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The Public Interest Law Centre exists to challenge systemic injustice. We do this by holding government and public bodies to account and promoting access to justice for dispossessed and excluded groups. We work through legal representation, strategic litigation, research & advocacy and legal education.
JOB DESCRIPTION
The post holder will work under the supervision of PILC’s Director to lead on the development and delivery of a People strategy and to foster a positive and healthy working culture to reflect and feed into PILC’s movement lawyering approach.
Specific duties include:
1. Strategic leadership
- Develop a People strategy and plan in line with PILC’s strategic plan (2024-27)
- Review, udpate and implement HR policies, procedures and practices
- Enhance PILC’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policy to strengthen organisational diversity
- Develop a plan to foster a positive and healthy working culture to reflect and feed into PILC’s movement lawyering approach Â
2. Human Resources Â
- Support line managers to ensure supervisions and appraisals are most effective in managing performance and supporting staff
- Manage employee relations issues such as long-term sickness, grievance and disciplinary cases or restructure changes, providing advice and guidance for line managers.
- Manage HR software and personnel files, ensuring that all personnel records and documentation are retained
- Plan, manage and deliver recruitment campaigns from start to finish, including contractual arrangements
- Ensure all new staff and volunteers receive a full induction to the Law Centre
- Lead the annual pay review and periodic review of T&Cs, overseeing benchmarking reviews where relevant Â
3. Learning & Development Â
- Develop organisational learning and development plan reflecting and feeding into PILC’s movement lawyering approach
- Coordinate mandatory training in areas such as safeguarding, data protection and health, safety & wellbeing
- Coordinate and schedule annual staff appraisals, ensuring training and development plans fit within organisational strategyÂ
4. Staff wellbeing Â
- Develop and implement a staff wellbeing plan
- Coordinate annual staff satisfaction and wellbeing survey and follow-up on key themes arising from the survey
- Maintain PILC’s leave management system, ensuring staff maintain their leave records and other absences; providing the senior management team with reports on staff leave balances, absences or other information as required. Â
5. Internal Communications Â
- Develop and manage internal communications systems to ensure day-to-day updates are known by all
- Lead on the monitoring and evaluation of staff satisfaction and engagement Improve the use and purpose of staff meetings, facilitating the delivery of online monthly and in-person quarterly staff meetings
- Ensure staff have opportunities to bring up difficult conversations or topics of interest and have dedicated time to reflect on practice
- Assist the director with the organisation of the annual Away Day Â
General Duties Â
- Be alive to funding opportunities to support staff wellbeing, learning and development
- Work closely with other members of the senior management team to support organisational leadership and oversight.
- Support the senior management team to ensure best resourcing of the organisation’s various functions
- Attend monthly senior management team meetings Â
The closing date for applications is 9am on Monday 3rd February 2025 and we anticipate holding interviews week beginning 10th February 2025.
Find more information about the role here:Â https://www.pilc.org.uk/about/jobs/
We don’t accept CVs. Please send your completed application form and Equality and Diversity monitoring form via the button below. If you have any questions or want to discuss any aspects of the role, please contact: jean.demars@pilc.org.uk.  ​​​​
