First Community Health and Care

People Administrator

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Job summary

Are you looking to improve your work/life balance and/or for a new challenge where you can develop your HR administrative skills?

This is your chance to join First Community Health and Care, a staff owned social enterprise providing frontline NHS services in east Surrey.

We are currently looking to appoint a People team Administrator, who is organised and self-motivated with an interest in employment related matters and HR, to join our friendly team and make a positive contribution towards working life at First Community Health and Care.

You will provide support for a range of activities including recruitment and selection, payroll administration, preparing hearing packs and documents for meetings, running monthly reports and providing general administration. You will be supported and trained in all aspects of the First Community Health and Care processes and procedures.

This role is a hybrid role so you must be able to travel into the office at least one day each week. Part time hours, job share and other flexible working options will be considered. This is a great opportunity for someone looking to gain valuable experience in the HR field, secondments are also welcome.

Please apply by copying your CV and providing a supporting statement on how you meet the requirements set out in the person specification and job description.

Main duties of the job

As part of the People team, you must be able to demonstrate the ability to self-motivate and use initiative to take decisions, ensuring that both routine and ad hoc work tasks are completed in a professional way.

In return not only will you be joining an exciting and growing organisation, you will be offered a great package consisting of a generous annual leave entitlement, access to the NHS pension scheme, a range of personal and career development options, wellbeing initiatives and flexible working opportunities.

If you have strong administrative, communication and teamworking skills and are seeking to build a career in the HR profession, we would be keen to hear from you.

This role is fixed term until 31 May 2024.

For further information please contact Eve Given, Head of People on 07855087364 or Lucy Jones, Deputy Head of People on 07483 049340.

About us

Do you want to be part of an organisation that is committed to providing first rate care and services to its local community?

First Community is a CQC rated Good staff owned social enterprise, which delivers NHS community services to residents across east Surrey and in parts of West Sussex.

First Community is a great place to work, everyone here has a voice and is supported to develop their career to its full potential. We offer all our staff: NHS terms and conditions, high quality training and development opportunities, flexible working to enable a good work life balance, an inclusive and friendly work environment, an NHS pension, flexible retirement options and employee benefits including a car salary sacrifice scheme.

First Community values diversity and inclusion and is committed to the recruitment and retention of under-represented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

Sustainability is integral to First Community achieving the NHS Net Zero target. All staff are therefore actively encouraged and supported to implement new ways of working within their field of expertise.

Applicants are advised to apply early as we reserve the right to close the advert prior to the advertised closing date should we receive a large number of applications.

Date posted

20 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year +5% HCAS, pa

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

6 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working

Reference number

B9078-FC-913

Job locations

First Community Health & Care

Bonehurst Road

Redhill

RH1 5EL

Job description

Job responsibilities

The responsibility of the People Administrator will be to provide a responsive and customer focused end to end administration service across the People function.

The post holder will be responsible for working with the Recruitment team to provide support with all recruitment related administration. Ensuring that all recruitment is conducted inline with the NHS Employment Check Standards. The post holder will also be responsible for payroll administration, preparing hearing packs and document for meetings, running monthly reports, maintaining filing systems and providing general administration.

They will also be required to provide support for any People related projects within the team.

The full job description can be found under supporting documents.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The responsibility of the People Administrator will be to provide a responsive and customer focused end to end administration service across the People function.

They will also be required to provide support for any People related projects within the team.

The full job description can be found under supporting documents.

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

Excellent communication and organisational skills with the ability to prioritise own workload and act on own initiative.
Ability to build effective working relationships with managers, service leads and external stakeholders
Ability to use all areas of Microsoft Office to a high standard.
Excellent level of written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to deal with sensitive and confidential information

Desirable

Ability to provide statistical data clearly and accurately

Qualifications

Essential

NVQ 3 or 4 in administration or related subject or demonstrable equivalent proven experience

Desirable

Certificate in Personnel Practice (CPP) or equivalent level of knowledge obtained through relevant training and experience.

Other

Essential

Ability to identify when to escalate matters
Attention to detail

Experience

Essential

Experience of working in an administration role
Demonstrable experience of working to tight deadlines and the ability to complete tasks with minimal supervision.
Experience working with online systems

Desirable

Experience of working in HR
Knowledge of Agenda for Change or equivalent terms and conditions of service.

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

Excellent communication and organisational skills with the ability to prioritise own workload and act on own initiative.
Ability to build effective working relationships with managers, service leads and external stakeholders
Ability to use all areas of Microsoft Office to a high standard.
Excellent level of written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to deal with sensitive and confidential information

Desirable

Ability to provide statistical data clearly and accurately

Qualifications

Essential

NVQ 3 or 4 in administration or related subject or demonstrable equivalent proven experience

Desirable

Certificate in Personnel Practice (CPP) or equivalent level of knowledge obtained through relevant training and experience.

Other

Essential

Ability to identify when to escalate matters
Attention to detail

Experience

Essential

Experience of working in an administration role
Demonstrable experience of working to tight deadlines and the ability to complete tasks with minimal supervision.
Experience working with online systems

Desirable

Experience of working in HR
Knowledge of Agenda for Change or equivalent terms and conditions of service.

Employer details

Employer name

First Community Health and Care

Address

First Community Health & Care

Bonehurst Road

Redhill

RH1 5EL

Employer's website

https://www.firstcommunityhealthcare.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

First Community Health and Care

Address

First Community Health & Care

Bonehurst Road

Redhill

RH1 5EL

Employer's website

https://www.firstcommunityhealthcare.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)