People Partner
Flexible – Chippenham/West Midlands
Salary – £50,000 (+ £750 Car Allowance) per annum
Contract type – Fixed Term (Maternity Cover)
Working hours – Full Time
Closing Date – 24 October 2022
Interview Date – TBC
About the role
We now have an exciting opportunity for a new People Partner to join GreenSquareAccord`s People Team to support central business functions.
As a People Partner, you will lead the customer facing side of HR as an ambassador for the People team. Your core purpose will be to provide strategic and commercial HR support to the business area functions in order to deliver the local and corporate business plans.
You will be passionate and proactive in supporting the Executive Director of People and Director of People Experience to implement the people strategy in your business areas and work with the wider people team to ensure that the people function provides a simply brilliant service to its customers.
You will support directors and heads of functions with complex employee relations issues to mitigate business risks. You will also identify business risk areas and work with your directors and heads of functions to put together a plan to sustain an improvement.
About you
It is essential that you hold a Masters level qualification in Human Resources Management or have equivalent experience.
To succeed in this role you must have demonstratable working knowledge of people policies, processes, legislative requirements and best practice and have demonstratable knowledge of current employment legislation.
You will have exceptional communication skills across a broad range of stakeholders and the ability to flex communication style to the appropriate audience. Strong influencing skills and ability the to collaborate cross functionally is essential for this role.
About us
GreenSquareAccord is one of the biggest social housing and care providers in England.
We believe passionately in our mission to build better lives and provide social housing and support services to 54,000 people across our four localities. We are proud to play an active role in helping people to deal with the consequences of the housing crisis by providing affordable homes for people in our communities who need them most.
We also provide care and support to some of the most vulnerable people in society. This includes support for people who are homeless, experiencing domestic violence or are part of the criminal justice system.
Our purpose
We are proud to be able to support tens of thousands of people across England by providing affordable housing and care to help people live independently.
Our focus is on building better lives. Everything we do is about people – whether that`s providing a good quality, safe home or providing care which helps someone to live an independent life.
Our colleagues live and breathe this social purpose and we need great people, with skills across a range of disciplines, to make this happen.
Working for GreenSquareAccord gives you the chance to bring your skills and expertise and make a real difference. It doesn`t matter which role you are considering applying for, your work will help thousands of people build a better life.
The GSA Way
We know that how we do things is just as important as what we do. To help us make a difference, together, we created the GSA Way.
A culture we commit to, aspire to, and live and breathe. Commitments and behaviours which together make our organisation what it is.
Our five core commitments are:
You can read more about the GSA Way in our recruitment pack.
Benefits
In support and recognition of our colleagues who will help us deliver our employer strategy, we offer a fantastic benefits package. This includes; annual holiday entitlement (plus statutory bank holidays); a defined contribution pension scheme; trust based flexible working and a Confidential Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
All individuals who apply to work at GreenSquareAccord are considered on their merits in line with our Diversity and Inclusion strategy and policy.
GreenSquareAccord are a Disability Confident Employer therefore we actively encourage applications from individuals with disabilities and try to provide access, adjustments, equipment or other practical support where required. All applicants with a disability who meet the `essential eligibility criteria` for the role, as detailed in the job description, are guaranteed an interview.
If you need any assistance, adjustments or adaptations throughout our selection processes please let us know.
