Overview
Health & Safety and HR Assistant – NN1 1ED
Our Benefits
We are committed to continuous improvement, building a skilled, knowledgeable, and flexible workforce alongside promoting innovation and creativity whilst keeping children, young people and families at the heart of all we do.
We really value our workforce and offer you a great benefits package including:
- 28 days annual leave, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time) and an additional 5 days, after 5 years
- Local Government Pension Scheme plus immediate life cover (3 times your annual salary from day one) and ill-health pension protection.
- Opportunity to purchase up to 25 days annual leave
- Employee Assistance Programme – We have an employee support programme run by Health Assured, an independent, external organisation. Health Assured is available for you and your immediate family members, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and includes telephone counselling, legal advice, bereavement support and medical information.
- Employee discounts with local and national retailers, days out, finance, health and beauty, travel and eating out plus lots more.
- Flexible and family working arrangements including enhanced maternity benefits
- A permanent, supportive and inclusive management team where you will be empowered to make good professional decisions
- Extensive Learning & Development and career development opportunities
- Subsidised town centre car parking scheme
About the role
Are you a determined and resourceful individual looking to develop your career?
Do you have the skills and desire to join our team, keeping children and young people at the heart of all we do?
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Human Resources team, within Northamptonshire Children’s Trust. You will be joining our small team of HR professionals, who have a variety of experience and CIPD/Industry recognised qualifications. We are a mutually supportive team, helping to contribute towards the NCT’s journey in delivering sustainable improvements to the lives of children, whilst looking after the people we employ and creating an organisation that all of our colleagues can be proud to work for.
This will be a busy and varied role with responsibility for managing our inbox for Health and Safety along with our shared inbox for HR.
If you wish to discuss the role further, please contact Isobel at Isobel.Hynes@NCTrust.co.uk
Please do not send CV’s, to this email address only applications submitted via the recruitment portal will be considered.
About you
You will need to be:
- Well-organised and able to deal with multiple priorities
- A good communicator with the confidence to liaise with managers and employees throughout NCT as well as with our external partners.
- Resilient, with attention to detail and a can-do attitude
- Proficient in general computer use and Microsoft packages
- Previous experience of working within a HR / Health and Safety or similar environment is advantageous but not essential.
When applying please ensure your supporting statement covers how you fulfil the essential criteria set out in the person specification as this will be used for shortlisting. You will need to provide a full employment history including any gaps since leaving full time education
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers
