Places for People Hiring for HR Officer at Preston Full Time

We want you to join the Places for People Group and the 11,000 other colleagues on our journey; colleagues who have helped to build, manage, maintain places that people are proud to call home and stay active in. How do we do all this? We surround ourselves customer focussed people, can do people and innovative people. Our people live and breathe our SPIRIT values; we are the place for spirited people.

More about your role

As a HR Officer you will support the effective administration of the employee lifecycle processes ensuring employee starters, leavers and changes are actioned in a timely and accurate manner against agreed Service Level Agreements. Through your excellent commitment to delivering a first-class customer service you will ensure process guidance is provided to employees and line managers in line with existing policies and procedures and with consideration to current employment legislation.

This role is a fixed term position for 6 months based in Preston allowing you to collaborate with the People Services team. As we move out of lockdown, we are trialling hybrid working, so you will be able to split your time between home and the office.

For more information please download our job profile available on our website.

More about you

You will have previous experience working within a busy and fast-paced administrative environment where you have had to process a high volume of work. You should demonstrate experience of working in line to strict deadlines, whilst developing positive relationships with customers, together with strong organisational and prioritisation skills.

The People Services team are a supportive team that work well together and regularly go the extra mile for each other and customers alike. We welcome applications from people who have a sense of fun, a positive outlook, and the ability to work hard. Ideally you will have previous experience working within a HR department and have CIPD certification and basic knowledge of employment law.

It is critical that you understand the importance of key factors such as data protection compliance, confidentiality and that personal integrity is paramount in all that you do.

The benefits

We are a large diverse and ambitious business, which will give you job security and all the challenge you could wish for. Here people can flourish, thrive, better themselves and work in fantastic communities with inspirational colleagues and customers.

We know that there’s always more we can do to make you smile, that’s why we offer a comprehensive benefits package to help colleagues save money or make their lives a little bit easier which can include:

Excellent holiday package and rewards

Pension with matched contributions

Training

Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more.

What’s next?

If you meet the criteria and are ready to make the next step in your career then apply following our simple 5 minute application process, upload a CV and a supporting statement which demonstrates how you meet the requirements of the role. If you have any questions please call the recruitment team on 01772 666555.

Please note that we may bring the closing date forward, if we receive a large number of quality applications. If you are interested in this role we would advise applying immediately to avoid disappointment.

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