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People Specialist

Location:
Widnes
Job Category:
HR
Salary Details:
£30,000 to £33,000
10 May 2024
Vacancy Type:
Fixed Term
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What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work:

ARE PEOPLE YOUR PASSION ?

Community Integrated Care is offering an exciting opportunity for a talented and experienced People Specialist to join our People Team working with our Support Services departments on a full time 12 month fixed term contract basis based from our head office in Widnes so you can be based in the North West - Manchester, Liverpool or surrounding areas. 

What is The Deal for you?

  • Flexibility! You can work your full time hours over 4 days and enjoy a long weekend, or work over 5 days to accommodate your other commitments.
  • Remote Working! Do you want to work from home? Or do you prefer being in an office? With this role you have the option of working remotely or from our head office in Widnes - or a blend between the two! You'll need to be able to travel to our head office in Widnes as and when required as part of the role. 
  • Benefits: retail discounts, holiday discounts, cycle to work scheme and travel discounts through our benefits app
  • Best Lives Possible: You'll be working for an award winning charity who is passionate about ensuring our colleagues and the people we support lead the best lives possible 
  • Development: We'll work with you to develop your career or to learn and experience new things. We're passionate about developing our people!
  • Support: From our Employee Assistance Programme (available 24/7), financial support options, and wellbeing fund you'll have the support available to lead an easier (financial) life.

 

Who you’ll be supporting & more about the role:
The successful candidate will be the first point of contact for managers when they need support. You will advise, coach, and support on all People matters, proactively working with line managers to develop plans which support our ambition to facilitate the best life possible for all of our people. Our Support Services functions comprise People, Quality, IT, Finance, Partnerships and Communities, Business Development, and Projects departments.
 
Day to Day:
  • The role will involve coaching and advising managers on the practical application of policies, processes, and practices with a view of leading well and creating a great place to work. 
  • You'll support leaders with absence management, wellbeing support, employee relations support and advice, organisational structural changes, flexible working, job design and evaluation, recruitment, performance management, and managing change - the full employee lifecycle. 
  • You will have opportunity to support the continuous improvement of processes and practices which impact our Support Services people.
  • You'll work closely with our Centres of Excellence in Recruitment, Employee Relations, Learning and Development, Payroll and alongside a large team of Operational People Specialists
  • This role may be available for an internal secondment however you will need to have relevant experience or qualifications 
Your values:
Our ideal candidate
  • You lead and coach to empower the people around you
  • You are committed to personal development and training
  • Building strong relationships with a wide variety of people comes easily to you due to your high emotional intelligence.
  • You will be a problem solver who will challenge the status quo, break down barriers and confidently influence a wide range of people.
  • You have an eye for detail to ensure we produce excellent results for our people
  • You're compassionate, caring, and are passionate about getting the best possible outcomes for people
  • You are able to challenge constructively
  • You share our company values, which are at the heart of everything you do, to ensure we deliver high quality care and support.
  • You thrive on working at pace and adapt easily to change.
  • You are looking for a role with a difference, that gives you the opportunity to make a positive change to the social care sector.

Skills and Experience

  • You previous experience in a HR Advisor role, or a similar role providing advice and support to leaders on people matters 
  • You might have a CIPD qualification
  • You have excellence knowledge of HR best practices.
  • You'll have good IT skills particularly with Microsoft packages (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) 
  • You work well under pressure and are delivery focused to ensure deadlines are met 
  • You'll be confident in monitoring, reporting, evaluating and showcasing your work to internal and external stakeholders
Please note, if you are interested in this role, we welcome your application as soon as possible ! Depending on the volume of applications received, the vacancy may be closed before the expected advertising end date.
 
Interested and want to know a bit more?

To find out more about our charity check out:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-zYkoj7x8s

We’re really proud to be a Hive HR Employee Voice Certified organisation, a recognition that confirms our commitment to creating a culture where our colleagues are not only encouraged to share their thoughts, but where this feedback is actively sought and acted upon to drive positive change at every level.
 
In our 2023 Colleague Engagement Survey, 56% (over 3,300!) of our people shared their feedback and insights, giving us an incredible Employee Net Promoter Score of +28. This is a measure of how positively our colleagues talk about us – and 28 is an excellent score compared to other organisations!