Do you love a challenge?

We have an exciting opportunity for an HR Advisor to join our team.  This is a new post which has become necessary from the growth of Space.  We have approx 125 employees across our 9 sites with a policy of developing our own staff.  For the right candidate we would foresee this role developing into a more senior role as Space continues to grow

About the job

Location: One of our centres (negotiated with successful candidate) with some home working

Employment type: Permanent

Hours of work: 37 hrs per week (30+ could be considered)

Salary: £31 - £33K FTE

Deadline for application: Sunday 5th March 2023

Interview Date: Wednesday 22nd March 2023 10am - 3pm

Job Ref: DYS220

If you’d like an informal discussion about the role, please contact Victoria Stoker on 07590639431

What is the role

• Responsible for HR processes for Space

• Collaborate with the Leadership Team to develop excellent HR practice for Space

• Monitor and review policies to keep up to date with changing legislation and practice

• Support line managers in implementing HR practice

• Develop team and self to move into more responsible roles within Space

• Attendance at the annual Space engagement event on a weekend and occasional Saturday or evening training will be required

About You:  

• CIPD L5 or equivalent

• 3 - 4 years of recent experience in a similar or related role

• Knowledge of or ability to learn digital HR management systems

• Interest in continually improving processes, practice, the team and self to achieve excellence

• Flexibility to work at a number of our sites along with the opportunity to work from home

• Flexibility on daily working times where there is a business need

Space is continually striving to be an inclusive organisation. Equality, diversity and inclusion are threads that run through all our work, and should run through all our relationships with colleagues, partners and all those we work with.  We go beyond the approach described by the Equality Act 2010 and choose to take an anti-oppressive approach to our work and how we behave as an organisation.

We encourage applications for this role from all backgrounds in respect of ethnicity, age, disability, gender, sexuality, religion and socio-economic background.

What We Offer 

• Annual leave: 5 weeks for the first 5 years then additional days depending on length of service (pro-rata’d for part-time roles)

• Additional 3 Statutory days given between Christmas and new year plus bank holidays

• Pension contributions starting at 6% rising to 8% in the third year

• Employee assistance programme 24/7

• Free on-site parking at some sites

• Combination of office and home working available

• Casual dress code

• Flexible daily schedule

• Social occasions

• Continuous Professional Development: Formal and informal training opportunities

• Enhanced sick pay

• Trained wellbeing champions available for a chat

• Chromebook and work mobile

• Value-driven culture

 How to Apply

• Download and complete the supporting statement below.

• Return your completed supporting statement, along with your CV to recruitment@spacepsm.org Or post to: 100 Club, Wear Barton Road, Exeter, Devon EX2 7EH

• Interviews may be conducted by phone / video / online - method to be advised and dependent on the individual and Covid restrictions in force at interview date - details will be given at offer of interview

• Unless specified when sending through your completed application, we do not normally acknowledge receipt of applications