Human Resources Assistant

**Band 3**:
**Main area**
- Human Resources

**Grade**
- Band 3

**Contract**
- Secondment: 12 months

**Hours**
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Home or remote working

37.5 hours per week

**Job ref**
- 343-NN-6941490-FM-HM-A

**Site**
- Gateway Building, Epsom

**Town**
- Epsom

**Salary**
- £28,622 - £30,225 pro-rata, per annum, inc HCAS (Outer)

**Salary period**
- Yearly

**Closing**
- 19/02/2025 23:59

**Interview date**
- 27/02/2025
- _The pay scales advertised have been confirmed by NHS England, we are awaiting confirmation of when these will be reflected. The new scales can be found here: _Pay scales for 2024/25 | NHS Employers_

At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.

**Job overview**:
**Human Resources Assistant (Employee Relations)**

An new and exciting opportunity has arisen for a Human Resources Assistant to join our Employee Relations team.

We are a friendly, supportive and nurturing team and we are looking for a like-minded person to join us. This is a great opportunity that would suit anyone with an interest in Human Resources and supporting employees, sometimes in challenging circumstances.

If you have good administrative and computer skills, along with a friendly and confident approach, we would love to hear from you.

The role will be based full-time at Epsom Gateway, with occasional travel to other sites for meetings.

For the right person, there may also be the option of some home based working to suit the needs of the role and the post holder, up to a maximum of 2 days per week.

**Interview Date: 27th February 2025**

**Main duties of the job**:
The HR Assistant role is a key role within the employee relations team and central to our success. You will draw upon your excellent communication and interpersonal skills, to ensure our processes run smoothly, with respect for individual needs and within agreed timescales.

As the Administrative expert in our team, you will respond to first line enquiries and set up meetings and training sessions. You will ensure arrangements are in place for hearings and appeals, take notes and ensure outcome letters are sent. You will also be responsible for updating templates and ensuring confidential records are easily accessible and secure.

To be successful in this role, you will have excellent IT skills, the ability to work to tight deadlines and a calm and empathic approach. You will thrive in a busy working environment, where patient care and employee experience are a priority.

If you are interested in developing a wider career in human resources or administration, we can provide coaching and additional learning opportunities.

**Working for our organisation**:
**Working for your organisation**:
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.

We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.

The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
**Person specification**:
**HR Assistant**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Administrative and Customer Facing experience
- Level 3/GCSE Maths and English (or functional skills)
- Understands the role expectations and customer needs
- Interpersonal and communications skills
- Notetaking/typing/meeting experience
- Confidentiality and Data Experience

**Desirable criteria**:

- Level 3 Certificate CIPD
- HR Assistant Experience
- Public Sector Experience

**Skills**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Computers and Typing
- Dealing with Data
- Responding to requests

**Understanding of the role**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Knowledge of Diversity and equality
- Value of Respect

**Desirable criteria**:

- Awareness of Employee Relations Work

**DBS**: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in th