Job Title: HR Adviser
Directorate: Finance and Corporate Services
Contract: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £37,163
Location: Hybrid (2 days a week working in the London office)
Closing date: Friday 6 September 2024 at 12.59pm

Are you ready to take your HR career to the next level? We are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented HR Adviser to join our dynamic team. This role is ideal for someone with experience in HR who is looking to expand their skill set and take on more responsibility in a supportive and impactful environment.

As an HR Adviser, you will play a vital role in our HR function, providing comprehensive support across a range of activities. Your responsibilities will include:

  • Recruitment and Selection: Lead the recruitment process from start to finish, ensuring a positive experience for candidates and managers alike. You’ll draft advertisements, manage responses, and support the onboarding process, including all necessary pre-employment checks.
  • Payroll Management: Oversee the monthly payroll process, ensuring accuracy and timeliness. You will collaborate with the Finance team and manage family-friendly leave arrangements through payroll.
  • HR Information System (HRIS) Management: Maintain and develop our HRIS (iTrent), ensuring it accurately reflects employee data. You will also provide user support and contribute to system improvements.
  • General HR Support: Manage your workload effectively to deliver high-quality support across the employee lifecycle. This includes providing data analysis for management reports and offering guidance on HR processes and policies.
  • Compliance and Governance: Ensure that all HR data is managed in compliance with our governance policies, maintaining high standards of data accuracy.

Continuous Improvement and Project Support: Be an advocate for continuous improvement, challenging the status quo and supporting key HR projects that drive organisational success.

Find out more on how to apply and view the job application

Applications should include a supporting statement. This should include examples of how you have demonstrated the role’s person specification, including:

  • essential skills
  • behaviours
  • knowledge

To be fair to all candidates, we can’t accept job applications submitted after the closing date.

We will let you know whether or not you have been invited for an interview shortly after the closing date.

We hold some of our interviews online using video conferencing, and other interviews in person at one of our offices. We’ll let you know when and where your interview will be.

Sometimes, we’ll ask you to complete a task for your interview. For example, preparing a presentation on a specific topic. We’ll give you instructions about the task when we invite you to interview.

Our interviews are competency based. We will ask you questions to understand more about your experience, and how it relates to the essential criteria in the person specification. Questions will also cover the values, behaviours, and skills required for the role. You will have the opportunity to ask questions about the role or working with us at the end of your interview.

We will let you know the outcome of the interview as soon as possible. Usually, within two days after the final interview has been completed. We’re always happy to give feedback if requested. 

We will always let you know when we’d like to contact your references.

If you have taken part in certain political activities, such as holding office in a political party or holding a relevant elected office, it may mean that you can’t work for us. To discuss this before applying, contact our HR team at [email protected]

If you’re successful, you’ll need to complete some pre-appointment checks. This includes a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. In Scotland, this is a Disclosure Scotland check. In Northern Ireland, it’s an Access NI check.

Higher security clearance may be required for some roles. We will only ask you about convictions and cautions that are not protected. Having a criminal record does not necessarily prevent you from working here. It depends on the nature of the position and the circumstances of your offences. Read our employing ex-offenders policy for more information.

We welcome applications from everyone. We will ask for your personal details including your nationality, ethnicity and any disabilities. These details will not be shared with the interviewers.

If you have a disability, let us know at the application stage so we can make adjustments for you. This may include accepting your application by post.

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