HR Officer

www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk - Jobboard; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 14,000; Part time

Job summary

A community support charity is seeking part-time HR Officers to join their Edinburgh office. The role offers flexible working hours and responsibilities include administrative support for the HR department. Ideal candidates will have experience in HR, strong Microsoft Office skills, and must be able to work both independently and as part of a team. A CIPD qualification is desired. Salary is £13,349.92 per year for an 18.5-hour week, along with benefits including holidays and pension contributions.

Benefits

32 days holidays per year

Up to 8% employer contribution pension

Cycle to Work Scheme

Shopping discounts

Free 24/7 employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• 2 years’ experience in a similar role.
• Up to date knowledge of employment law.
• Ability to work flexibly on your own initiative and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Provide an effective administrative service to support the HR department.
• Offer advice and training to people managers across the organization.

Skills

Microsoft Office skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Self-motivation

Attention to detail

Education

CIPD Qualification

Tools

iTrent

Job description

Are you an experienced HR Administrator or Officer seeking a flexible part-time position that suits your caregiving responsibilities, study commitments or busy lifestyle?

We’ve got the role for you.

Due to a role restructure, we are now looking to appoint 2 part-time (18.5 hours) HR Officers to join our busy HR Department. With flexible hybrid working, from our Corstorphine, Edinburgh office, this could be the perfect role for you. This charity sector HR Officer position, offers you flexibility, accountability and job satisfaction in bucket loads.

Capability Scotland delivers exemplary care, support, and education for disabled children and adults across Scotland. We were founded in 1946 and have always strived to be a major ally in supporting disabled people to have full equality of opportunity and participation as citizens of Scotland. Our vision is of an inclusive Scotland where everyone has the opportunity to have their voice heard, contribute to society and fulfil their potential.

You’ll be joining an established HR team, reporting directly to the Head of People, and working closely with another HR Officer, HR Business Partners, the Learning & Development Manager, and the Recruitment Business Partner.

We work flexibly as standard; you need to be within commutable distance of our Edinburgh office (EH12) as we work 50% of our time in the office and 50% from home. We’re open to discussing start and finish times that work around your life.

This will be a challenging role, but on top of a great salary, excellent pension, and annual leave, we can offer you a real sense of job satisfaction. You will be supporting the people who support our customers to live their best lives possible.

Job Purpose

To provide an effective and efficient administrative service to support the HR department and wider organisation. To support the wider HR function by providing advice, support, and training to people managers across the organisation.

What will you bring?

2 years’ experience in a similar role
Skilled in the use of all Microsoft Office products, with strong reporting and administrative skills.
IT Literate; able to learn new systems quickly.
An ability to demonstrate a commitment to our five values: Values
High level of self-motivation, able to meet several deadlines.
Excellent organisational & communication skills with great attention to detail.
Ability to work flexibly on your own initiative and as part of a team.
Up to date knowledge of employment law.
Desired Skills/Experience

CIPD Qualified.
Knowledge of the social care sector.
Understanding of HR systems, ideally iTrent.
Able to start with us quickly.
Working with Capability Scotland brings you lots of benefits:

£13,349.92 per year and a 18.5-hour working week(open to discussing days/times)
32 days holidays per year, increasing to 37 with service (pro-rata).
Up to 8% employer contribution pension
Up to 3x annual salary Death in Service benefit
Cycle to Work Scheme
Shopping discounts through the Perks At Work scheme
Free 24/7 employee assistance programme
Free disclosure checks throughout your career.
Applying to Capability Scotland

Applying to join our family is easy. At the bottom of this advert, you can submit your CV and a covering letter directly to us.

A full job description of this role is available
by clicking here: HR Officer - Job Description

For more information on this role, you can contact Teresa at [e-mail] using reference CS060825.

Closing date – 20th Aug 2025

We reserve the right to close or extend this vacancy dependent on the number of applications. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

General Information

Capability Scotland is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and which promote equality of opportunity. We are happy to consider job-share applications.
Capability Scotland is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable people and conducts thorough pre-employment checks on all preferred candidates.
A copy of Capability Scotland’s Equality and Diversity Policy is available upon request from the HR Team.
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