Overview

HR Officer/Advisor

Salary: Highly competitive, dependent on experience and skills + Benefits.

Hours: Part-time, permanent (3 days/21 hours per week).

Based at Ampleforth Abbey YO62 - on site with opportunity to work hybrid.

Closing date: 3 October 2025.

Benefits

• Up to 8% employer-matched pension
• Life assurance
• Free lunch during working hours
• Free on-site parking
• 20% discount at the Abbey Shop
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Christmas Closure

About Ampleforth Abbey

Ampleforth Abbey is home to the UK's largest Benedictine monastic community, rooted in the Rule of St Benedict. Our mission is to seek God through prayer and service, and to invite others to experience faith in action.

Located in the Howardian Hills near York, the Abbey sits within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and welcomes thousands of visitors each year to its Retreat Centre, Visitor Centre, Shop and Tea Room.

Ampleforth Abbey Trust, a registered charity, works alongside the monastic community to support this mission. With around 60 lay staff, the Trust delivers on a five-year strategy, choosing a Future Together, to ensure a sustainable, faith-led future for the Abbey and its valley home.

Role Purpose

The HR Officer is responsible for overseeing the HR service for Ampleforth Abbey Trust and contributing to a warm, collaborative work environment within the Trust. Collaboration will be a cornerstone for delivering a HR service. The role requires adaptability to a varied workload, transitioning between generalist HR support, recruitment, strategic initiatives, and more.

Main Responsibilities (not exhaustive)

• Ensure a professional, fair, and consistent approach to the HR function required by the Trust.
• Ensure the organisation's policies and procedures are adhered to, reviewed and updated annually as required, to minimise risk and promote a positive culture.
• Work with and, where appropriate, coach Line Managers to provide support/guidance/advice on HR issues, ensuring accurate documentation to support processes.
• Embed best practice while ensuring advice and documentation comply with relevant Trust policies and the ACAS Codes of Practice.
• Maintain proactive relationships with line managers to support the overall delivery of the HR service.
• Maintain HR systems and documentation, keeping employee and HR information up to date.
• Collate, analyse, and report on data to identify trends and provide proactive resolutions for improvements.
• Establish and maintain relationships with external suppliers who provide HR materials or services.
• Stay current with industry trends and best practices in HR.
• Support recruitment processes and provide support and documentation to recruiting managers as required, in an accurate and timely manner.
• Produce required HR documentation (e.g., offers of employment, HR-related letters) within agreed timeframes.
• Promote and support wellbeing and work-life balance, managing energy levels for self and others, and recovery after peak workload periods.

Skills and Attributes

• Proven experience as a HR Generalist or similar role.
• Proven track record of producing accurate documentation and maintaining up-to-date records.
• Knowledge of HR methodologies, strategies, and techniques for the future as the role grows.
• CIPD qualifications (ideally level 3) or willingness to undertake this.

Ampleforth Abbey Trust is committed to the highest standards of safeguarding. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

How to Apply

If you feel you possess the relevant skills and experience, please send your CV.

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