HR Officer

HR Officer

Salary – £29.163

Full-time 35.75h per week, fixed term July 2023 –August 2024

Location - Meadowbank Sports Centre

With a team of over 1000, we recognise our people as our biggest asset. Well-trained, motivated, confident, and capable staff are core to delivering our vision to inspire Edinburgh to be a more active and healthier city.

With that in mind, we are looking for a proactive people person with a passion for HR to join our team for 13 months of maternity cover as an HR Officer.

Working as a part of the HR team, on a day-to-day basis, you will:

• Provide guidance and advice to all employees on applying and interpreting HR policies and procedures. Support managers with absence and performance management investigations, and disciplinary procedures.
• Provide support at meetings, maintain, and record minutes and prepare written reports regarding short and long-term sickness, disciplinaries, capabilities, grievances, redundancies, probations, flexible working requests, return to work meetings etc.
• Maintain and update HR records and employee details, personnel files, sickness absence records, timekeeping, and payroll.
• Support venue managers and the recruitment manager with recruitment and selection processes, and onboarding of successful candidates to always ensure adequate staffing.

Our ideal candidate will have:

• A proven record of accomplishment of successfully delivering in a wide range of HR activities, including recruitment, attendance management, onboarding, resource management and manager support/advice.
• Empathetic, compassionate, and approachable personality with excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to clearly convey information and ideas to people at all levels of the organisation.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to problem-solve and prioritize to strategically develop creative solutions.
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail with the ability to work well under pressure.
• Ability to capture, store, and examine evidence in an objective manner.
• Great listening skills, kind and understanding approach to handling difficult situations and highly sensitive information and data.

In return we offer:

• Generous holiday allowance (32 days, rising with service up to 40 days)
• Paid sick leave
• Company pension
• Flexible working hours
• Opportunities for training, career growth and development
• Free membership across all our centres with access to fitness centres, gyms, and swimming pools
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Access to discounts with a huge number of retailers (saving money in cinemas, restaurants, clothing, and electronics shops, on insurance and healthcare and much more)

This is a hybrid role with time spent between our head office at Meadowbank, Edinburgh Leisure venues across the city and home working.

To access the HR Officer job description, terms of service and to apply, follow the link to our web page and register your application.

Closing date – Monday 29th of May

Assessment date – Monday 05th June