People Coordinator

Company Description

At Catch
22, we are proud of our reputation as a modern and progressive employer. Our 1,300 colleagues and 300 volunteers work at every stage of the social welfare cycle, supporting over 60,000 individuals from cradle to career. Our work spans education, social justice and rehabilitation, children's social care, family support, social action and getting people into work.

The People & Payroll Team plays a critical role in supporting our services to deliver our work. We're a team of nearly 20, and work from our offices in Brasted, Kent, Central London and remotely (with travel to our services).

If you're looking for a job in HR and already have impressive administrative and organisational skills and experience, as well as working towards your CIPD Level 3 or equivalent then we have the ideal role for you.

As HR People Coordinator you will be delivering a customer‑focused HR processing service for a number of areas of our organisation. You will be working with our Service Managers to ensure they work to our HR polices, processes and practices. This will include:

• Carrying out Pre Employment checks and generating contracts of employment for new members of staff.
• Processing variations to contracts and payroll changes and administering the leavers processes.
• Monitoring key events and dates relevant to the employment relationship (e.g. end of fixed term contract, DBS renewals) and taking appropriate action.
• Updating our HR system (MHR People First and iTrent, known internally as HouRS) to reflect changes and ensure that records are up to date.
• Dealing in a sensitive and professional manner with enquiries from all sources and maintaining privacy and confidentiality at all times.

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You will be managed by our People & Payroll Shared Services Manager and will be working with a team of People Coordinators who support other areas of the organisation, so there will be plenty of opportunities to learn from others, hear more about what we do and how you play a part in the bigger picture.

You will also be working closely with the rest of the People Team:
Our People Director, People Partners, Director of Employee Experience, Recruitment, Payroll, Learning & Development and the Wellbeing team. Your relationship with our payroll team is also going to be key.

An understanding of, or keen interest in HR is essential, while some experience of the area would be desirable. We will also look to supporting you with further development and in gaining a recognised qualification in HR support.

To succeed in this role, you must possess good strong administrative skills – including a familiarity with Word and Excel. You will be able to work on your own initiative and maintain confidentiality. In addition, you must be able to demonstrate:

• The ability to build and develop strong working relationships
• A strong customer service ethos and good communication skills
• The ability to work effectively under pressure
• Time management and prioritisation skills
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.

• Experience of working in a busy Human Resources or Finance Department.
• Experience of using an HR database system.
• Knowledge of the main areas of HR administration
• Able to develop basic administration procedures.

Salary: £27,184.00 per annum

Hours:

Full time,
37 hours a week
, Monday-Friday – 9 am-5 pm.

Contract:

This role is
permanent
.

Location:

Rectory Lodge, High Street, Brasted. We can offer hybrid working in this role, with a minimum of 2-3
days in the Brasted office
. Equipment required to work from home will be supplied.

Access to your own means of transportation would be beneficial, as the local bus service is unfortunately not very frequent or reliable. We recommend you research your potential commute ahead of applying.

Successful admission to post subject to an employer Right To Work in the UK check. The post-holder must have right to work in the UK. Catch
22 does not currently provide a licence to sponsor visas but please see this register to see those that do.

See the benefits of working for Catch
22 here.

Unless otherwise stated,…