Rethink Mental Illness Hiring for HR Assistant at Home Based Full Time

Passion, Understanding and Expertise are just some of the words that describe our values. If you resonate with these and are passionate about a career with an organisation that improves the lives of individuals severely affected by mental illness, then this role could be the one for you.

We have an exciting opportunity for a HR Assistant to join our established and friendly People and OD team

As the first point of contact for all HR related queries that come into the HR operations team (via phone and email) you will provide customer focused employee relations advice and guidance to our managers and employees along with handling any associated administration. You will manage case work, attending meetings where required and escalating cases to the HR Business Partners when needed.

Reporting to the HR Administration and Resourcing Manager, you will be responsible for the co-ordination and administration of occupational health referrals and successful TUPE transfers (in and out). You will ensure that DBS and ‘right to work’ renewals are kept up to date and probation reviews are completed and recorded. In addition, you will support with ensuring HR policies and procedures are accurate, up to date and visible for our employees.

You will hold your Level 3 CIPD qualification and be passionate about HR and providing sound HR advice. With your administrative experience, you will have excellent attention to detail and be able to manage a range of different prioritises. You will have strong verbal and written communication skills and be able to adapt your approach to meet the needs of the customer. Ideally, we’d like you to have some experience co-coordinating the TUPE process.

Your role will be a homebased position; however, we’d like you to come to our Tipton office once a month to join the team for our monthly HR meeting. You will work full time, 35 hours per week on a permanent contract with a salary of £22,407.40 to £25,690.03 per annum (£25,053.50 to £28,336.13 with London weighting). You can read more about the rewards you will receive on the full advert on our website.

The HR Administration & Resourcing Manager looking after this role is Katie Wright. If you have any questions about the position, please feel free to drop her an email at or give her a call on 0121 522 7111

Who are we?

We’re Rethink Mental Illness, a leading charity provider of mental health services in England. We support thousands of people through our groups, services, policy, campaigns and advice and information. Our work supports us in delivering on our mission: “A better life for everyone severely affected by mental illness.”

We welcome applications from everyone, applicants with lived experience, those who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning+ (LGBTQ+), people with a disability, or those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds are actively encouraged to apply. We are proud to have also been awarded Disability Confident employer status. We have an ambition of becoming an anti-racist organisation and we recognise there is more to do in ensuring our recruitment is fair and inclusive, which is why we are recruiting new roles in helping us to achieve this.

This role may also be known as HR Advisor, HR Coordinator, or HR Generalist

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent