People Assistant - Permanent, Full-time position (37.5 hours)

Beeston, Nottingham: £26,081 - £27,454Farringdon, London: £29,317 - £30,860

This role is suitable for hybrid working, with the People Team working from the office 3 days and from home 2 days per week.

About the team
At MTVH we have an exciting opportunity for a People Assistant. This role is ideal for a graduate that has either studied HR, or has started their career in HR and looking to take the next step in their career.

This position reports to the Head of People and supports two People Advisors that provide a comprehensive People Service to the Property Directorate. This is a busy team supporting nearly 600 colleagues, so no two days are the same. The People Assistant is integral to the service being proactive and of real value to the wider business. In most instances you will be the first point of contact for our colleagues and support managers with being able to provide successful day to day people management.

What you'll need to succeedThis is a full and varied people assistant role which will include undertaking, but not limited to, the following duties: -

• To contribute to the development of a proactive, customer focused and efficient HR service through developing relationships and collaborating with key internal stakeholders.
• Proactively assisting, coaching and guiding people managers around all aspects of the employee life cycle, including probations, absences, flexible working, leave and general compliance of people with respect to their employment,
• Support the Head of People with major projects such as restructures to ensure that administration with respect to colleagues and the establishment are managed efficiently and in line with processes to protect the governance of data.
• Deliver HR advice and guidance to colleagues and people managers which will support them in navigating People policies and practices.
• Supporting the People Advisor with Employee Relations cases including preparing paperwork and note taking to ensure robust processes are followed.
• Deal promptly and professionally with colleague, manager, internal and external queries, delivering guidance and solutions that provide customer value and make their experience with the People Team easier.
• Apply and conduct the practical application of People policies, procedures and have a robust establishment control to effect good governance, manage risk to the business, and sustain and boost colleague engagement.
• Ensure at all times high levels of integrity by maintaining confidentiality of MTVH and colleagues’ confidential information and data at all times.
• To support and provide to the Head of People as and when required with running of reports to review and support activities to drive improvements.
• Operate as an integral member of the People team, keeping up to date with changes in employment legislation, case law updates and best practice.

To be successful in this role previous experience is desirable and on your application you should be able to demonstrate experience of: -

• Enthusiastic and engaged in delivering an HR Service that adds real value to the business
• A sound understanding of the principals of HR and how they support the business.
• Good attention to detail and ensuring accuracy in any work produced.

Please note :- we do not currently offer visa sponsorship.

What’s in it for you?

Our benefits include:-

• 28 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata for part time) per year
• 2 volunteering days per year for things like helping out in local communities
• An additional ‘Beliefs day’ once a year to have an extra a day off
• Supported family friendly approach with extended parental leave
• Enhanced pension with matched contributions of up to 9%
• Option to buy or sell up to 5 days annual leave per year
• Life assurance cover 3 x your salary
• Cycle2work scheme
• Hybrid Working - Dependent on job role and department
• Health cash plan scheme for your everyday healthcare needs which you can add your family members too
• Tenancy deposit – interest free loan to help with rental deposits and season Ticket loan
• Access to extensive learning and training opportunities with Wisebox platform
• Colleague virtual social platform with our workplace pages where you can keep up to date with the organisational activity and link in with colleagues
• Career progression across the organisation with our mentoring/coaching programmes, apprenticeships and career planning support
• Employee Assistance Programme- We are committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues and support this as an organisation

About us

We are committed to developing and implementing or maintaining sustainability initiatives to reduce environmental impact and promote sustainable practices within MTVH.

Learn more about our benefits and organisation by viewing our attached document

Our promise

Here at Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTVH) we want to capture the value that difference brings and are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We work collaboratively ‘Serving people better every day’ to educate, support and develop all of our diverse employees and the communities that we serve. We are also part of the disability confident employer scheme.

We want every employee and every customer to feel comfortable enough to be their true self and are working tirelessly in the background to create an environment that encourages our employees to challenge non-inclusive behaviours and to be mindful of their own and other’s wellbeing.

We provide a platform of Network groups for employees to share views, tell us what we’re doing well and recommend improvements. We want to create a real sense of community and a workforce who feel that their opinions are valued. Our Networks groups are:-

• Gender
• Ethnicity
• LGBTQ+
• Disability

Our core values of Dare, Care and Collaborate demonstrate that we are a people focused business, solving social issues by working together!

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found so we do encourage you to complete the application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.