The Vacancy We have an exciting new opportunity for an enthusiastic, motivated, and passionate individual to join our high performing HR team as a HR Assistant working 35 hours a week, which operates on a hybrid working basis, working from both home and our head office in Birkenhead, Wirral. Reporting to the HR Advisor, you will provide support in the delivery of HR processes, procedures and projects which include assisting with employee relation cases, including sickness absence, performance management, flexible working and any other tasks as required in line with our policies and procedures. You will be responsible for recruitment processing, ensuring our safer recruitment process is adhered to and that candidates in recruitment are processed in a proactive manner. You will act as a point of contact and provide generalist support over a range of HR topics and will ensure the HR management systems is kept up to date at all times. About you You must have exceptional organisational and communication skills and will need to be flexible in order to meet varying deadlines as required by other members of the team, whilst managing your own workload. As we are a national charity based in both England and Wales, travel may be required from time to time. The successful applicant will be supported by NYAS in obtaining a CIPD level 5 qualification. For more information, please refer to the attached job description and person specification below. We actively encourage applications from care-leavers. In your application, you will need to evidence, using specific examples, how your skills and experience meet the criteria laid out in the person specification, within the job description attached. NYAS operates robust safe procedures to ensure the protection of the children, young people and adults at risk we work with. To comply with NYAS’s Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, references and a Digital Risk Assessment. About NYAS As an established leading rights-based charity, NYAS (National Youth Advocacy Service) is well positioned to ensure that children, young people, and adults across England and Wales are fully respected, represented, and supported in expressing their views and having their rights upheld. We work with care-experienced children, young people, and adults who are often reliant on statutory services suffering the negative impact of the cuts in public expenditure. Our combination of social care and legal services places us in a unique position to ensure that they receive the services they need and that their voices are heard. We are an equal opportunities employer and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment which means NYAS welcomes applications from all individuals regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or belief, or any other protected characteristic. NYAS is proud to share that we are a Disability Confident Employer and we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies. Work with us to help change young lives. We reserve the right to close the advert early should the right candidate be found before the closing date.