HR Adviser

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a part-time HR Adviser to join a supportive team in Oxford. You will provide essential HR services, fostering relationships and supporting staff wellbeing. This role offers a chance to develop your HR career while making a positive impact.

Benefits

25 days holiday per annum

Free parking

Generous employer pension contribution

Access to wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Solid range of HR knowledge and experience in generalist HR contexts.
• Excellent communicator, proactive and adaptable.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality HR guidance and advice.
• Manage projects and policy development work.

Skills

Communication

Adaptability

Teamwork

Data Management

Organizational Skills

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to work for an organisation that makes a difference? An organisation that nurtures its staff, encourages development and rewards staff for their hard work. If the answer is yes, we have an incredible opportunity for you!

We are seeking a dynamic HR Adviser to join a fantastic HR team providing a respected generalist HR service that enables managers, staff, and clergy across the Diocese to flourish.

You do not need to be a practising Christian or have a faith to work here - around 50% of staff are not practising Christians but are comfortable with the Christian ethos that underpins our work. However, all staff do have a desire to make a difference.

Location: Kidlington, Oxford/hybrid

Hours: Part-time, 22 per week (0.6FTE), 3-4 days per week, exact pattern to be mutually agreed

Salary: GBP40,041 pro rata per annum (GBP24,024 actual per annum)

Contract: Permanent

Closing Date: Sunday 25th May 2025 at midnight

The Role

In this varied and pivotal role, you will offer high-quality guidance and advice in key areas of the employment cycle, reinforcing good employment practice and offering pragmatic solutions. Managing a range of projects and policy development work, you will seek to positively impact diocesan life, exemplifying the values of contemplation, compassion, and courage. You will foster strong relationships across the diocese, and of particular importance is the expertise and empathy you will bring to supporting clergy and staff wellbeing by partnering with occupational health services. Additionally, understanding the significance of acquiring and retaining the best talent in an environment where all are welcomed is essential.

About You

We would love to hear from you if you enjoy deploying your solid range of HR knowledge, skills, and experience gained from working in generalist HR contexts. An excellent communicator, you are proactive, adaptable, and a team player who is confident juggling tasks and multiple priorities. Comfortable with data and HR systems/Microsoft Office, your detail-oriented and highly organized approach ensures you get things done efficiently.

This is an excellent opportunity to develop your HR career within a friendly and motivated team that shares your passion for people!

Benefits and rewards include:

• 25 days holiday per annum, pro rata, increasing annually by one day up to a maximum of 30 days
• In addition to statutory UK public holidays, the Diocese offers three privilege days
• Free parking and subsidised on-site café
• Generous employer pension contribution of 12.5%, including death in service benefit (5% Employee Salary Sacrifice Contribution)
• Electric car and cycle-to-work salary sacrifice schemes
• Access to wellbeing support via Employee Assistance Programme
• Enhanced family-friendly policies and a generous sick pay provision
• Access to low-interest financial services from Churches Mutual Credit Union, including loans

The Organisation

The Diocese covers Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, and Oxfordshire, serving over 50,000 worshippers in 808 parish churches each week. It makes a significant impact through villages, towns, cities, and global missions. The church schools educate more than 58,000 children, and chaplains serve in universities, prisons, hospitals, and the armed forces. Over 1,700 social action projects are supported, partnering with other agencies to serve the region's most needy.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews. If you do not hear from us, your application was not successful.

The Diocese is committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion. All qualified applicants will receive consideration regardless of sex, age, gender identity, pregnancy, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, religion, or other protected characteristics. We welcome your application.

You may also have experience in areas such as HR, People, Personnel, HR Advisor, People Advisor, Personnel Advisor, HR Officer, People Officer, Personnel Officer, Human Resources Advisor, or Human Resources Officer.

PLEASE NOTE: This role is advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.

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