HR Officer

**Are you a graduate who is keen to learn and develop your skills to become an HR Officer? Join a great HR Team and work for a national charity.**

MacIntyre has a role for a graduate to gain a wide range of experience in Human Resources (HR), training to be an HR Officer at our Head Office in Milton Keynes. We will provide you with the training to become a respected go-to person with the expertise to advise both managers and employees, fostering good people practice and promoting equality, diversity and inclusion.

The initial focus of the role will be on wellbeing, coaching and advising managers on supportively managing wellbeing and improving sickness absence levels. You will attend various HR meetings, prepare correspondence, communications and files and update our HR system in relation to all HR matters.

Following your probation period, we are happy to consider hybrid working arrangements and supporting you to gain a professional CIPD qualification. As you develop, we will train you in employment law and employee relations. You will have the opportunity to be involved in HR projects, reviewing and drafting HR policy and guidance, as well as supporting more complex HR matters.

This is a great opportunity to start a career in HR, working within a friendly and collaborative HR Team.

**About you**

It’s essential that you get what we’re about and support our vision for all people with a learning disability to live a life that makes sense to them.

You need to be educated to degree level and be able to demonstrate great communication skills. You must be able to make effective use of Microsoft Office and be willing to learn and use our HR and other systems. This is a busy team so you must be good at managing your time and prioritising your workload.

You’ll need to be well organised and able to build effective and professional working relationships at all levels. We are looking for somebody who is prepared to learn more about HR working in our sector, with a commitment to wellbeing as key to a great workforce.

**You must be a driver with your own transport** as the role involves some travel to from time to time to other MacIntyre sites.

**About us**

MacIntyre is a national charity which supports over 1,200 people with a learning disability and/or autism.

We were founded in 1966 by the visionary parent of a child with disabilities and have been growing steadily ever since. We celebrate and develop everyone’s unique gifts, talents and contributions.

**Pay and Rewards**

We provide a range of benefits to reward and thank our staff which includes:

- Six weeks' annual leave including statutory public holidays
- Workplace Pension scheme - MacIntyre will contribute 3% of your salary to all eligible employees
- MacIntyre Staff Savings Scheme
- Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) to support your health and wellbeing
- Health Cash Plan which provides money back on core health treatments such as: optical, dental, physiotherapy, chiropody (at reduced cost)
- MacIntyre Sick Pay (qualifying period)
- Life assurance scheme offering valuable benefits to your dependents
- MacIntyre Rewards Scheme which recognises and rewards staff
- MacIntyre Perks which offers up to 6% discount off leading retailers including Tesco, Curry/PC World, Costa and many more
- Access to the Blue Light Card which offers thousands of amazing discounts online and on the high street for emergency and social care staff.
- Enhanced DBS Certificate (cost paid by MacIntyre)

The salary for this role is £22,000 plus a £2,000 car allowance (plus mileage expenses) and after probation we will support you to gain a CIPD qualification.

**How to apply**

**COVID-19 Information**

We will take every precaution to keep you and everyone involved safe during the recruitment process and your employment with MacIntyre. We encourage all our employees to follow Government advice and get vaccinated against COVID and flu.

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