The role

Are you passionate about making a positive impact through high-quality Human Resources (HR) services? At Southwark Council, we are looking for two dedicated HR Assistants to be a cornerstone of our operational People Services advisory team. Join us and help shape the future of our workforce in a large, dynamic public sector organisation! In this pivotal role, you will support the HR Service Team, providing operational administration support and guidance. Your expertise will be crucial in ensuring that admin support is timely, seamless, and accurate in meeting the needs of both our internal and external customers.

Key Responsibilities:

Support our HR transactional team by responding to queries from staff and managers across a range of People Services.
Provide timely administration support to direct enquiries to the appropriate team members.
Maintain accurate HR records and offer admin support on HR policies, procedures, and employment matters.
Your role will involve building effective relationships with various stakeholders.
You’ll also contribute to the continuous improvement of our HR services, ensuring that we always strive for excellence.

How will you make an impact as our HR Assistant?

Practical Administration experience with a good level of numeracy is essential for success in this role.
A willingness to work towards CIPD certification is preferable as you build a career in HR.
The ability to respond to enquiries from managers and employees, supporting with HR policies and regulations to provide clear, concise guidance.
The capability to work in a fast-paced environment, maintaining high standards of attention to detail while meeting deadlines.
Your expertise in Microsoft Office 365 will enable you to work seamlessly in our fully digital, agile workplace.
This role offers flexible home working blended with travel into our London Bridge HQ.

Additional salary details

About Southwark Council

Southwark Council is the largest local authority social landlord in London, managing 55,000 homes lived in by 40% of Southwark’s residents. We are home to over 18,300 businesses including iconic London venues such as The Shard, The Tate Modern and Borough Market along with many social enterprises and we have a young, diverse, and growing population.

At Southwark we are committed to making our borough just and fair and are taking positive action to tackle inequalities.?Our residents and communities are our greatest asset and the passion we have for Southwark is shared by millions of Londoners who enjoy our outstanding cultural offer, use our hospitals and attend our universities. Our refreshed borough plan and focus on Southwark Stands Together, (which is our work with Southwark’s communities and the council’s staff to tackle racism, injustice and inequality) underpins all that we do.Benefits and more information:Salary Range: £30,309 - £35,313

https://jobs.southwark.gov.uk/why-us/

Recruitment timetable

Application Closing Date: 11.59pm on the 10th of November 2024

Interview Date: W/C the 18th of November 2024

We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together initiative. We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme

As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:

Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
Are currently in care or have previously been in care.
If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role, in which case we will move the key dates for the process. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.#LI-PC1

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