Human Resources Officer (Staff & Volunteers)

Tower Hamlets Council for Voluntary Service; Dover, Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 19,000 - 33,000; Part time

Job description

£33,000 FTE (pro rated to £19,800 for 22.5 hours per week)

Hybrid – part home/part office based

Our mission at St. Hilda’s East is to equip our service users with the resilience to navigate modern life. We welcome everyone into our spaces and work together to deliver engaging activities, promote social contact and ultimately enrich lives.

We employ over 40 staff and engage about 65 volunteers each year. In a recent survey of our staff, more than three-quarters reported St Hilda’s as a great place to work, and this role will help embed best practice relating to employment and volunteering to ensure we can build upon this positivity. The postholder will work closely with our Senior Leadership Team and the Board, including a Trustee who has several decades experience as a HR manager and consultant. The role would highly suit someone in the early stages of their career in HR wishing to expand upon their experience or, alternatively, someone with a career in HR behind them, looking for a change of scene and to get involved in a mission driven charity.

The postholder will provide support and guidance on HR matters to all staff and managers, helping to foster a positive and inclusive workplace culture. Our newly refreshed strategic priorities include a commitment to increasing volunteer participation within the charity’s work, and the postholder will play a key role in implementing this by improving our procedures and enhancing our capacity.

This job is for you, if you:

1. Have at least 2 years’ experience in HR administration and practice, ideally within the charity sector.
2. A good working knowledge of employment legislation and best practice in people management.
3. The ability and passion to drive forward an agenda around staff and volunteer engagement and wellbeing.
4. Ability to write organisational policies.
5. Demonstrable knowledge of best practice around volunteer management, or the ability to learn quickly.

Please see our website for the full Job Description and Person Specification.

To apply, please submit your CV and a cover letter to [e-mail]. The cover letter should be no more than 1500 words long and should explain point by point how you meet each of the Essential Criteria on the Person Specification. Don’t forget to provide examples to evidence your experience and abilities.

Closing date for applications: Monday 28th April

Interviews will be held in the week commencing 5th May.

Contact Lucy Bingham (020 7739 8066, [e-mail]) for more information about the role.

Benefits include flexible working arrangements including the option to split your time approximately half-and-half between the office and home, 25 days annual leave, and access to an Employee Assistance Programme.

St Hilda’s is committed to racial justice and wider inclusion and diversity. We are working towards a goal where our team fully reflects the diversity and difference in lived experiences of our local community.