HR Officer – Policy & Employee Relations
We are seeking a HR Officer to join our friendly team based at Walton Lodge and provide support to the HR team.
Working closely with the Head of HR, HR Administrator, Compliance Manager, Finance Department and Managers across the Charity.
You’ll play a key role in ensuring people processes are joined up, compliant and well understood, while supporting engagement, consistency and continuous improvement across the employee lifecycle.
What will I be doing?
The HR Officer will have full ownership of HR policy across Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity, ensuring all policies and procedures are current, legally compliant, consistently applied and reflective of the Charity’s values and operational needs.
The role will be expected to cover (but not limited to):
HR Policy Ownership (Primary Responsibility)
- Induction Coordination
- HR Analytics & Reporting
- Employee Relations & Support
- Employee Engagement & Culture
- Collaboration with other Teams
About You
Required Experience/ Qualifications:
- CIPD Level 5 or equivalent HR experience, with strong experience of writing and reviewing policies
- Experience implementing and embedding HR policies
- Experience coordinating inductions and onboarding processes
- Strong Excel skills, with experience creating dashboards and HR reports
- Knowledge of employment law and HR best practice in charities
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently
For You
- Workplace pension – 5% ER contribution (with an option to increase to 6%)
- Employee life assurance – 3 x salary
- Access to a 24/7 online GP and a range of other health and wellbeing services
- 6.8 weeks of Annual Leave (FTE) including Bank Holidays.
- Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave.
- Generous company sick pay allowance
- Membership of the Blue Light scheme, offering a wide range of discounts.
Hybrid & Flexible working
We’ll do everything we can to help you find a healthy work-life balance. Depending on the role people can sometimes work flexible work patterns, from home or part-time. We are always happy to explore options to help your work-life balance.
Employee Assistance Programme
You will have unlimited access to a 24-hour free, confidential telephone helpline. This service gives you free advice on a wide variety of issues such as legal advice, information and where appropriate, face-to-face counselling.
Tea, Coffee & Cake
Free tea, coffee and milk in our offices and shops and, more often than not, superb cakes and bakes from our generous volunteers and supporters.
Free Parking at Head Office
We offer free parking at our Head Office in Aylesbury and we try our best to make arrangements for our retail employees but unfortunately at some town centre locations we cannot offer this.
Keeping you Informed
Regular employee updates and a monthly e-bulletin to ensure employees feel involved, informed and listened to.
How to Apply
Please read the full job description and requirements here and send your CV or our application form together with a covering letter explaining your suitability for the role to recruitment@fnhospice.org.uk
Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity is committed to being an inclusive employer and we welcome applications from all parts of the community, especially those in underrepresented groups.