People & OD Assistant London HQ with hybrid working. 21 hours per week (days/times can be negotiable) Fixed Term Contract / Secondment opportunity (until end of May 2025) £28,998 - £32,736 per annum plus London Weighting of £5,094 per annum pro rata* As a People & OD Assistant you’ll use your enthusiasm, initiative and excellent administrative and customer service skills to deliver an exceptional service to our people. In this varied role every day is filled with possibilities. You’ll be the first point of contact for all queries from staff and managers on People & OD processes and procedures throughout the whole employee journey from recruitment to retirement. You’ll maintain our records and systems, draft employment contracts and letters, produce sickness absence reports, support recruitment admin and process payroll documents. To join us you’ll need exceptional customer service and administration skills and, experience of working within a busy HR function. To succeed at the Royal College of Nursing all you need to do is think bigger, better and brighter. And with an attitude like that, anything’s possible. What we offer you We expect you to look after your customers. And we expect you to be rewarded for it. We offer an impressive range of benefits, a broad range of learning development opportunities and an award-winning health and wellbeing programme. We offer annual leave up to 32 days plus bank holidays and three additional days for the Christmas break plus generous maternity, adoption, paternity, and shared parental leave packages. *We offer a competitive pay structure with annual pay progression until you reach the top of the salary scale. We normally offer new employees the first point of the salary range, although you may be able to negotiate a higher starting salary depending on your skills, experience and current salary. We are a diverse organisation and understand everyone has different needs and many of our employees enjoy flexible working enabling them to deliver results whilst having a good work life balance. Our hybrid working model allows for up to 60% of your working time to be carried out from home. At least 40% of your working time will be spent working in person. Our selection process Please click the ‘apply now’ button to submit a CV and answer the supporting questions online demonstrating how you meet the criteria for this role. You may not be shortlisted if you don’t. Please ensure your CV is in a simple format with minimal tables and sections. Any identifying information in your application will automatically be anonymised for shortlisting purposes. We want your experience applying for a job with us to be the best it can be. We may hold our interviews and assessments in person or by video call. If you foresee any problems, please let us know. As a proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme we actively encourage applications from people with disabilities. Contact details For more information or for an informal discussion about the role please contact Lisa Halton, People & OD Coordinator at [email protected]. For more information about the recruitment and selection process please contact [email protected]. Opening date: 21 June 2024 Closing date: 11.59pm on 07 July 2024 If we receive many applications after a week of advertising, we may close this vacancy earlier. Selection dates: 17 July 2024