HR Officer

Location

Bristol | United Kingdom

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Who we are:

Triodos Bank is an award-winning organisation and one of Europe’s leading sustainable banks, whose mission is to make money work for positive social, environmental, and cultural change. We offer a wide range of banking services for people who want to use their money consciously – from current accounts through to investments and savings. We only finance companies, organisations and projects that benefit people and the environment.

Our mission is -

• To help create a society that promotes people’s quality of life and that has human dignity at its core
• To enable individuals, institutions, and businesses to use money more consciously in ways that benefit people and the environment, and promote sustainable development
• To offer our customers sustainable financial products and high-quality service

We’re a certified B Corporation, meaning that we are part of a community of businesses driving the shift to a new kind of economy, that is better for workers, better for communities and better for the environment.

The Opportunity

We are delighted to be recruiting for the permanent role of HR Officer to join our HR team at our Bristol Head Office. This offers the benefits of flexible hybrid working, typically requiring on average 1-2 days in our Bristol office per week with the option to work from home on the other days (following an initial induction period).

The overall purpose of this role is to support the HR Business Partners and wider business by providing policy and procedural advice to managers and co-workers about various elements of the overall co-worker experience, taking the lead on delivery of specific co-worker processes and contributing to and supporting overall HR service delivery improvements.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Advising and guiding managers and co-workers on policy and process across the co-worker lifecycle, implementing associated documentation and HR system tasks as needed.
• Providing oversight and support with queries raised via our HR service Desk and HR inbox, ensuring a timely and accurate response for internal and external stakeholders.
• Leading monthly payroll processing activities, working closely with the HR Apprentice and external payroll and benefit service providers. Oversee annual payroll activities including P60 and P11D provision by third parties.
• Supporting our Organisational Development Lead on mental health and wellbeing initiatives, including guidance and proactive communications to co-workers and further developing our Mental Health First Aider community.
• Supporting HR Business Partners with investigations, job evaluations, HR policy reviews & maintenance, HR projects and strategic initiatives, and regulatory activity under the Senior Manager & Certification Regime.
• Ensuring confidentiality and data protection of all co-worker information, complying with all legal and regulatory obligations.

What we are looking for:

To be successful in this role, you will be a well-organised and practical individual with good knowledge of current employment law and best practice in HR and ability to balance multiple and conflicting priorities.

You will have previous experience answering HR queries and providing advice to co-workers and managers based on HR policies as well as strong communication skills and a passion for employee experience and wellbeing. Ideally you will be CIPD certified or working towards achieving CIPD qualification.

With high levels of accuracy and attention to detail and you will also be comfortable using and manipulating data. An interest in and experience of HR and payroll systems, in particular Sage People, is also highly desirable.

Triodos Bank is proud of its culture, ethos, and ability to make a positive change in society. It is important that candidates evidence a strong commitment to Triodos Bank’s core values of sustainability and transparency, as well as the personal qualities to live these values.

Offer

In return for your hard work and expertise, you will receive a salary of between £30,000 - £35,000 Full Time Equivalent salary depending on experience, plus access to our extensive benefits package, where most of our benefits are non-contributory.

Our benefits include:

• Non-contributory pension scheme from your first day of 8% in year 1 and 10% from year 2 onwards
• Life Assurance (worth 4 times basic pay)
• Income Protection - 75% of basic pay after 13 weeks sick and following six months service
• Private Medical Insurance with optional enhanced or HCP family coverage
• A Health Cash Plan
• Vitality Leave – After each 5 years of service, you will be able to take a sabbatical of up to 3 months
• 27 days (Full Time Equivalent) annual leave plus bank holidays per annum increasing to 30 days after 2 years’ service
• A buy and sell holiday scheme of up to 5 days (Full Time Equivalent) up to maximum of 35 days total annual leave
• 5 days fully paid carers leave
• A wellbeing allowance of £200 a year
• 1 Wellbeing Day
• Free yoga classes
• Co-worker retail discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Refer a Friend scheme
• Colleague recognition voucher scheme

We are committed to diversity and inclusion and would therefore welcome applications for candidates from underrepresented and neurodiverse backgrounds. We value that receiving applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds is key in supporting our inclusive organisation to grow. We don’t want to miss out on candidates who feel they don’t exactly match the job description requirements, so if this is a role that sounds interesting to you, and you feel you could add value to the role please do apply. You could be exactly what we need!

Triodos reserve the right to close the vacancy once sufficient applications are received, so please do apply asap if this opportunity is of interest to you.

Closing Date: 22/03/2024

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£30k - £35k per annum