About the role
As a Human Resource and Recruitment Assistant at North Northamptonshire Council, you will be at the heart of our HR operational advisory team collaborating with colleagues to deliver an efficient HR administration and recruitment service to all areas of the organisation.
You will reflect our “One Council” values and behaviours, ensuring that these are embedded within the culture of our organisation and leading by example.
The role will require travel between North Northamptonshire Council Offices.
This role offers an opportunity to provide a comprehensive and effective HR administration and recruitment service.
You will be the first point of contact to answer first line HR queries, directing managers to their nominated advisory support as required.
As a Recruitment Assistant, you will be supporting managers by continually developing our recruitment process to ensure best value for The Council.
Key points of the role will include:
* Timely response to customer needs.
* Maintain various HR systems and databases.
* Monitoring HR inboxes.
* Assisting with general HR issues.
About you
The successful candidates must have good working knowledge with Microsoft Office Packages such as Word, Excel, Power Point, and Outlook. This can be demonstrated by experience or certification.
You will have great verbal, written, communication, and organisation skills with the ability to prioritise work to ensure deadlines are met.
Interviews will be held on Monday 10th February 2025.
Why choose us?
We offer a vibrant working environment with:
* A pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
* Lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge, and potential in a large unitary council.
* Generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days.
* Hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.
We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.
About us
Our Values and Behaviours define who we are and how we operate, forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers and colleagues. They are:
* Customer-focused
* Respectful
* Efficient
* Supportive
* Trustworthy
We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and are committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process, offering an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.
North Northamptonshire Council re-signed the Armed Forces Covenant in June 2024, highlighting the Council’s pledge to support the Armed Forces community. The council obtained the silver status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) and is currently working towards achieving Gold status.
We aim to be a carbon-neutral Council by 2030.
Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council.
* Location: Municipal Offices, Bowling Green Road, Kettering, Northants, United Kingdom
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