HR Officer

Job description

Job responsibilities

Hope House Children’s Hospices have an opportunity for a HR Officer to join our HR team based in Oswestry. You will join us on a full-time, permanent basis. In return, our HR Officer will receive a competitive salary of £28,973 - £34,440 per annum.

At Hope House Children’s Hospices, we have a vision to reach every child and family who needs us and to ensure that no one faces the death of a child alone.  This is an opportunity to join a forward thinking HR Team who have a real focus on providing excellence right from recruitment through to off-boarding.

About the HR Officer role:

Are you a proactive, highly organised and collaborative individual, with a proven record in human resources at an Advisory or Officer level? If so, join us as an HR Officer, where you will provide a high quality service to managers and staff covering recruitment, employee relations, workforce planning, wellbeing, employee reward and benefits. You will also champion diversity and inclusion and undertake people projects.

We are looking for an HR Officer who has:

• Experience in HR at an Advisory or Officer level
• Experience of providing managers and staff with pragmatic, clear, and concise advice
• A strong background in human resources best practice including Recruitment, Wellbeing, Engagement, Reward, Relations, Organisation Design & Development
• Level 5 CIPD or working towards a higher level
• Up to date knowledge of Employment Law
• Excellent interpersonal, prioritisation and communication skills, both verbal and written
• The ability to work with confidential information

What we offer:

In return for your commitment, we offer a great reward package, which includes

• generous annual leave entitlement
• pension scheme
• staff rewards programme
• flexible working arrangements
• great development opportunities

Closing date: 2nd November 2023

Interview date: 16th November 2023

If you think you have what it takes to be our HR Officer then please click ‘apply’ now! We are welcoming informal discussions with our HR Manager, Claire Lewis, contact us on 01691 679679. We’d love to hear from you!

Hope House and Ty Gobaith Children’s Hospices are committed to equality of opportunity and meeting the needs of children, young people and families. The care we provide and the environment we create to deliver care reflects our ongoing commitment to respecting the diversity of the communities we serve, and the individual physical, spiritual and emotional needs of each person and their loved ones.

Person Specification

Essential Qualifications

Essential

• The qualifications that are key for this role include:
• 2 x A-levels grade A-C
• CIPD Level 5 qualification

Desirable

• n/a

Essential Skills

Essential

• The key skills you will require for this role include:
• Excellent organisational and multitasking skills
• Outstanding communication skills
• Analysing & understanding data & info to give sound advice
• Using coaching skills to bring out the best in others
• A full understanding of the HR cycle - Recruitment, Wellbeing, Engagement, Reward, Relations, Organisation Design & Development
• Working with sensitive and confidential information
• Maintaining Continuing Professional Development

Desirable

• n/a

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Hope House Children’s Hospices

Address

Hope House Children's Hospice

Nant Lane

Oswestry

Shropshire

SY10 9BX

Employer's website

https://www.hopehouse.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)