People Support Administrator
c. £14,000 per annum (FTE c. £35,000) 2 days per week (flexible)
Sittingbourne, Farringdon or Croydon (On site)

The role
Reporting to the People Support Manager, within the Shared Services team, you’ll provide a comprehensive, efficient, and customer-focussed people administration service for your business areas. You’ll administer all employee lifecycle processes, policies, and procedures in an accurate and timely manner and proactively deal with and resolve People-related enquiries.

As a colleague in the People services team, you will deliver a first class service to other colleagues, residents and external customers and partners.

Acting as the initial point of contact for colleagues and line managers, answering queries on process, policy, and procedure, referring to the People Support Manager and the Head of People Shared Services (or People Business or Recruitment Partners), where a more comprehensive response is required.

What you'll do
• Extensive experience of managing HR admin team within a large organisation
• Experience of providing expert lifecycle advice & guidance
• Strong people management experience
• Knowledge & understanding of standard employee lifecycle processes and procedures
• Significant experience of using HRIS
• CIPD or equivalent

This is a Fixed Term role until 28 February 2025

The location You’ll be based at one of our main offices in either Farringdon or Sittingbourne.

Close date for applications: Tuesday 28 May 2024 @ midnight
Shortlisting will take place week commencing 27 May 2024

About us
At Southern Housing, our residents are at the heart of everything we do. As one of the largest housing providers in the UK with over 77,000 homes across London, the Southeast, the Isle of Wight, and the Midlands, we give over 167,000 people somewhere affordable to call their own! We also understand the difference that safe, secure, and affordable homes can make to people’s lives.

A career at Southern Housing will allow you to make a difference every day you come to work. Working in the housing sector with us will bring fresh challenges and give you the opportunity to grow and develop, too.

What's in it for you
• Pension
• Life assurance
• Healthcare cash plan
• Eyecare & dental
• Birthday leave
• Retailers discounts
• Cycle to work
• Buy & sell annual leave
• Season ticket loan
• In-house academy & career development
• Flexible working

Inclusion and Diversity
We work hard to create a diverse and inclusive culture and environment where people are respected for who they are. Encouraging inclusion is not just about protected characteristics, it’s about celebrating differences of thought, opinion, experience and perspective of each individual. We’re all different in our own way and we want our colleagues to feel comfortable, that they belong, and are safe to be themselves at work, without fear of being judged or excluded, but valued for their contribution to our One Team approach.