Are you an organised, proactive and people-focused individual who's looking to build a career in Human Resources?
We're now on the look out for an HR Assistant to join us on a full-time, permanent basis covering the North East of Scotland. This is a great opportunity to join a welcoming, professional and truly people focused HR team.
This role can be based permanently in our Dundee or Glasgow office, or part of our hybrid working model where a minimum of 3 days will be spent in our Dundee or Glasgow office. If looking to work in a hybrid way, we will need you to live within a reasonable commute of Dundee or Glasgow.
The Role
Working within a fast-paced environment, you'll get to develop and learn new skills within various aspects of HR. This is in an exciting and varied role where no two days are the same.
As one of our HR Assistants you'll work alongside our HR Advisor and wider stakeholders across the organisation, providing general HR administrative support. You'll assist with day-today HR tasks including; managing enquiries, preparing agendas, minute taking, updating records, processing occupational health referrals and HR invoices.
Please see our attached role profile for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
About You
It would be great if you have previous experience within an HR setting, but this isn't essential if you're bringing a strong administrative background, sound attention to detail and excellent communication skills.
What we’ll need you to bring: -A minimum of a years' experience of working in an administration/secretarial role Organisational and time management skillsA polite, approachable and friendly manner with a passion for helping othersExcellent communication skills, both verbal and writtenThe ability to produce high quality, accurate workConfidence working with office-related computer packagesThe ability to work well in a team and on your own initiativeA positive approach with a eagerness to learn
There will be occasions that we'll need you to travel to other Cornerstone branch locations for meetings and training (travel expenses would be reimbursed as set out in our expense policy with travel reimbursed by HMRC legislation.
About us
Cornerstone is one of Scotland's largest charities with 45 years' experience providing great care and support for adults with various support needs across Scotland.
We operate over 18 local authorities in Scotland and provide a wide range of services to over 2,000 individuals each year. Our focus is to encourage social inclusion, reduce loneliness, and improve health, independence and wellbeing by working closely with the people we support and their families, setting personal goals with them, and ensuring they receive the care and support they need to live the best life possible.
We want our colleagues to feel and be truly valued and recognised for the highly skilled, life-changing work that they do every day. By joining our team, you'll not only help us achieve our purpose of delivering high quality care and support, you’ll also help us with our commitment to develop and maintain an empowered, high performing workforce.
What makes Cornerstone a great place to workYour job actually changes and improves lives - you'll make a difference in your local communitiesWe have a culture of empowering our colleagues and teamworkNo uniform - we wear our own clothesWe fund up to £500 towards driving lessonsFree parking on-site at our Dundee officeWe operate a flexi-time model for business support colleaguesAccess to funded qualifications through our SQA approved, award winning Training AcademyOngoing continued professional development and career progression opportunitiesRecommend a colleague bonus schemeLong service awardsAccess to a 24/7 independent employee assistance helpline26 days annual leave (rising by 5 days after 5 years) plus 4 paid bank holidaysFamily friendly leave options, including family, parental, bereavement and special leaveAccess to lots of discounts, including the cinema, gym memberships, holidays and shopping to name a few
Do you have any questions? To find out more, please contact Heather McAteer, our HR Advisor at heather.mcateer@cornerstone.org.uk
Do you have what it takes? What are you waiting for? Apply today! We'd love to hear from you.
We will be interviewing shortlisted candidates as applications come through on a rolling basis, therefore we strongly encourage you apply early to avoid disappointment.
The successful candidate will need to undergo a level 2 disclosure check through Disclosure Scotland.
Please note - If you have spent more than 12 months out with the UK (excluding France, Germany. Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania or Spain) within the last 10 years while over the age of 18, you will be asked to provide a criminal record certificate from the relevant government/police authority as part of our pre-employment checks.
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