Recruitment & People Coordinator

Allscreens Nationwide Ltd; Thurso; On-site; CAD 63,000 - 67,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Disability Confident employer scheme

Job summary

Cairn Housing Association is recruiting a Recruitment & People Coordinator to deliver high-quality HR support and advisory services aligned with Cairn’s vision and values. The role covers coordinating generalist HR activity, payroll collaboration with Finance, and maintaining accurate HR data and reporting.

The position is part-time, hybrid (3 days remote) in Thurso, with a focus on delivering timely payroll information, leave management, and continuous HR process improvements for a positive

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating generalist HR activities.
• Ability to provide first-line HR advisory and customer service.
• Experience with HR/OD data management and reporting.
• Understanding of employment law and policy compliance.

Responsibilities

• Provide effective coordination on a wide range of generalist HR activities to support the HR function.
• Deliver excellent customer service as the first point of contact in HR and offer first line advice to employees and external customers on policies and procedures to ensure a consistent and compliant service.
• Create content for updates to inform the wider business on HR matters and changes, then deliver through channels such as the intranet to ensure effective communication.
• Responsible for data management on all HR/OD systems with attention to detail to enable accurate reporting and monitoring, in line with legislation.
• Produce and analyse reports to support recruitment initiatives and to promote a diverse workforce.
• Manage annual leave processes across the Association, including holiday carryover and public holidays to ensure accurate leave entitlements and data storage.
• Identify and implement continuous development of HR process improvements to enhance the HR service and employee experience.

Job description

At Cairn Housing Association, we’re passionate about creating great homes, delivering great services and offering great opportunities for our people.

We are currently recruiting for a Recruitment & People Coordinator who plays a pivotal role in the delivery of an excellent HR support and advisory service to support the HR function in delivering and coordinating the service to our employees, in alignment with Cairn’s vision, values and business requirements.

Key Responsibilities – What You’ll Do:

• Provide effective coordination on a wide range of generalist HR activities, to support the HR function.
• Deliver excellent customer service as the first point of contact in HR and offer first line advice to employees and external customers on all relevant policies and procedures to ensure a consistent and compliant service.
• Create the content for updates to inform the wider business on HR matters and changes, then deliver through channels such as the intranet and other necessary means, to ensure effective communication.
• Responsible for data management on all HR/OD systems with excellent attention to detail to enable accurate reporting and monitoring, and in line with legislation.
• Produce and analyse reports to support Recruitment initiatives and to promote a diverse workforce.
• Manage annual leave processes across the Association, including holiday carryover and public holidays to ensure accurate leave entitlements, together with, calculating, reporting and storing data where necessary.
• Identify, support and implement the continuous development of HR process improvements to improve the HR Service and employee experience.

Payroll

• Work in partnership with Finance team to provide the necessary information and changes within the organisation, to ensure that monthly payroll is delivered on time and accurately.
• Provide accurate information on time including dates for employees who have been absent from work, on maternity leave or any other pay impacting processes.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Recruitment & People Coordinator

Company: Cairn Housing Association Salary: £33,773 - £35,550 Hours: Part-time Location: Thurso, KW14 8EG Working pattern: Hybrid - 3 days remote Job type: Permanent Posting date: 12 Aug 2026 Closing date: 27 Aug 2026

Summary

At Cairn Housing Association, we’re passionate about creating great homes, delivering great services and offering great opportunities for our people.

We are currently recruiting for a Recruitment & People Coordinator who plays a pivotal role in the delivery of an excellent HR support and advisory service to support the HR function in delivering and coordinating the service to our employees, in alignment with Cairn’s vision, values and business requirements.

Key Responsibilities – What You’ll Do:

• Provide effective coordination on a wide range of generalist HR activities, to support the HR function.
• Deliver excellent customer service as the first point of contact in HR and offer first line advice to employees and external customers on all relevant policies and procedures to ensure a consistent and compliant service.
• Create the content for updates to inform the wider business on HR matters and changes, then deliver through channels such as the intranet and other necessary means, to ensure effective communication.
• Responsible for data management on all HR/OD systems with excellent attention to detail to enable accurate reporting and monitoring, and in line with legislation.
• Produce and analyse reports to support Recruitment initiatives and to promote a diverse workforce.
• Manage annual leave processes across the Association, including holiday carryover and public holidays to ensure accurate leave entitlements, together with, calculating, reporting and storing data where necessary.
• Identify, support and implement the continuous development of HR process improvements to improve the HR Service and employee experience.

Payroll

• Work in partnership with Finance team to provide the necessary information and changes within the organisation, to ensure that monthly payroll is delivered on time and accurately.
• Provide accurate information on time including dates for employees who have been absent from work, on maternity leave or any other pay impacting processes.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

About Disability Confident

Disability Confident is a government scheme. It encourages employers to recruit and retain disabled people and those with long term health conditions.