At St Ann’s, there’s one thing that motivates us, and that’s providing excellent care and support to those living with or affected by life-limiting illnesses.
St Ann’s Hospice is seeking an expert administrator in the field of HR with experience of leading teams to lead, manage and support our HR administration team of two and support our mission of providing exceptional, end-of-life care to our patients and their families.
It’s an exciting time to be part of the team as we begin a digital transformation journey incorporating the implementation of a new HR system. There’ll be significant opportunity to be involved and develop or build on existing skills and experience in this area.
The role is for a 12month fixed term to cover maternity leave and you can expect a rough split of 30% leading and managing the team and 70% ‘hands-on’ supporting the with the work itself.
Job Overview
As the HR Administration Team Leader, you will oversee our HR administration team, ensuring smooth and effective HR operations.
This role combines leadership, and a keen eye for detail as you collaborate with hospice managers to ensure accurate and timely delivery of key HR processes across the full employee lifecycle :
- Recruitment
- Onboarding
- Training
- Contract changes
- Leavers
Responsibilities
- Leading and managing the HR administration team; 121 meetings, performance management and development, absence management and all employee relations matters
- HR administration including recruitment, onboarding, training processes
- Preparing and issuing offer letters and contracts
- Carrying out pre-employment background checks – DBS, Right to work, reference checks
- Collating payroll information
- Administrating of MAT, PAT, Adoption and Shared Parental leave processes
- Coordinating the leavers process
- Reporting on status of training and learning activities
- Maintaining confidential employee records
- Overseeing the administration of hospice wide training activities
- Coordinating the administration of student placements
Experience and skills
- A good standard of general education to a minimum of GCSE grade C / 4 – A* / 9 (or equivalent )
- NVQ 3 in Business administration (or equivalent experience)
- Experience of HR, including recruitment & onboarding, training administration processes in any industry
- Leading and managing a small team of direct reports
- Handling data, producing reports
- Handling confidential and sensitive information
- Computer skills – Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel, Outlook, OneDrive, Teams, Sharepoint), HR systems (Ciphr would be an advantage)
- The ability to travel independently to both St Ann’s Hospice sites (Heald Green 4 days and Little Hulton 1 day per week)
Contract: This position will be a 12-month fixed term position, starting January 2025
Salary: Band 4 £26,541per annum, Competency Based Framework
Working pattern: 37.5 hours per week over 5 days (Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm)
Based at: Heald Green, with one day a week at Little Hulton
Free Car Parking at both St Ann’s Sites
This is an exciting time to join an ambitious, much loved charity and help us achieve our goals. If you’re looking for a new challenge and the opportunity to make a difference, we would love to hear from you.
Please call Michelle Bradbury, Head of People & Culture for an informal discussion on 0161 498 3632.
How to apply: To apply please click here.
Applicants must be authorised to work in the UK. We are not able to offer sponsorship at this time.
The successful candidate will be subject to a Standard Disclosure & Barring Service Check, the cost of which is covered by the hospice. Any post holder within the organisation will be expected to undertake safeguarding training appropriate to their role and adhere to safeguarding policies and procedures. All staff must work in accordance with their statutory roles and responsibilities in relation to safeguarding in accordance with the Working Together to Safeguarding Children 2023, The Care Act 2014, and Prevent Duty 2015.
We reserve the right to close and interview prior to the dates outlined below.
Closing date: 31st January 2025
Interview date: TBC
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