Contract: 1 Position, Permanent, 35 hours per week
Location: Edinburgh
Our charity
Alzheimer Scotland is Scotland’s leading charity for dementia and brain health. We are Scotland’s national dementia charity. Our aims are to prevent, care and cure dementia, and to make sure nobody faces dementia alone.
We are a member-led charity with more than 8, members. We are supported by over volunteers, and employ around full and part-time staff, mainly in our service-provision across Scotland. Our people are our greatest asset.
The role
The successful candidate will be joining a small, fast paced and highly flexible HR team. No two days will be the same and, as HR Assistant you will be responsible for supporting the organisation on the full recruitment onboarding process, providing accurate and timely reports and ensuring accurate payroll information on a monthly basis, through our HR platform, iTrent. Alongside supporting employees, you will also lead on maintaining our volunteer checks across the charity. This is a highly collaborative role and you’ll be expected to proactively work with managers and employees to provide support on a range of queries both through the management of the HR mailbox, and by phone which will include advice on policies and procedures. The role will have development opportunities to work on a range of HR projects and focus areas.
The person
If you enjoy working in a generalist HR role, have a keen eye for detail and are always looking for ways to improve processes then this could be the right role for you. The successful candidate will adopt a customer service approach to HR and have experience working in a previous HR role with evidence of recruitment, HR systems and reporting. We’re looking for candidates who are used to a busy workload and are comfortable working independently. Flexibility in approach and to competing priorities is essential.