Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts Hiring for People & Talent Officer Job at Matlock, England Full Time

About the role

We’re looking for a People & Talent Officer to ensure that candidates have the best possible experience with us, including having an exciting and interesting on boarding process so that they can be their best at Derbyshire Wildlife Trust.

As well as supporting recruitment and on-boarding this varied role will see you support the Trust with general HR support to ensure we have a brilliant People function and those crucial tasks get completed.

To be successful, you will need to have a passion for helping people with a positive, solutions focused approach to ensure we are always striving to do better.

Responsibilities

In this role, you’ll support our people by:

Championing best practice recruitment – you will be the first contact for all recruitment queries, you will manage our Applicant Tracking System and lead on ensuring that candidates have a great application experience.

On-boarding and Induction – pre-employment checks, offers of employment and contracts will all fall under this role – with the support of your manager and others you’ll make sure new starters have a great on-boarding experience

HRIS and records -you’ll ensure our records are accurate and up to date, keeping up with relevant legislation and updating our systems where appropriate

Customer service – our applicants and employees deserve the best so you will always strive to be supportive and fair, helping, and signposting people where you can.

Learning and Development –we have a culture of supporting employees to be their best, you will help organise and communicate relevant learning and development opportunities.

Confidentiality – acting with integrity you will always treat personal information in a sensitive and careful way and will at times need to attend confidential meetings and note take.

Time critical activities – you’ll monitor our time critical activities ensuring that tasks such as DBS checks, probationary periods and contract end dates are highlighted and actions taken as appropriate.

Agility & Flexibility– we are a growing charity, you will collaborate with other teams, continually learning how to improve systems not just in your own area but in others as well as supporting your manager with tasks and undertaking other duties that may be deemed appropriate for your role and responsibility.

About you

We’re looking for someone with a passion for people who wants to develop their career in HR.

This role might be right for you if:

• You have experience of working in administration and are used to dealing with and processing information.
• You have good digital skills and can pick up new processes and systems quickly
• You are thorough with great attention to detail and accuracy
• You are supportive and employee orientated, with the ability to engage with a wide range of people in a tactful and pleasant way
• You have a positive solutions-based attitude to issues and problems
• You understand the importance of confidentiality
• You have great organisational skills and can balance sometimes conflicting priorities
• You have achieved or are studying towards your CIPD Level 3 although this is not essential
• You care about wildlife and nature

We are happy to talk flexible working!

This role would be suitable for someone looking to develop their skills in HR or someone who has already gained experience in the area.

The role is advertised as part time; ideally around 30 hours per week but we are flexible and will agree hours with the successful candidate with a minimum of 22.5 hours and a maximum of 37 hours per week.

This role will be based at our office in Middleton although a balance of home and office working will be allowed. We are a local charity so applicants should be easily able to access our office and other locations around the county.

Interviews are planned for Thursday 12th May at Derbyshire Wildlife Trust, Middleton, Matlock.

Derbyshire Wildlife Trust

We’re a small charity, with big ideas! We believe that everyone has their part to play in Nature’s recovery. We are the only organisation in Derbyshire working to protect and enhance wildlife and wild places throughout the county but through our work with businesses, other conservation charities, and the public we are mobilising others across the county and the rest of the UK to act for wildlife. As are a registered Charity, we are supported by 16,000 members and are part of a movement of 46 Trusts with a collective membership of over 800,000.

Our purpose is to achieve our vision of a Wilder Derbyshire by creating Nature Recovery Networks and reintroducing lost species. We aim to deliver our vision by leading Nature’s Recovery, inspiring people and communities to care and mobilising people to act. All our work is underpinned by our values.

Our Charity is growing, we currently employ 80 people and, crucially, we are supported by over 500 volunteers. We have three delivery teams; Wilder Landscapes, Wilder Communities, and Income Generation, supported by the Finance and Resources team. Each team has a Department Lead who reports to the Chief Executive who is responsible for the operations of the Trust and who, in turn, reports to the Board of Trustees which governs the organisation.

We’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and believe that everyone should have access to nature. We expect people to work harmoniously with each other and with volunteers, and to provide help and guidance to others when needed. As a small charity, our employees need to be willing to be flexible about working arrangements and willing to provide occasional cover for absent staff. We want people to develop professionally and personally while working with us and employees are encouraged to participate in the range of opportunities available to enable this.

Derbyshire Wildlife Trust is an equal opportunities employer that strives to be a diverse and inclusive environment in which everyone is valued. We welcome applications from eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

We recognise that our workforce needs to represent the communities and people we work with. We particularly encourage applications from underrepresented groups within Derbyshire Wildlife Trust and the wider charity and conservation sector, such as people from Black and Ethnic Minority backgrounds and those who identify as LGBTQ+.