HR Administrator

Here at Dorothy House we provide compassionate care and support for people in our community with a life-limiting illness. Our focus is on quality of life, helping patients to live well and die well.

We are here for anyone in our community who's facing a life-limiting illness. Using our full breadth of service, we create individual care journeys, which start at diagnosis and continue with bereavement support for family, carers and children.

HR ADMINISTRATOR - FIXED TERM 12 MONTHS | Band 3 £23,272 - £24,823 per annum pro rata

• Be the first point of contact for HR related queries, passing on any complex enquiries to the relevant HR lead wherever necessary.
• Administer a wide range of employee related documentation. Key areas of activity are listed below and each team member may take a lead in various activity but support across all activity needs to be seamless.
• Provide administrative support to departmental projects which may also include research and producing routine reports.
• Be customer focused ensuring all contact and engagement with customers is professional and supportive.
• Maintain relevant HR Databases ensuring all employee data is accurate and up to date.
• Work alongside the HRBPs to co-ordinate and provide support in meetings and take minutes/notes as required.
• Provide data and prepare information for HR related reports and documents
• Identify and propose opportunities to improve HR Administration processes and services, optimising available technology wherever possible.
• Other administrative support to the HR team as required.

See our full detailed Job Description on our website for more information.

HOURS OF WORK

This is a Part Time position of 22.5 hours per week (working across either 4 or 5 days). The role is offered on an initial 12 months fixed term basis.

ABOUT YOU

Essential requirements:

• Good standard of maths and English
• Excellent computer skills and experience of using Microsoft packages, including Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and SharePoint
• Experienced HR Administrator with a minimum of 2 years' experience or equivalent working in a busy HR office
• Highly organised and systematic but flexible and able to prioritise workload, work to deadlines and respond flexibly to changing demands
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with a wide variety of people (in-person, telephone and via MS Teams)
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills (good listening skills, confident dealing with people at all levels, accuracy / attention to detail, keeping calm under pressure / in sensitive situations, and working as a member of a small team
• Able to be discrete and practice complete confidentiality

Desirable requirements:

• Sound experience of using a complex database / IT system (e.g. iTrent)

ABOUT THE BENEFITS

Dorothy House is an incredible place to work; these are just a few of our benefits that we offer to our staff:

• Generous holiday allowance for all roles, increasing with length of service
• Fantastic refer a friend scheme
• Excellent industry leading training and development programmes with many career development opportunities
• Pension with Life Assurance
• Travel and parking - We offer 45p per mile for work travel. There is unlimited free parking in Winsley.
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Counselling and Mindful Employer Charter - providing our staff with information, advice and support for those experiencing stress, anxiety, depression or any other mental health conditions.
• Simply Health - Providing insurance against certain everyday healthcare costs such as dental and optical treatments.
  
  

If this sounds like your ideal job, then we'd love to see your application.

Please note that our vacancies can close at any time once sufficient applications have been received. We therefore encourage early submission of your application.

INTERVIEWS

Interviews for this role are likely to be held mid-May.