HR Advisor

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Do you want to make a genuine difference to society and for those in need?

Are you looking for your next exciting challenge?

Do you want to work for an organisation that cares about you, values you and looks forward to what we can do together?

Then come and join the team at YMCA Cheltenham as a HR Advisor.

We are looking to recruit a HR Advisor, based at our central team in Cheltenham, with a sense of social purpose to help improve the lives of others and make a lasting difference in the lives of children and adults throughout the County of Gloucestershire.

In return, you will receive a generous pension, life assurance, excellent ancillary benefits and you will become part of the YMCA Cheltenham family.

Being part of YMCA Cheltenham includes free gym membership for you and your household, as well as being invited to our fun and annual events exclusively for you and your family. You will also have access to and be in receipt of training and professional development opportunities for your entire career with us.

The role is 37.5 hours working Monday to Friday with hybrid working eligible, for up to 2 days working from home.   Working 30 or 35 hours would be considered too.

Salary is up to £32,655 per annum (based on 37.5 hours) but is dependent on a relevant HR qualification, experience and skills. 

ABOUT YOU

We are inviting applications for the role of HR Advisor, based in our HR team based in Cheltenham.

To be successful in this role, you will have previous HR advisor experience, or HR coordinator experience and looking for your next step in your HR career.   

You will have experience of working in a number of areas in HR, such as sickness management, employee relations, recruitment, performance management and the HR lifecycle.

You will be able to demonstrate the ability to effectively build good working relationships with a range of staff and stakeholders.

It is a small but growing HR team, so the ability to work in a team, share good practice, and coach and guide other HR team members is essential.

The HR team are a hard-working team, who have to juggle a number of different priorities each day.  The ability to be able to manage a large workload, but ensure at all times, that you maintain excellent attention to detail and accuracy.  Alongside you have the ability to work with tact and diplomacy and react sensitively and with emotional intelligence when dealing with complex, sensitive or confidential scenarios.

You will act in a professional and discretionary manner at all times and able to work in a highly confidential way with the ability to apply judgement, common sense, problem solve and find practical solutions to difficult challenges.

You will demonstrate evidence of an excellent standard of literacy, numeracy and English language skills. 

ABOUT US

YMCA Cheltenham, founded in 1855, is a registered charity and has become a leading provider of supported housing for the most vulnerable in Cheltenham and Gloucester, alongside other works sports facilities, affordable housing and other charitable activities.

Organisational Values

YMCA Cheltenham is an organisation founded on Christian values and, as such, employees may encounter behaviours, artefacts, or other elements particular to or representative of the Christian faith in their workplace.

As an organisation founded upon the Christian Faith, YMCA Cheltenham draws its Values from the Bible, principally as described in Micah 6:8. Our Values are therefore expressed as follows:

OUR VALUES

YMCA Cheltenham will OPERATE with Equity, Integrity, Openness and Honesty.

YMCA Cheltenham will ENGAGE with Empathy, Kindness, Generosity and Grace.

YMCA Cheltenham will BE Thoughtful, Discrete, Ethical and Respectful to all.

Employees are not required to adhere to the Christian faith, nor any faith, and no such consideration is made by the organisation in employment choices nor in delivering its services – however, we do expect all employees to demonstrate the list of Values shown while in the workplace.

ABOUT THE ROLE

This is a newly created role in the HR team to provide HR support to the Head of HR, enabling an excellent and strategic HR service to be delivered across the organisation.    

By supporting the Head of HR on processes, principles, and ways of working within the organisation, that establish good employer/employee relations, and good quality arrangements that benefit the staff and organisation, this role will help to ensure that YMCA Cheltenham becomes an employer of choice.

As part of a small busy HR team this role will provide day to day Human Resources support to the organisation.

You will be working on a range of tasks- such as sickness management, employee relations, recruitment, performance management and the life cycle of HR.  You will be working alongside your HR colleagues and stakeholders to ensure all tasks are completed to a high standard.

There may be occasional need to work different hours (such as working in the evening or earlier in the morning to meet night team staff, who work different shift patterns).

You will be expected to exercise initiative but alongside that you will be an excellent team player and able to build effective long standing relationships.

You must also be highly competent in office technologies, including Microsoft 365, cloud-based systems and ability to be able to pick-up in-house HR systems easily.

ABOUT WHAT WE OFFER

The organisation recognise that employees need a good balance between work and life. 

We provide:

• 33 days annual leave, inclusive of bank holidays, for full time employees (pro-rated for part time employees), which goes up after two years length of service, up to a maximum of a further 5 days annual leave
• Two additional wellbeing days, for full time employees (pro-rated for part time employees).
• Colleague discount and rewards from hundreds of leading on-line and high street retailers.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Generous contributory pension scheme.
• Company sick pay.
• Life Assurance of two times your salary, for peace of mind for your loved ones.
• Free Health club cash plan, which offers money off glasses, dentistry and provides GP and consultant support. This also provides independent personal, workplace and financial advice.
• Be surrounded and inspired by our team of passionate, dedicated people.
• Free use of the organisation’s sports facilities.
• Occupational Health, to ensure health conditions are managed appropriately and reasonable adjustments are put in place. 
• Comprehensive training programme for staff across the organisation to help develop each and every member of the team.
• Opportunities for employees to achieve relevant qualifications.
• Social events for employees and their family throughout the year.

We are committed to creating a dynamic and diverse workforce and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of their age, gender, disability, race or ethnicity, sexual orientation or faith. We have procedures in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process.

YMCA Cheltenham is committed to following safer recruitment guidelines.  In line with the requirements of the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996, all applicants must be able to demonstrate they have evidence to be eligible to live and work in the UK.  Successful candidates will need to provide two satisfactory references, undergo a DBS check and demonstrate full employment history. 

YMCA Cheltenham is wholly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment.