HR Officer (12 months FTC) – Leicester

Are you an HR professional who likes to make things happen?

At PA Housing, we’re looking for an HR Officer who can bring their expertise, build trusted relationships and make a real difference to the colleague experience.

You’ll work closely with managers and colleagues across the organisation, providing advice, coaching and support across a wide range of people matters. From complex employee relations to improving policies and ways of working, you’ll have the opportunity to influence, challenge and help shape what great HR looks like at PA Housing.

If you enjoy variety, solving problems and finding better ways of doing things, this could be the role for you.

We’re looking for someone who won’t just tell us what the policy says, but someone who can understand the situation, offer practical solutions and help managers get the best outcome. Someone who is confident, curious and passionate about creating a positive experience for our colleagues

Please note this is a fixed term contract 12 months

What’s in it for you.

• High street discount schemes
• Health cash plans
• 26 days’ annual leave, increasing to 29 after three years, with the opportunity to buy more
• Flexible bank holidays take them when it suits you
• Car leasing scheme
• Hybrid working offering you the flexibility to thrive in your role. You’ll have the opportunity to blend the best of both worlds, spending approximately two to three days per week in the office once settled in the role. This is flexible and depends on meeting cycles and board activity. We also offer an optional nine-day fortnight scheme, allowing you to compress your hours if it suits the ro

What you’ll be doing

• Providing generalist HR advice across the organisation
• Managing and advising on disciplinaries, grievances, attendance and capability cases
• Coaching and supporting managers through people-related challenges
• Acting as an HR Advisor in informal and formal meetings
• Supporting organisational restructures and business change
• Managing probation and performance reviews, absence and flexible working processes
• Developing and delivering manager training on HR policies
• Building positive relationships with colleagues, managers and trade union representatives
• Reviewing and updating HR policies in line with employment law
• Using HR data and insight to support performance and identify opportunities for improvement
• Supporting HR projects and helping us find better ways of working
• Challenging existing thinking and contributing to a positive, unified culture across PA Housing

We recommend you read the full job description to get a really good understanding of what the role entails, you can find this as a downloadable attachment at the bottom of the advert.

What we’re looking for:

We’re looking for an HR professional who is confident, proactive and genuinely passionate about people. Ideally, you’ll have:

• CIPD qualification or equivalent relevant HR experience
• Proven experience working at HR Officer level in a people-focused organisation
• Strong knowledge of employment law and HR best practice
• Experience managing employee relations cases
• Experience developing and implementing HR policies
• Experience building effective relationships with managers and stakeholders
• Excellent communication, influencing and negotiation skills
• The confidence to challenge and hold your ground when needed
• A proactive, “can do” approach and a passion for continuous improvement
• Experience using iTrent would be an advantage

If specific qualifications are required, please upload them with your application to demonstrate your eligibility.

At PA Housing, we believe in respect, integrity, and accountability. Our work is about people not just properties and we’re always looking for ways to do better. If that sounds like your kind of place, we’d love to hear from you.

AGENCIES: We know where you are if we need your support so please do not contact us.

To apply for this role please click on the apply button or for any enquiries please email recruitment@pahousing.co.uk – We reserve the right to close this job advert early if we receive a sufficient number of applications. Therefore, we advise you to apply promptly to ensure your application can be consider