People support Assistant
Grade 2 (SCP 5-6) £24,790 - £25,183 pro rata per annum
Part Time – 18.5 hours per week
Permanent
Interview Date: 14 February, 2025
Based at City Hall, Plater Way, Sunderland
Following completion of induction & training, flexible & agile working is available.
We are proud that Together for Children Sunderland is rated ‘outstanding’ in a judgement by Ofsted in 2021, in recognition of the stability of our very well supported and talented workforce who deliver an ongoing commitment to improving children’s outcomes.Join us and help us in continuing our outstanding journey!
We are seeking to appoint a People Support Assistant to provide effective and efficient, business administrative support to our very busy People Support team. Main duties will include support and guidance on a range of people focused policies and procedures to managers and employees, as well as to Academies and other external customers. Other duties include:Provision of administrative support across the full spectrum of Company HR functions; Collation and issue of recruitment and selection correspondence to Managers and colleagues, ensuring that safer recruitment principles are maintained; Assisting Business Partner colleagues in preparation of papers/reports/data for employee relations meetings; To provide a proactive, innovative and responsive support service to the People Services team.
This is a very busy team so the ability to be flexible, manage and prioritise workloads is essential to the service.
We are looking for a candidate who: has excellent communication and strong IT/keyboard skills
has a clear understanding of the need for confidentialityhas experience of working in a very busy office
is customer focused and has a high level of commitment to work in partnership with a range of people across all functions of the Company, Academies and our external partnersWe have many benefits on offer to our employees. Please see our Employee Financial Wellbeing & Support Guide contained in the supporting documents on North East Jobs.
Visa sponsorship: We welcome applications from all nationalities; however, successful candidates must, by the commencement of employment, have the right to work in the UK. Unfortunately we can’t offer sponsorship for this role due to certificate limits.We do review this regularly.
For any additional information about this role, please email peoplesupport@togetherforchildren.org.uk