HR Officer in Milton Keynes

We are looking for a graduate that is keen to learn and develop their skills to become an HR Officer. Join a great HR Team and work for a national charity.

Salary: £27,800 plus support to complete a CIPD qualification after probation.

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 who can 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 support various HR meetings, prepare documents, communications, and files, and update our HR system in relation to all HR matters. You will also need to maintain and analyse related spreadsheets.

Following your probation period, we are happy to consider supporting you to gain a professional CIPD qualification. As you develop, we will support you in gaining knowledge of employment law and employee relations. You will have the opportunity to support and 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 supportive HR Team.

About you

It’s essential that you get what we’re about and support MacIntyre’s approach, ensuring your work and how you do it, is aligned with MacIntyre’s purpose, DNA, and values. 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 and you must be effective 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’ll need to be a driver with your own transport as the role involves some travel 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)

How to apply

If this job sounds like the right fit for you, click on the Apply button on the MacIntyre website. You will be asked to complete some brief details and a supporting statement of no more than 400 words outlining why you have the knowledge, skills, and experience to be successful in this role. You will also be asked to upload your CV.

Please note: we reserve the right to close this advert early if we have received a sufficient number of applications, so don't delay, apply today.

Safer Recruitment and Diversity statement

MacIntyre safeguards and promotes the welfare of the children, young people, and adults we support. Therefore we work with successful candidates to complete appropriate checks prior to joining. MacIntyre is committed to promoting equality, encouraging diversity, and embracing inclusion among our workforce. We want our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and the people we support.