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Scottish Canals are the custodians of the nation’s canal network and surrounding estates. Our vision is to invest in the canal network to generate lasting benefit for people and communities; celebrating their industrial heritage, ensuring they offer quality green and blue spaces for people and communities and contribute to Scotland’s resilience in tackling climate change. As an employer we offer a truly unique opportunity to be part of our team, help us realise our vision and contribute to safeguarding our heritage and ensuring our canals flourish now and in the future.

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a People Coordinator to join our People Team in Glasgow/Falkirk. The role is offered on a permanent, full-time basis, and with a starting salary of £30,069 (pay award pending). Working hours 35 hours per week, on a hybrid model, Monday-Friday.

Scottish Canals offer a generous annual leave entitlement of 28 days, plus 10 public holidays, along with enhanced sick pay, discounted shopping vouchers, health cash plan and a contributory pension scheme with up to 10% employer contribution.

Purpose of the role

The People Coordinator role supports Scottish Canals in being a great place to work where people feel valued. The People Coordinator will be responsible for providing a variety of responsibilities including acting as first stop coordination and signposting of people related tasks, a wide range of administrative, data analysis and reporting and generalist support across the employee lifecycle, including our Talent, People Operations, and L&D functions. This is a role that offers an opportunity for growth and development for someone who is ready to progress from a more transactional hr administration role toward a more people advisory role.

Primary responsibilities of the role :

Recruitment & Onboarding

• Creating job descriptions and adverts, maintaining our job boards and careers socials, and posting ads using our employer brand toolkit
• Creating interview schedules for hiring managers and inviting candidates to interview.
• Leading on the pre-boarding experience including the completion of right to work and compliance checks for all new starters.

People Operations

• Acting as first point of contact for the People team, managing the shared inbox.
• Advising our managers on policy and procedure, escalating where appropriate to the relevant People team member.
• Supporting the monthly payroll cycle, by collating information ensuring accurate and timely processing in line with set deadlines.

People Development

• Coordinating training and development activities including updating materials, managing attendance, arranging venues where required
• Liaising with external training partners, assessing relevant learning and development options, responding to questions, and providing information.
• Monitoring the training budget, including assisting in tracking spend, ensuring the payment of invoices and supporting the administration of the apprenticeship levy funding.

Systems, Reporting and Compliance

• Coordinating the analysis of learning needs to inform development activity, gathering and reviewing data and insights to drive improvements.
• Maintaining accurate employee data records on the People systems and preparing and maintaining reports.
• Providing user support and guidance for queries related to the People systems.
• Ensuring that data is processed via the system in a secure and systematic way, in compliance with GDPR and company procedures.

The People Coordinator will also have opportunities to assist in ad-hoc People projects and business partnering of supervisors and mangers

Knowledge, skills, and experience

• Excellent customer service skills, including the ability to manage customer expectations effectively, juggle conflicting demands and manage difficult situations tactfully.
• A good understanding of core HR functions like recruitment, onboarding, employee relations, performance management, and payroll is essential.
• Familiarity with relevant employment legislation and compliance requirements is.
• Ability to gain a good understanding of policies and procedures in order to be able to provide managers and staff with advice in relation to formal procedures
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Outlook, Word and Excel
• Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent attention to detail and strong organisational skills
• Ability to extract and leverage data for forecasting
• Educated to degree level in a relevant discipline.
• Proven HR experience of HR Administration with an interest and experience in recruitment, and training and development.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and can build good working relationships.
• Excellent team working skills, including the ability to build effective relationships.
• Ability to collaborate with people at all levels of the organisation
• Able to use data management systems and has a working knowledge, entering data into relevant systems, ensuring data quality and can maintain accurate records and be able to analyse and interpret data.
• Attention to detail and accuracy - ensures facts are correct, complete and consistent.
• Can recognise when immediate judgements can be made and when queries require upward referral to management for guidance.
• Can demonstrate sound judgement regarding appropriate best practice and relevant employment legislative frameworks.
• Takes accountability for actions and ownership to get things done.
• Responds quickly to meet customer needs.
• Proficient IT skills including MS Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint drafting documentation and complex reports.
• Full UK driving license or regular/consistent access to driver to travel between remote offices on a regular basis.
• Permission to work in the UK.
• Knowledge of current thinking in HR issues and trends and employment law.
• CIPD qualified, Associate or above or willingness to work toward this qualification.

Scottish Canals reserve the right to close this vacancy before the closing date if sufficient applications are received.