Our fast-paced, friendly and supportive HR Team are on the lookout for an HR Assistant to join us on a full-time, permanent basis.
This role can be based permanently in our Dundee office, or part of our hybrid working model where a minimum of 3 days will be spent in the office. If looking to work in a hybrid way, we will need you to live within a reasonable commute of our Dundee office.
The Role
This is an exciting and varied role where no two days are ever the same. Reporting to our HR Advisor, you’ll work closely with our colleagues in the North East of Scotland providing high level quality support and advice.
As our HR Assistant you’ll be responsible for organising and co-ordinating a wide range of tasks including but not limited to; managing day-to-day enquiries, preparing agendas and reports, minute taking, updating records, processing occupational health referrals and HR invoices along with diary management for our HR Lead and HR Advisors.
About You
For this opportunity, we are ideally looking for someone who has had some exposure to HR in a current or previous role, however, full training will be provided.
We'll need you to be supportive, approachable and solutions focused and have a passion for providing positive and meaningful support to our colleagues across our organisation.
To be a great HR Assistant we’ll need you to bring: -
Excellent organisational and time management skills
Great customer service skills
Good communication skills, both verbal and written
Experience of working in an administration/secretarial role
The ability to produce high quality, accurate work and prioritise your workload
Confidence working with office-related computer packages
The ability to build effective working relationships
The ability to work on your own initiative using existing guidance, policies and procedures
It would be great if you also have: -
Experience in an HR focused role
Experience of Care Standards and SSSC requirements regarding people matters
Experience of working in the social care or the third sector
About Cornerstone
Cornerstone is one of Scotland's largest charities with over 40 years' experience providing care and support for adults and children with various support needs across Scotland.
We want our colleagues to feel and be truly valued and recognised for the highly skilled, life-changing work that they do every day. By joining our team, you'll not only help us achieve our purpose of delivering high quality care and support, you’ll also help us with our commitment to develop and maintain an empowered, high performing workforce.
Do you have any questions? To find out more, please contact Heather McAteer at heather.mcateer@cornerstone.org.uk.
Do you have what it takes? What are you waiting for? Apply today! We'd love to hear from you.
We are looking to fill this role as soon as possible and reserve the right to close our advert early should we find a suitable candidate before the closing date. Please apply early to avoid disappointment. Previous applicants need not apply.
The successful candidate will undergo a standard disclosure check through Disclosure Scotland.
Please note - If you have spent more than 12 months out with the UK (excluding France, Germany. Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania or Spain) within the last 10 years while over the age of 18, you will be asked to provide a criminal record certificate from the relevant government/police authority as part of our pre-employment checks.
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