Please note that we cannot accept applications without a covering statement, and you should read this full advert for details of what we ask for in the statement.
Are you an experienced and confident HR Advisor with strong employment law knowledge? Do you enjoy complex Employee Relations casework? Would you thrive in a busy role where you can really make a difference? We are a close-knit, friendly and informal HR team, where we support each other and keep learning. You will be able to work under pressure - this is a fun but demanding HR role where you manage your own schedule.
We will consider applications from all industries and sectors. Understanding of the housing sector would be helpful but is not essential.
ABOUT THE ROLE: Internally known as an ER Advisor, we need you to ensure all people managers maintain an upbeat working environment in which their staff can flourish.
Owing to our positive culture, you’ll have plenty of time to coach, support and train managers on all aspects of employee relations. You’ll also be able to get involved in lots of other activities and HR initiatives.
However, you will need to be able to advise confidently on HR issues - including complex cases - when they occur. Such casework could include long-term absence management, performance management, disciplinary and grievance issues, misconduct investigations, bullying and harassment, unlawful discrimination, redundancies, work-life balance requests and all aspects of family leave. You’ll also support formal meetings as note-taker and adviser.

About you: We do need you to have mastery of the basics, so it’s essential you bring the following:

• A thorough and sophisticated understanding of how to advise on absence management, performance management, disciplinary & grievance issues and family leave.
• Evidence of continuous professional development to demonstrate that you manage the gaps in your experience.
• Either CIPD Level 5, or the ability to show that you have an equivalent level of understanding. (We are happy to take applications from candidates without CIPD who are qualified by experience).

We can’t consider candidates without the HR experience asked for.
WORK-LIFE BALANCE AND TRAVEL: You’ll be able to work remotely, but you’ll travel regularly to our sites across Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, once or twice a week and more if needed. You’ll need your own vehicle (we will reimburse work mileage). You won’t be constantly on the road – a lot of your work can be done over Teams, but you’ll want to get to know your managers face-to-face.

HOW TO APPLY: When applying, please include a covering statement covering the following:

• Your experience of casework relevant to this role – see the job description and please provide enough detail.
• Your experience supporting, guiding, coaching and training managers (NB - you don’t need formal coaching/training experience).

A sense of your employment law knowledge.
We’d love to hear from you in your own words, not from AI!
We will be interviewing on a rolling basis so please don’t delay applying.
Previous candidates should not reapply.
At One YMCA we are an inclusive organisation and actively promote equality of opportunity for all with the right mix of talent, skills, and potential. We do not discriminate on the basis of Age, Disability, Gender Reassignment, Marriage/Civil Partnership, Pregnancy/Maternity, Race, Religion/Belief, Sex and/or Sexual Orientation. We encourage applications from all backgrounds, communities, and industries, and are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences, and abilities.
This is a Full Time role.
Hours per week: 37.5
Working Pattern: Monday -Friday
One YMCA and its subsidiaries, the Early Childhood Partnership (ECP) and Signpost are on an exciting journey to double our impact by 2025. We are over half way through an exciting new strategy launched in the first hour of the new decade, via email where all staff and volunteers were invited to put themselves forward to apply and attend an intensive, three-day Kickstarter Event.
By the end of these three days, there was a brilliantly multi-faceted set of themes and ideas, which formed the starting point for the rest of the Mission 25 process to build on. The aim of Mission 25 is to give every staff member and volunteer the opportunity to play their part in shaping the strategy to do “more and better, together” so that we double our impact by 2025. We deliver a vast array of services across Herts, Beds and Bucks that reach over 135,000 individuals annually.

These include:

• Provision of over 700 units of accommodation for homeless people
• Move on accommodation for individuals moving onto independent living
• Housing and practical/emotional support for young asylum seekers
• Community HUBs hosting a range of activities and meeting space hire
• Childcare provision in Hertfordshire
• Family support through a network of children’s and family centres covering Hertfordshire and Bedford
• Therapeutic and non-therapeutic support for male and female victims of domestic abuse and their children
• Independent sexual violence services across Bedfordshire, Luton and Hertfordshire
• Domestic abuse perpetrator reform programmes across Bedfordshire
• Youth services offering emotional wellbeing support and youth club opportunities for 11-19 year olds alongside our National Airplay programme funded by the RAF Benevolent Fund
• A community gym where everyone can enjoy the benefits of physical exercise Our values remain at the forefront of how we operate as a charity, and it is important to us that all staff and volunteers can fully buy in to our ethos.

Please refer the Job description for details