People Assistant
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Job Title: People Assistant - Maternity Cover
Location: Hybrid working from Bolton Head Office, 2 days a week in the office
Contract Type: Maternity Cover for 12 months
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £25,062.63 per annum
Our Core Benefits include: Up to 39 days annual leave (including BH, One Moment in Time day and opportunity to buy 5 extra days), Minimum 9% Contributory Pension, Life Assurance, ‘The Hub’ discount marketplace, EAP, Occupational Health, Sick pay, Family Friendly leave, Expenses and Mileage, Tech Scheme.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join the National Fostering Group as a People Assistant. Our Head Office is based in Bolton and you will be expected to be in the office 2 days per week. This is a maternity cover contract for 12 months.
About the Group
Its official, we have been rated as a Great Place to Work 2025! 83% of employees at National Fostering Group say it is a great place to work, compared to 54% of employees at a typical UK based company!
With over 20 years experience, National Fostering Group is the largest independent children's fostering group in the UK with a community of over 2,500 foster carers.
In Northern Ireland, we work with Local Health and Social Care Trusts to provide the highest quality of care for children and young people. All of our fostering agencies across the UK are officially recognised by Ofsted, Welsh and Scottish regulators as either ‘Outstanding’ or ‘Good’ which we are extremely proud of.
We also offer a 4 day working week - this means 80% of the hours for 100% pay! This will be given following a successful 6 month probationary period and is a performance based benefit.
About the Role
The People Assistant will act as the first point of contact for all end-to-end employee lifecycle queries. You will provide an efficient and comprehensive service for employee related enquiries ensuring that records and HR systems are accurately maintained. It is important you ensure policy and regulatory requirements are adhered to for all administration activity.
This is a varied role that covers all aspects of the People team including Human Resources, Recruitment and Compliance. Every day will be different and give you the opportunity to become an expert across all areas with the support of our managers.
As part of your role, you will complete pre employment checks on all new starters to ensure we recruit and retain the best employees. This means NFG can continue to offer fantastic care for their children and young people.
Who we are looking for
The successful applicant will have experience in a customer focused role offering a proactive, competent clerical and administrative service. It is essential that you have previous HR administration experience and are confident communicating with a range of stakeholders via phone, email and Microsoft Teams.
You must be competent at producing and maintaining reports, as well as keeping our system up to date and accurate. You will be dealing with sensitive information so it is important you are professional and polite at all times and handle issues with diplomacy.
It would be preferable if you have CIPD Level 3 but this is not essential.
Why work for us?
At National Fostering Group, our employee’s health and wellbeing are important to us. We offer an exceptional rewards package as well as access to our flexible benefits platform - so you can choose extra benefits that are suited to you. Below includes some of our offerings:
* Up to 39 days annual leave each year (25 base entitlement + 1 One moment in time + 8 bank holidays + ability to buy up to 5 extra days)
* Minimum 9% pension contributions
* Life Assurance
* ‘The Hub’ – a discount marketplace
* Home & Tech Scheme – tax and interest free retail vouchers to support you
Plus so much more physical and mental health flexible benefits for you to choose from!
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all employees to share this commitment and undertake appropriate checks.
We are an Equal Opportunities Employer