People Advisor (12m FTC)
This is a {Advertised Permanent / Temporary}, {Advertised Full Time / Part Time} vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.
The Vacancy
Develop your HR skills further working within our high performing People team who provide expert advice and guidance to employees, managers and leaders with a hands-on approach to supporting everyone maximise their contribution to achieving our Corporate Plan objectives and ultimately our vision.
The People Advisor works alongside the HR Business Partners and wider People team (a total of 12 including Talent Management, Operations and Recruitment), to provide a pro-active and well-rounded HR advisory to service owners (Directors, Heads of Service and Managers in particular) that adds value across the entire employee lifecycle. With guidance from the HRBP’s you will develop our partnering service across the business as required, inputting into and supporting the HRBPs with elected people management matters across all directorates.
Our People team strives to create a culture of belonging and high-performance, with continually growing levels of engagement, whilst being visible role models of our values. We are looking for a team member whose values and ambitions align to ours.
This is an ideal role for someone already operating at Advisor level but wishing to broaden their experience or invest in further professional development or someone stepping up from a co-ordinator level role. We are looking for someone with experience supporting employment lifecycle, basic employee relation queries, performance and absence management who can be hands-on with employee relations, confident to tackle lower-level enquiries and skilled at communicating with all levels of colleagues.
There is huge scope for personal development, getting involved with projects across the People team (and potentially wider!) as well as investing in professional development, qualifications or accreditations as desired.
To be successful in this role, you’ll need:
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Significant HR generalist experience working as a HR Co-Ordinator or Advisor OR demonstrable experience working towards that level supporting employment lifecycle, basic employee relation queries, performance and absence management
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Ability to build and maintain constructive, professional and trusting working relationships with staff and managers with confidence and courage to challenge and lead on HR issues (E)
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Level 5 CIPD qualified or equivalent would be advantageous but not essential.
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Up to date understanding of employment legislation and best practice standards, including ability to advise on practical and pragmatic application of these areas and a strong understanding of equality of opportunity and diversity
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High level of proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook and proficient with using HR systems
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Experience of working with HR data and metrics, reporting and analysing data in particular
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Excellent communication and organisational skills
Work pattern: Mon-Fri 37 hrs p/w: 9-5.30pm Mon-Thurs, 9-5pm Fri with some flexibility.
Further Informaiton:
The job description for the role can be found attached below along with our essential and desired criteria for applicants. Please note that this role may close prior to the advertised date if interest is high, so we encourage early applications!
About us
We are Paradigm Housing Group.
We manage more than 17,000 homes across the South East.
We know that house prices in the areas where we work are high, both to buy and rent. We want to help more people have a safe and sustainable home that they can afford.
As a charity, the money we make goes into building new homes and providing an excellent service for residents.
We are a Best Companies two-star accredited organisation in recognition of our high employee engagement and commitment to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is free to be themselves and feel like they belong. We are clearly focused on the delivery of our five-year corporate plan with ambitious and challenging objectives including delivering one of the sector’s largest digital transformation programmes, improving our environment and sustainability targets and delivering more quality homes to people who need them.
Our benefits
- Holidays – 25 days rising to 30 with length of service (30 days starting for senior roles) plus an extra three paid days off between Christmas and New Year, and the opportunity to buy up to another five days.
- Pension scheme: a defined contribution scheme with employer contributions of 7.5% or 9.5% depending on the employee’s contribution rate.
- Car leasing scheme.
- Annual bonus potential.
- 1 paid professional subscription per year.
- Family friendly policies including generous paternity, maternity, shared parental and adoption leave, sabbaticals and more.
- Health cash plan – worth over £1,800 per year. Includes dental, optical, prescriptions and flu jabs, physiotherapy, chiropractic therapy, reflexology, Sports massage and more.
- Hybrid working for many roles.
- Up to three paid Giving Back (volunteer) Days a year.
- Modern collaborative offices, with free parking and charging points for electric vehicles.
- Opportunities for career development and progression.
- Social events such as quiz nights, Christmas Party, Summer BBQ.
Our Vision
We provide excellent services to customers.
And build new homes to help more people.
We make sure our homes are safe and sustainable.
And strive to do more by making the most of our resources.
Working For Us
Our Values
Safer Together
Driving Improvement
Working As One
Acting Thoughtfully
Being Clear
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