HR Assistant

Renaissance Care (Scotland); Musselburgh; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Refer a Friend Bonus Scheme

Rewards & Recognition Programme

Free learning and development

Paid PVG Check

Free uniform & PPE

Opportunities for progression

Continuous training and development

Blue Light Card Access

Concert for Carers Membership

Free Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Renaissance Care (Scotland) seeks a proactive HR Assistant to join its People Services team in a fast-paced environment. You will support Regional HR Advisors with a broad range of HR activities, including onboarding, offboarding, letters, minutes, and absence management.

Maintain the HR system and handle employee queries with confidentiality and professionalism. Experience in HR or admin roles and strong organisational skills are essential; CIPD Level 3 or willingness to pursue it is

Qualifications

• Experience in HR or administrative roles
• Strong organisational and communication abilities
• Willing to work towards CIPD Level 3

Responsibilities

• Produce HR letters
• Draft minutes of meetings
• Assist with absence management cases
• Support HR projects, reports and audits
• Manage onboarding and offboarding
• Maintain HR system
• Be first point of contact for employee queries

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Customer service orientation

Discretion / confidentiality

Education

CIPD Level 3

Tools

MS Office

HRIS

Job description

We are looking for a proactive and organised HR Assistant to join our People Services team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to develop their career in Human Resources within a supportive, collaborative and fast-paced environment.

Hours of work: 35 hours per week

As the HR Assistant, you will work closely with the Regional HR Advisors to support them with a broad range of HR activities. This will include producing HR letters, minutes of meetings, assist with absence management cases and support with any HR projects, report or audits. You will play a key role in ensuring a high-quality HR service is delivered across our Homes.

In addition, you will manage the onboarding and off boarding of processes, contract changes and general maintenance of the HR system. You will be the first point of contact for employee queries.

Ideally, you will have experience of working within a HR environment or in an administrative capacity, have excellent organisational and communication skills with a positive, proactive and customer focused approach.

We are looking for someone who can manage multiple priorities, maintain confidentiality and demonstrate strong attention to detail. In addition, understanding HR processes, strong IT skills and employment legislation would be advantageous.

Requirements

An essential aspect of the role is upholding Renaissance Care’s values of People, Friendly, Passionate and Inclusion. You may already hold your CIPD level 3 and if not you would be willing to work towards this.

Closes 06/09/26 - applicants will not be contacted before the closing date.

As well as a competitive rate of pay, we offer all of our employees the following benefits:

• 'Refer a Friend' Bonus Scheme
• Rewards & Recognition Programme
• Free learning and development
• Paid PVG Check
• Free uniform & PPE
• Opportunities for progression
• Continuous training and development to help you achieve your goals
• Blue Light Card Access
• Concert for Carers Membership
• Free Employee Assistance Programme, providing additional help and advice to support your wellbeing, physical and mental health inside and outside the workplace