HR Assistant

We are One Housing and we create places for people to call home and support them to live well. With a breadth of services and expertise to help people whatever their housing, care, or support needs.

Our Human Resources team is friendly and we love what we do. We are passionate about the high-quality service we provide to all of our customers who are also our colleagues across the organisation

We offer our new team members a welcoming, collaborative workplace and the chance to build a rewarding career with a not-for-profit organisation that is proud to make a genuine difference to people’s lives, each and every day.

 Join our Human Resources team as a HR Assistant

Our Human Resources service sits at the heart of what we do. By providing outstanding support to our colleagues, our HR Team enable them to be their best at work - creating a well-managed, diverse and engaged workforce.

 The variety in the team’s work reflects the breadth of services we offer and the invaluable support provided to the wider One Housing workforce.

We’re an organisation with strong values. We keep our promises; we do a great job; we value diversity; we work together; and we look for ways to improve. These are what make us such a great team, working together as one to achieve our vision.

The Role

We have a fantastic opportunity for someone to join us in the position of HR Assistant based partly in our modern offices in Camden, a vibrant, lively part of central London, and partly working from home remotely on a hybrid working basis . Working alongside other HR Assistants, Officers and Advisers to provide HR services in a specific business area, your responsibilities will include:

• Welcoming new starters by supporting them through their digital onboarding process and helping with aspects of the recruitment process
• Ensuring that our colleagues are paid correctly each month, in line with our HR Team procedures and digital systems, in close liaison with our third party payroll provider.
• Ensuring that any changes to employee contractual terms are communicated, processed and recorded in an accurate and timely way, giving staff clarity about their employment situation at all times
• Once trained, uploading employee data and produce reports from our HRIS and ensure other employment records are kept up-to-date, for everyone’s reference
• Acting as the first point of contact for colleague queries on all HR issues – responding and resolving issues directly where possible and escalating to other HR colleagues as needed

What you will need to succeed

We are looking for someone who believes in working together as part of a team, who shares our values and who is friendly, resilient and engaging. The successful candidate will:

• We are specifically looking for someone with at least six months’ experience of working in a busy HR environment
• Previous payroll & HR administration experience would be highly desirable
• You could be from a customer care or hospitality background dealing with people every day in a HR capacity
• You must be able to collaborate and keen to assist others
• Be confident is dealing with people and using your initiative to resolve their issues, in line with our HR policies and procedures
• Looking for a long term career - We offer a fantastic opportunity to develop your HR career!

The Offer

Our Life@One benefits offer you an array of perks designed with your wellbeing in mind.

                                      Salary : £24 - £26,000

• Your holidays are important to us. Take up to 28 days annual leave plus bank
• Lean travel. Spread the cost of your commute with a season ticket loans and our Cycle2Work scheme, open to all colleagues
• Looking forward to your big bucket list trip? You can buy or sell up to five days annual leave each
• Get paid to do good. We offer you two days off on full pay each year to volunteer in our own
• Look after your loved ones. Our healthcare cash back plan allows you to claim back cash for you and your family’s healthcare.
• Well done! With our colleague recognition programme you will know when you’ve done a #greatjob
• Learning never One Academy, our innovative, in-house learning and development offering is designed to help you take your career to the next level.
• We’re here for you. Our employee assistance programme offers counselling and support for you and your family 24/7.
• Stay book-smart. Take up to five paid days off per year to study toward a relevant qualification.
• Experience new things. We offer you a career break after 3 years’ continuous service.

About Us

As an organisation with a strong social purpose, One Housing works in some of the most diverse communities in the UK and their workforce reflects that. We understand the strength we gain from having and supporting our diverse teams. The different skills and experiences that our colleagues from different backgrounds bring to us allow us to make better decisions, consider different views and be an altogether more interesting and cohesive place to work.

We welcome applications from everyone.