CIPD level 5 or 7 (or working towards)
• Generalist HR experience gained from working within an HR environment
• Experience of working with and advising line managers on process and best practice

Benefits

Homes England is an executive non-departmental public body with its own terms and conditions, benefits and pension scheme. We are a government agency working in partnership with the private sector and want to employ and retain great people. In return we offer a range of excellent benefits, some of the key benefits include:

Holiday – Homes England offers all staff 33 days annual leave per year in addition to 8 statutory bank holidays.

Working Flexibly – At Homes England we have a strong culture of flexible working and encourage all employees to have a healthy work/life balance. We offer a wide range of potential working patterns, including part time, job share and compressed hours.

Health and Wellbeing – We offer health screening with Nuffield Proactive Health Clinics, a free Employee Assistance Programme which offers confidential support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as well as access to Occupational Health.

Professional Development – At Homes England we are committed to your continued professional and personal development with learning as one of our core values. We pay for one job-related professional membership subscription per year for our employees.

We also offer an excellent range of family friendly benefits, for example, maternity, paternity, shared parental leave.

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk
• Email : Recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : Recruitmentinfo@homesengland.gov.uk

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