Priory Group Hiring for HR Administrator (Engagement) at Manchester Full Time

Are you an experienced HR Administrator and looking for a new exciting challenge? This is more than just an administrative position, it is an opportunity to develop what is currently a heavily process based function into an exciting role that gives our potential recruits the best on-boarding experience, using your positivity, creativity and dynamism.

We’re currently looking to add to our friendly family and to help grow the HR function – we are one of the Priory Groups largest hospitals and we pride ourselves on having the best teams.

About the Role…

We want someone that is not afraid of getting stuck in and taking control. This area of HR requires a lot of change to help the hospital attract and retain talent for a wide range of professions including Nursing, Psychology, Therapy and Doctors. The right person for the role will:

• Manage the recruitment from start to finish, working autonomously at a local level but join forces with our central on-boarding team to achieve the overall results
• Demonstrate innovation and creativity and not be afraid to try new things
• Have the ability to strike up excellent relationships with the Ward Managers and Departmental Leads and take time to understand their needs
• Work closely with our Regional Resourcing Business Partner to understand and interpret our Company wide recruitment strategy
• Possess top class organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workload
• Proactively utilise our people plan to identify and forecast recruitment needs
• Not be afraid to get stuck in and reach challenging targets
• Thrive in a fast paced environment
• Have a real empathy, genuinely understand and embrace that we are here to look after the people that look after our patients having a vision and being able to see the bigger picture and how HR fits into this.
• Know that detail is key – always using the correct grammar, punctuation and spelling
• Provide accurate metrics to our SMT each week
• Have knowledge of ATS systems
• Be able to demonstrate an understanding of the importance of employee engagement with the ability to bring new ideas to the table in this respect
• Have a positive attitude including the ability to develop and maintain positive relationships
• Be there for their teammates – providing cover in HR Team as required
• Assist managers with note taking at meetings and direct them to the appropriate policies and guidance notes where necessary

About you…

To enable you to do this, we feel that it would be important for you to possess the following:

Experience within a HR environment

• Friendly, helpful and supportive demeanour
• The ability to monitor and manage your own workload & plan effectively
• Be self-motivated & accountable
• Confidence in collaborating and communicating across departments within the business
• Work using your own initiative and ability to suggest ways of improving process efficiency

This is a fantastic opportunity with an amazing hospital, with a supportive management structure that has a unique family feel to it.

This is a very busy role responsible for delivering operational excellence and a positive candidate experience for all new starters with the Hospital without compromising on quality.

The Benefits…

The additional benefits to the role are:

• 25 days annual leave (plus 8 Bank holidays) increasing with length of service
• Birthday leave
• Free on site parking
• Subsidised meals
• Contributory pension scheme
• Priory Perks discount portal
• Long Service recognition
• Enhanced sick pay and maternity pay after 1 years service
• Wellbeing committee and full access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Comprehensive Induction
• CPD courses and support

To apply for this position, please email your CV and a covering letter, to katewarren@priorygroup.co.uk by 5pm on 11th March 2022

Currently, in accordance with the Health and Social Care Act you are required to be double vaccinated against Covid-19 and to provide evidence of this before you are able to commence employment with us, or provide a valid medical exemption. Albeit this still remains the case, the Government has recently announced their intention to reconsider this under the Health and Social Care Act. Therefore, you are invited to submit your application, with the understanding that should the current position be repealed your application would be progressed in line with Priory’s recruitment policy. Any changes to legislation will be reflected in our recruitment policy.

About us

As one of the UK’s leading providers of behavioural care and specialist support services to adults and young people, Priory Group promise a challenging and fulfilling career with the support of a world class organisation willing to invest in your development.

Across our network of hospitals, residential care homes, education facilities and supported living services, we are making a real and lasting difference to the lives of the people we support.

Disclosure

All roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland. We are an equal opportunities employer. Priory Group will cover the cost of a DBS check.