Housing Solutions Hiring for HR Coordinator at Maidenhead Full Time

Housing Solutions is a not for profit Housing Association, rooted in the local community providing quality, affordable homes to rent and buy across the local area. Our mission is to make our residents proud of where they live and our colleagues proud of where they work. Our services are driven by our strategic goals of safe, satisfied and sustainable, underpinned by our company values of ownership, innovation, teamwork and inclusion.

Why Choose Us

We pride ourselves on putting our residents at the heart of everything we do. We are invested in our local community and can see the difference we make in the area we live and work. Our employees are passionate and driven to achieve the best results for our residents, and are rewarded for their hard work and commitment.

Our modern and fresh working space allows us to work collaboratively together. You will make connections across the whole team and be part of our inclusive and open culture. Achieving the best of both worlds we successfully combine remote working as well as meeting together weekly as a whole team once pandemic restrictions allow.

Our substantial benefits package includes company pension contributions of up to 14% and a strong focus on employee wellbeing, including generous annual leave and our ‘Healthy Lives, Healthy Minds’ programme.

Our commitment to Learning and Development can been seen across the organisation and aims to bring our future leaders to the fore, whilst helping our employees reach their career aspirations by offering a broad development fund and in house development programmes.

About The Role

We are looking for a confident and highly organised team player to join our busy HR team. The HR Coordinator will support employees and managers across the whole organisation by leading on the administration of all HR processes. You will be the first point of contact into HR and will build relationships with your internal customers at all levels. As the only HR Coordinator we can promise you a variety of responsibilities and experience across a true generalist role – including recruitment/induction, payroll, H&S, Disclosure & Barring Service Checks, HR statistics, HR systems management, and data protection to name a few.

Some of the key accountabilities will be:
Recruitment administration – including but not limited to organising authorisation, writing adverts, publishing adverts online, leading on all communications with applicants, organising interviews, drafting offers of employment, and processing pre-employment checks.

Liaising with recruitment agencies for temporary recruitment.

Preparing accurate payroll instructions and keeping our HR database up to date at all times.

Coordination of H&S administration – including collation of accident/near miss reporting, review of H&S checks on those who drive as part of their role, and supporting our leading ‘Healthy Minds Healthy Lives’ wellbeing programme.

Coordinating Disclosure & Barring Service checks for new colleagues and renewals for the existing team.

About you

You must have previous administration experience and be motivated by following processes correctly and through to completion. Previous HR administration experience is not essential but would be an advantage, particularly within the recruitment field. The role is extremely varied and no two days will be the same, therefore you must be confident prioritising work in a busy environment. We are looking for someone who will embrace the digital agenda and naturally see opportunities to make improvements, and you will join us at an exciting time as we launch our new HR database.

If this sounds interesting please have a look at the full job description and person specification for more information. If you would also like an informal discussion about the role, please contact Caroline Hempstead, Head of HR on 07769 741217.

How to Apply

To apply for this vacancy please visit the Jobs & Careers page of our website www.housingsolutions.co.uk

The closing date is 16 January 2022. Interviews will be held on 25 January 2022.

We reserve the right to shortlist and arrange interviews for potentially suitable candidates ahead of the scheduled close date, therefore we look forward to your application as soon as you are ready.

We will not be accepting applications through recruitment agencies for this position.

Internal applications are welcome from employees who have passed their probation period, are not currently being standard set for absence or performance or on a disciplinary warning (unless able to demonstrate significant improvement over the last six months).

For internal applications please apply through the intranet, under the HR section – internal vacancies.

Employee Benefit Highlights

Ÿ Minimum 25 days per annum + bank holidays Ÿ Buy/Sell holiday scheme Ÿ Generous Pension Plan Ÿ Life Assurance Ÿ Physiotherapy Ÿ Annual Health Events – flu jabs and health screening Ÿ Learning & Development Funds Ÿ Employee Recognition events and awards Ÿ Modern offices and parking available

Full details here https://www.housingsolutions.co.uk/job-and-careers/company-benefits/