People Assistant

Full Job Description

Job Title: People Assistant 

Location: Hybrid working from Bolton Head Office, 2 days a week in the office

Contract Type: Maternity Cover for 6 months starting from September 2024

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Salary: £24,000 per annum 

Closing date: 2nd Sept 2024

 Our Core Benefits include: Up to 39 days annual leave (including BH, One Moment in Time day and opportunity to buy 5 extra days), Minimum 9% Contributory Pension, Life Assurance, ‘The Hub’ discount marketplace, EAP, Occupational Health, Sick pay, Family Friendly leave, Expenses and Mileage, Tech Scheme.

*We recently made our 4-day working week permanent! Once you pass your probation at NFG, you will be part of our 4-day working week scheme, based on performance. This means you will do 80% hours for 100% pay!*

This is a fantastic opportunity to join the National Fostering Group as a People Assistant. Our Head Office is based in Bolton and you will be expected to be in the office at least 2 days per week.

About the Group

Its official, we have been rated as a Great Place to Work 2024! 

88% of employees at National Fostering Group say it is a great place to work, compared to 54% of employees at a typical UK based company! Please read more about why our employees love working here: https://www.greatplacetowork.co.uk/certified-company/1574411 

With over 20 years’ experience, National Fostering Group is the largest independent children’s fostering group in the UK with a community of over 3,000 foster carers. We support just over 4,000 cared for children through 31 agencies across the UK.

As a Group, we work with Local Authorities to provide the highest quality of care for children and young people. All of our fostering agencies are officially recognised by Ofsted, Welsh and Scottish regulators as either ‘Outstanding’ or ‘Good’ which we are extremely proud of.

About the Role

The People Assistant will act as the first point of contact for all end-to-end employee lifecycle queries. You will provide an efficient and comprehensive service for employee related enquiries ensuring that records and HR systems are accurately maintained. It is important you ensure policy and regulatory requirements are adhered to for all administration activity.

This is a varied role that covers all aspects of the People team including Human Resources, Recruitment and Compliance. Every day will be different and give you the opportunity to become an expert across all areas with the support of our managers.

As part of your role, you will complete pre employment checks on all new starters to ensure we recruit and retain the best employees. This means NFG can continue to offer fantastic care for their children and young people.  

Who we are looking for

The successful applicant will have experience in a customer focused role offering a proactive, competent clerical and administrative service. It is essential that you have previous HR administration experience and are confident communicating with a range of stakeholders via phone, email and Microsoft Teams.

You must be competent at producing and maintaining reports, as well as keeping our system up to date and accurate. You will be dealing with sensitive information so it is important you are professional and polite at all times and handle issues with diplomacy.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all employees to share this commitment and undertake appropriate checks.

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer.