Linkage Community Trust is a charity supporting people with learning disabilities across Lincolnshire and East Riding. Specialising in high quality specialist education, care, day services and employability support. Supporting individuals, their carers and their families is key and this role will play an integral part of delivering the people agenda.
‘Our vision is that people with learning difficulties and disabilities have opportunities and choice and are supported to achieve their aspirations’. More information about Linkage Community Trust is available on our website: linkage.org.uk.
We value diversity and aim to have a diverse workforce that reflects the community and the people we support, in line with our vision, values and inclusion commitments. We encourage applications from all sections of the community.
The People and Culture Manager will be joining a motivated team to lead on bringing people, process and technology together to deliver core services as efficiently and effectively as possible. The post-holder will promote our continued transformation and provide leadership for a broad array of HR functions, including all aspects of transactional HR, recruitment, onboarding, HRIS, reporting and compliance procedures.
The successful candidate will join Linkage Community Trust at an important and exciting time. We have an ambitious corporate strategy to provide person-centred services that enable individuals to develop skills and behaviours to live independent lives. This is underpinned by our four pillars:
1. Impact
2. Capacity
3. Sustainability
4. Growth
Linkage Community Trust is a learning disabilities charity and a values based organisation. Our values are central to providing high quality, personalised and effective care, support and education to our clients and students. Therefore, our core values are at the heart of everything we do and we are committed to the following:
Respect
In this directorate, you will manage a small team and report to the Associate Director of People and Culture. You will have responsibility for enabling change and for ensuring that Linkage demonstrates best practice in all aspects of HR. The key measures of your success will be your ability to provide credible, up to date guidance; to manage the office functions effectively; and to support colleagues in managing their teams confidently.
If you prefer to be hands-on, you will thrive in this role. You will need to be aware and on top of what is happening in our care and lifelong learning directorates, as well as the strategic discussions with your key customers in equal measure. You will lead on payroll and support the Leadership Team with their recruitment needs. We are keen to appoint a candidate who has a successful track record of managing a team through positive change and in being a role model for our management team colleagues.
This is a great chance to make your mark in an established and growing business – we are keen to talk to candidates who are already Level 5 CIPD qualified or equivalent and those that are well on their way to achieving this.
We are keen to meet you if you have a great track record of leading and managing a comprehensive, professional people advisory and support service.
Benefits of working for Linkage:
* Health and wellbeing support including employment, financial and mental health via an employee assistance programme BHSF
* Eligibility for a Blue Light Card (£4.99 for 2 years’ membership)
* Membership to the ‘Company Shop’ for discounted food and household products
* Linkage Lottery cash prizes
* Long Service bonus every 5 years
* Recommend a friend bonus
* Life assurance x 5 annual salary
* Free Parking
* Learning and Development Opportunities
Please email recruitment@linkage.org.uk with any job enquiries, or if you require assistance or experience difficulties when applying.
Please note that successful candidate(s) will be asked to evidence their Right to Work in the UK post-job offer – we do not hold a sponsor license therefore we are unable to provide Visa sponsorship.
Location: Hybrid working (a mixture of onsite, home/remote working). Various locations to offer in North East Lincolnshire & Lincolnshire.
We are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer.
You will be joining a 600 plus team of staff and volunteers who are working county wide in the Lincoln, Spilsby, Skegness, Louth, Mablethorpe, Beverley and Grimsby.
As an equal opportunities employer, Linkage Community Trust is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join Linkage.
How to apply:
All applications for this vacancy are to be submitted online, and strictly no agency calls or agency CV submissions. Communication is undertaken via email, we advise you check your inbox and junk mail. Should you be offered a role, you will be required to complete an Enhanced DBS check.
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