Summary
Are you a people’s person? Looking to take the next step in your HR career?
Job Description
Here at UWLSU we have a strong commitment to employee wellbeing – we have IIP Gold Accreditation and consistently achieve results in excess of 90% for our annual benchmarked employee engagement survey. We have also been ranked by our students as the Number 1 Student Union in England for the last 4 years.
We are currently working on the development of our new Strategy for 2023-2028, so now is an excellent time to join us.
We are a team of 38 full-time employees and up to 100 part-time student staff and we deliver on a range of areas focused on improving the engagement, retention and success of our student members. We undertake work focused on policy and advocacy; advice; events and community development.
This role is supported by a team of two HR Coordinators and covers the full scope of HR related operations including recruitment; retention; reward; payroll; business partnering; policy and strategy. The Manager function is also assisted by retained external HR advisors.
A key focus of this role in the coming 12 months will be:
The development of an employee wellbeing strategy
Preparation of a new workforce plan
Expansion and development of the organisations learning and development activities
Review of the employee recruitment and onboarding experience
This role would ideally suit someone with at least 3 years’ experience working in HR that has a desire to step up to a manager role and is interested in the broad spectrum of the HR function. The role presents an opportunity to work with a fun and dynamic team and in an organisation with a proven track record for caring about the development and wellbeing of our employees.
The role is offered with a salary of up to £40k and consideration will be given to part-time or other engagement options.
The SU offers a great range of employee benefits including flexible working; gym membership; up to 27 days annual leave, plus Bank Holidays and Christmas closure; generous pension provisions; learning and development programmes; travel, bike and IT equipment loans and a range of other benefits.
For a confidential discussion about the role, please get in touch.