Job ad: HR Officer
Job Title: HR Officer
Salary: £27,985 per annum FTE (£22,388 pro-rata)
Contract: Permanent
Base: The Brain Charity, Norton Street, Liverpool, L3 8LR
Hours: Part-Time – 30 hours per week
Responsible to: Head of People
Background to The Brain Charity
Life for any of us can change in an instant. Experiencing a road traffic accident, a major stroke or being diagnosed with dementia can happen completely unexpectedly and can change our lives forever.
The Brain Charity offers emotional support, practical help and social activities to anyone with a neurological condition and to their family, friends and carers.
There are hundreds of different neurological conditions including stroke, brain tumour, brain injury, Alzheimer’s and many rarer conditions.
Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing team and organisation. We are looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic HR professional who will utilise their previous experience to adopt a proactive, hands on approach within a fast paced HR environment.
We believe our staff are the greatest tool we have to make a difference in the lives of the people with neurological conditions and we want to ensure they are well supported and have everything they need throughout the key stages of their employment.
The newly created role of HR Officer will play a crucial part in supporting the HR Manager to deliver a best practice and comprehensive HR service that aligns the daily core HR functions with our organisational mission and values. This is a broad based, generalist HR role calls for high levels of responsibility, confidentiality and attention to detail.
Benefits of working for us
Working for The Brain Charity has some great benefits. All of these benefits are available upon starting unless stated otherwise.
- 25 days contractual annual leave in addition to statutory and public holidays, rising 1 day per full year of service upto a maximum of 28 days for full time employees. This is pro-rata’d for all part-time employees.
- Medicash – physical wellbeing support with a wide range of subsidised treatments including dental bills, optical care, alternative and complementary therapies, chiropody, health screenings and more.
- Premium Employee Assistance Programme – mental wellbeing support with access to 24/7 employee support services and face to face counselling sessions.
- mProve YOURSELF – a wellbeing app with a range of wellbeing courses.
- Skinvision skin health tracker.
- Online discount platform providing discounts on shopping, travel and gym memberships.
- 10% company pension on successful completion of 6 month probation. T & C’s apply for fixed term contracts.
- A range of family-friendly policies including flexible & hybrid working and enhanced maternity, paternity and sick absence entitlements.
- Free parking (when available) at Head Office, Norton Street, L3 8LR.
- Free Will writing service with Kwil Legal Services.
- Discounted Arriva bus travel
- A wide range of high-quality learning open to all with opportunities to train, develop and support to realise your potential.
Application information
We are an award-winning charity and have received The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest accolade given by the Crown to third sector organisations.
If you are passionate about our cause and would like to become part of a vibrant and diverse team, we would love to hear from you.
The Brain Charity prides itself on being an open and diverse place to work and we openly encourage those from minority groups to apply.
Apply now
To apply, you will need to complete the application form in the downloadable application pack here.
Please do not send in your CV as this will not be counted.
Closing Date: 5pm, Friday 27th September 2024.
Please note: we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.
Interviews for successful applicants will take place during the week commencing Monday 7th October 2024.
Please e-mail jobs@thebraincharity.org.uk or ring 0151 298 2999 if you have any questions.
