People Coordinator

The Methodist Church in Britain; London Borough of Southwark; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

27 days leave

Salary sacrifice

EAP

In-house development

Job summary

Operose Health is seeking an HR Coordinator to join the HR team for a six-month fixed-term assignment. You will support HR Specialists with employee relations queries, TUPE activities on site mobilisations and demobilisations, and maintain personnel records.

You will also draft contracts and letters, run KPI reports on HR queries, and administer DBS checks in line with policies. Strong HR coordination experience and lifecycle knowledge are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in HR coordination roles.
• Familiar with employee lifecycle policies.
• Strong communication and data management skills.
• Ability to draft contracts and letters.

Responsibilities

• Support HR Specialists with employee relations activities.
• Assist with site mobilisations/demobilisations and data for TUPE.
• Advise and support employees per policy guidance.
• Review HR queries and produce KPI reports.
• Process contractual entitlements and maintain files.
• Draft contracts, variations, job descriptions and letters.
• Maintain orderly personnel files and e-filing system.
• Audit files and chase missing documents.
• Administer DBS checks and verify registrations.

Skills

HR coordination

Employee relations

Policy knowledge

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Data management

Job description

This six-month fixed-term HR Coordinator post sits in the HR team at Operose Health, which runs local primary care at scale. It supports the HR Specialists team with employee relations queries, TUPE work on site mobilisations and demobilisations, and personnel records. Duties also include drafting contracts and letters, reporting on HR query trends, and administering DBS checks. Experience in HR coordination and familiarity with employee lifecycle policies decide fit.

What the job involves

• Support HR Specialists with employee relations activities, acting as first-line support for line managers and employees on queries
• Support HR Specialists with site mobilisations and demobilisations, producing data, letters and documents for TUPE in and out
• Advise and support employees in line with policies
• Review volumes of HR queries regularly and produce KPI reports setting out trends
• Process transactional queries on contractual entitlements such as holiday, sickness and maternity, and update personnel files
• Draft contracts, contract variations, job descriptions and letters across the employee lifecycle
• Cleanse data on personnel files and the HR shared server, keeping an orderly e-filing system
• Audit personnel files, chasing missing documents, completing files, scanning and uploading to electronic files
• Maintain compliance documents under group policy and administer DBS checks as required
• Check GMC and NMC registrations annually for clinicians, chasing updated documents including indemnity certificates and work visas
• Produce documents such as org charts, sickness reports and KPI reports as required

Experience

• Experience in HR coordination roles, particularly supporting employee relations activities

Skills & knowledge

• Familiarity with employee lifecycle policies and procedures
• Strong communication skills for handling queries, drafting contracts and maintaining personnel files
• Strong organisational skills
• Understanding of compliance and data management
• Understanding of DBS check administration

What’s offered

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Salary sacrifice schemes
• Employee assistance programme (EAP)
• In-house development to grow personally and professionally