POST:

 Human Resources Officer (HR Officer)

LOCATION:

 858 Finchley Road, Barnet, NW11 6AB

SALARY:

£25,000-£28,000 per annum, depending on experience

HOURS:

Full time: 37.5hours, flexible and hybrid working conditions

Reports to:

Head of People and Operations

Direct Reports:  NA

About Resources for Autism (RfA)

Since 1997 when we started as a small playgroup set up by parents dismayed at the lack of
provision  for  their  autistic  children,  Resources  for  Autism  (RfA)  has  grown  into  a  major
deliverer of services and support in London and the West Midlands with a turnover of around
£2.5m per year. Our mission is to support and enable autistic people to live happy and fulfilling
lives. We want to change society’s attitude to autism whilst also providing essential services
and  enriching  opportunities  to  autistic  people.  We  are  a  values-driven  organisation  which
employs  values-driven  people  who  want  to  make  a  difference.  Our  values  are:  Inclusion,
Creativity, Compassion, Courageousness and Expert. You will play a vital part in ensuring that
we can resource and sustain this amazing work.

Our Services

All  of  our  services  across  children  and  adults  and  parent/carers,  mirror  the  wider
organisational mission of providing safe, fun and meaningful support that enables personal
development. We provide this support by ensuring our staff are skilfully trained, meet the
highest  safeguarding  expectations  and  are  encouraged  to  develop  and  upskill  throughout
their career with Resources for Autism.

The Role

We are excited to welcome applications for a passionate and conscientious HR Officer role. In
this role, you’ll provide essential People Services (PS) and administrative services support and
collaborate with various stakeholders to ensure smooth operations across the organisation.
You will contribute to developing policies, enhancing PS systems, and driving service delivery
improvements.

Join  us  in  shaping  a  forward-thinking  team  committed  to  delivering  exceptional  service  to
both employees and management.

The person needs be a change champion and be able to work with transformational change
management to obtain greater effectiveness for the clients we support, or people, and the
organisation.

Main Responsibilities:

•  Be the first point of contact for HR concerns/advise. Provide first-line people services
support and guidance to employees in accordance with relevant policies, procedures
and practises that comply with relevant legislation, and escalating any issues as
needed.

•  You will be work with the Senior HR and Communication Administrator to recruit
suitable candidates in line with the company’s safer recruitment process. This
includes liaising with the hiring manager, updating JD’s, screening CV’s, shortlisting
as per the JD, arranging interviews, making offer letters and contracts.

•  You will also support the Senior HR and Communication Administrator in completing

candidate references background checks, and ensuring candidates are fully
compliant before being moved forward for induction.

•  Ensure the compliance of HR personnel files, database indicating status of relevant

paperwork and ensure all necessary documents and paperwork have been processed
in line with Safer Recruitment Policy and data management requirements.
•  You will also develop and maintain excellent relationships with candidates and

understand individual requirements to ensure better planning and coordination of
recruitment and job fairs.

•  Organise a quarterly Induction session for all new joiners of that quarter. Send

invites, track attendance.

•  Manage the probation process by sending the probation form to the Manager in a

timely manner.

•  Manage key people services processes such as contract variations and leaver

actions.

•  Work with the Head of People and Operations on Policy Development & Service
Improvement by focusing on best practices and employee-centric services.
•  Provide administrative support to the people services team, including helping

organise training and maintaining the staff-training records.

•  Work closely with the Head of People & Operations to maintain a database of all

employee grievances/complaints, assist and take minutes in HR meetings:
Investigations, hearings, and prepare appropriate communication for the process.
•  Use the HR People System (Hi-Bob) to update staff details together with Senior HR &

Communications Administrator and Operations and Payroll Manager

•  Ensure the correct information is passed on to the HR team so they can ensure the

staff database on People HR is maintained, involving all required staff
documentation so they can be uploaded and managed effectively in line with GDPR,
& Company Policy.

•  Maintain effective systems of work and high-quality data, accurately completing all

transactional HR activity in relation to the full employee life cycle, ensuring
Compliance at all levels.

•  Uphold and adhere to the values of RfA at all time.
•  Ensure there is always compliance with RfA’s safeguarding policies and procedures.
•  All staff are expected to promote equality in the workplace and in our services.
•  Undertake any other duties asked of you that are commensurate with your grade.

Person Specification

Skills and experience
Experience of working within
HR or L&D best practice at an
operational level
Minimum 3 years' experience
of People services
administration
Experience of Learning and
Development processes
Experience of at least one HR
process such as performance,
grievance, disciplinary and
attendance management
Policy reviews and
development
Creating and developing good
and sound HR processes
Deliver training on HR and
other matters, or be able to
work towards this
Carry out investigation and
fact-finding exercises
following a referral into HR
Be able to search for
efficiencies across the full
spectrum of people services
Change or transformational
management administration
experience of 2 years or
more
Standard skills expected of
all staff
Excellent communication
skills (written and verbal)
adaptable to different

Essential

Desirable

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populations including:
colleagues, external
professionals, service users,
families, volunteers, donors
Strong organisational and
prioritisation skills

Good understanding of
Safeguarding

IT skills: proficient with
Office 365
Self-starter and able to work
independently, using own
initiative
Non-judgemental,
compassionate

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Confidentiality
You will have access to confidential information concerning families and other service users
and will be required to maintain confidentiality at all times.

Staff Benefits
90% of our staff say that Resources for Autism is “a great place to work”.
Not only will the work you do ensure we are making vital differences and inspiring others, but
our other benefits also include:

•

flexible working patterns with the option to work in a hybrid way (only available
for some roles)

•  25 days of leave (pro rata for part time roles) each year plus 8 bank holidays and
an additional 3 Celebration days that could be used between Christmas and new
year, but may be used for other religious days or significant days such as your
birthday

•  access to ongoing training and progress in the areas that interest you
•  access to our wellbeing initiatives and an Employee Assistance Programme
•  enrolment on to our pension scheme
•  a supportive, warm and fun working environment made up of values driven
people who are passionate about changing the world for autistic people

Application process:

In  order  that  we  adhere  to  Safer  Recruitment  processes,  all  applicants  are  required  to
complete an application form which must include your full employment history with clear
details, any gaps in employment need to be outlined and explained. You are also required to
provide details of your education history.

In  your  personal  statement  we  would  like  to  see  how  you  feel  you  meet  the  person
specification and the requirements/responsibilities of the role.

If for any reason, such as due to accessibility, you feel you would struggle to complete an
application form you can contact us via the below email and we may explore other options
with you.

To discuss the role informally or if you need to contact us you can contact the HR team via
recruitment@resourcesforautism.org.uk

We particularly welcome applications from global majority candidates, LGBTQIA+ candidates
and  disabled  candidates,  because  we  would  like  to  increase  the  representation  of  these
groups at Resources for Autism. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will
lead to even greater results for our community.

As you would expect, we are a neuro-affirming employer, with a strengths and rights based
approach to neurodiversity which affirms neurodivergent identity – we don’t want to “fix” or
“cure”  autism,  and  we  don’t  see  it  as  a  “disability”  however  we  do  recognise  it  can  be
“disabling”.  We  are  working  to  improve  the  ways  in  which  we  recruit  and  support
neurodiverse employees and those with lived experience of neurodiversity.

RfA  is  a  Disability  Confidant  employer  and  candidates  who  meet  the  minimum  essential
criteria, that have a disability will be guaranteed an interview.

Deadline for applications: 17th January 2026
Interviews:  week beginning 26th January 2026