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SalaryA fantastic opportunity to join a friendly, passionate and experienced HR team as a HR Assistant for Wales’ leading cancer charity.
Full Time Hours: 35 hours per week working flexibly across Monday – Friday with lifestyle hours to suit
Salary: £22,000 (Salary may be reviewed in April in line with the new National Minimum Wage increase)
Work location: Home / Cardiff City Centre Head Office CF10. We encourage our staff to office work as much as they can to build team relationships. And, we’re super flexible with home/office working arrangements that fit lifestyle options with office based work as required. For example we’d expect you to attend a monthly team meeting or training /HR meetings to help you carry out your role effectively.
Interview: Friday 8th March at our Head Office
This is a great professional opportunity to further develop your general HR experience at the forefront of HR admin, recruitment and first-line advising when it comes to HR policies and processes.
The Role
We’re looking for someone who already has a grounding in entry-level HR work and is looking to further their professional experience in a generalist assistant role in a small and busy HR department. The role has a key focus on supporting our retail arm of 56 shops. You’ll support them with day to day HR admin, enquiries and in handling matters such as absence processes, developing recruitment strategies and activities and effectively managing employee relations. You’ll also get exposure to Health & Safety work too dealing with its associated admin, inbox management, and following up on reports and escalation matters
As HR Assistant you’ll have experience in:
HR – you’ve done this type of work already and are looking for a next step or to join a forward-thinking organisation where you can grow
Databases, systems and admin – you know how important data, efficiency and accuracy is when it comes to HR work
Supporting the implementation of policies & processes – the way you go about work underpins things through agreed standards, efficiency and fairness in how you go about supporting people. And, you make policies relevant to the people that matter
You’re skilled with:
A balance of having a creative flair and being able to apply logical thinking and common sense
A good level of HR experience in a busy role with an appetite to grow in the Third Sector
Customer service experience (by phone, in person and online) and a team attitude
A way of working that’s flexible where you can adapt to the flow and also keep your eye on the ball
Always seeing the bigger picture and being purposeful in your approach
In return you’ll join a strong HR team and an organisation where People & Development sit at the heart of its organisation’s strategy.
One of our online staff reviews said we’ve “Committed and passionate staff who get their role and take real pride in their achievement... Wonderful emphasis on making sure that staff and volunteers are valued”.
Your Staff Benefits:
Core working hours 11am-3pm to fit work your lifestyle and personal life around our 7am-9pm operating hours
Super flexible place of work options with no minimum Head Office weekly attendance requirement
A generous 35 days annual leave including public holidays that increases with length of service (pro rata’d for part time staff)
Your birthday off work once you’ve been here for 12 months.
Opportunity to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave per year
Occupational sick pay after completion of probationary period
Contributory pension scheme
A tailored induction and support programme to help you succeed and excel
An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) offering access to 24/7 confidential advice and support
The opportunity to participate in staff volunteer activities to support the wider organisation
The opportunity to learn from, grow with, support and develop people who volunteer with US
About US
Every 30 minutes someone is diagnosed with cancer in Wales, that’s 20,000 people each year.
We’re a charity that understands what it is to live with cancer and how it affects families and friends too. We bring information, advice, practical and emotional support so people can take back some control of their lives and live as well as possible with cancer. We’re Wales’ leading cancer charity and our aim is to champion the needs of people affected by cancer to drive the changes that make a real difference, not just now, but for future generations.
Recruitment Process
Please apply with your CV and covering letter addressing the criteria stated in the Person Specification via the Tenovus Cancer Care website by the 3rd March.
You can also visit our Work for us pages that give you more information and a copy of the job description and person specification can be found here:
https://www.tenovuscancercare.org.uk/media/ts5jobvs/hr-asst-feb-24.pdf
At Tenovus Cancer Care we’re committed to making our workplace diverse and inclusive where everyone feels they belong and can be their authentic selves at work. We’re proud to be an equal opportunities employer who does not discriminate based on the Equality Act 2010’s Protected Characteristics. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment and we will adjust our recruitment processes where we can to support people who wish to join US.
If we can support you with your application at all please contact us at people@tenovuscancercare.org.uk
If you are looking for your next career challenge, we'd love to hear from you.
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