Do you have experience delivering recruitment or payroll services in a varied and busy role?
Are you highly organised and able to manage multiple priorities effectively?
Would you like to join a collaborative team that supports colleagues and contributes to improving outcomes for children & young people?
We are looking for a professional and adaptable individual who enjoys delivering a high-quality service. With a keen eye for detail and a proactive approach, you will be able to manage a varied workload, prioritise effectively and maintain accuracy when working to deadlines. We welcome applications from individuals with experience in either payroll or recruitment who are keen to broaden their skills in a wide-ranging and rewarding role. You’ll enjoy collaborating with colleagues and managers across the organisation, building positive working relationships, handling confidential information with professionalism and discretion and taking ownership of your work to ensure an efficient, accurate and high-quality service.
Our ‘working from anywhere’ approach provides colleagues the opportunity to work flexibly in line with their role requirements. This consists of remote working and up to 2 days per week in our Head Office in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. As there is a permanent home working element to this role, you will need to ensure you are equipped for home working.
Would you like to know more information about this opportunity? If so, further information can be found in the job outline. You can also contact Shelley Chappell, Remuneration & Benefits Manager, who would be happy to chat to you via shelley.chappell@hfleducation.org.
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- 28 days annual leave (rising to 31 following five years’ service) plus bank holidays
- A range of additional leave (compassionate, emergency, pregnancy related sickness, and disability leave for appointments)
- Pension scheme (10% employer contribution)
- Life assurance
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Learning and development opportunities including academic sponsorship
- Occupational sick/maternity/adoption pay
- Access to HFL Extras, our online platform with a wide range of savings, discounts and cashback opportunities
- Paid leave entitlement to undertake voluntary work; we especially encourage school governors
- Hybrid flexible working with support on commuting expenses
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), which provides advice and support, including a counselling service
- Access to Mental Health First Aiders
- Modern office facilities
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To apply, email hfl.recruitment@hfleducation.org with an up-to-date CV along with a cover letter to include responses to the following, alternately apply via our website below:
- Please tell us about your experience in payroll and/or recruitment (including any experience using HRIS or payroll systems) and how this has prepared you for this role?
- Why you are interested in becoming part of the HFL team.
Please also complete and submit the HFL Equal opportunities monitoring form.
At a glance
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Contract: Fixed term contract, 12 months, maternity leave cover
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Hours: 37hrs per week, 52 weeks per year. Flexible working patterns will be considered but will need to balance operational support requirements.
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Salary: FTE £32,000 - £38,000 per annum, plus a range of benefits. (Pro-rata to working hours)
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Location: Hybrid working, consisting of remote working with the flexibility to work typically up to 2 days per week at our offices in Stevenage, Hertfordshire or in nearby locations.
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Closing date: This job advert may close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. To make sure you don’t miss out on this great opportunity, please submit your application as soon as you can.
Job outline
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We are a committed Disability Confident employer and a signatory of the BITC Race at Work Charter reflecting our continuing commitment to be unbiased across our recruitment and workplace practices.
We actively encourage suitably qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply and to join us. We use an anonymous application process to ensure we always select candidates based on their skills and competencies. When two or more candidates have equal merit, the candidate with protected characteristics will have an advantage over others. This tie-breaker approach is described as positive action in the Equality Act 2010 and we believe strongly in the power of overcoming disadvantage.
If you are invited to interview, please be prepared to discuss the subject of unconscious bias with us. These conversations are extremely useful in giving us an idea of what working together will be like.
HFL is an equal opportunities employer, committed to building and celebrating an environment that is inclusive and equitable, in which everyone can flourish, regardless of race, age, sexuality, gender, disability, or status.