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On behalf of Homes England, we are looking for a HR Administrator (L & OD Specialism) - (Inside IR35) for a 5-month contract working on a hybrid basis and with an expectation of 2-3 days attendance in the Newcastle upon Tyne office

Homes England, the government’s housing and regeneration agency, plays a central role in tackling the housing challenges the country now faces. We have the appetite, influence, expertise, and resource to drive positive market change, and our mission is to ensure more homes are built in areas of greatest need, improve affordability and create a sustainable housing market.

Following the publication of the government’s Levelling Up White Paper, Homes England has also been tasked with a core role in spearheading regeneration, partnering with places to reduce economic disparity, empower local leaders and create equal opportunities across the country to ensure communities reach their full potential.

Role Purpose

• This role provides comprehensive administrative and project co-ordination support, contributing to initiatives that enhance organisational capability and the HR function.
• The role holder co-ordinates work deliverables, contributes to various learning, development & HR activities, conducts research, and manages meeting administration.
• They also provide expert advice and guidance on specialist and technical learning and organisational development queries, policies, and processes.
• The role consistently demonstrates and embeds the values and behaviours in daily work, contributing to a positive and inclusive culture.

As a HR Administrator (L & OD Specialism) - (Inside IR35) your main responsibilities will be:

• Support a range of related HR & L&OD activities. Including leadership in L&OD services, collaboration with external partners and suppliers for successful delivery of L&OD work, co-ordination of logistical arrangements for L&OD events and programmes. In the HR space activities include HR Team Development and Community of Practice as well as the planning and arranging other events across HR.
• Use communication skills to understand and advise others effectively to assist in the completion of tasks in line with KPIs.
• Apply practical learning and organisational development experience to solve complex problems, providing advice and support in response to queries in line with processes and procedures.
• Work independently within standardised routines.
• Deliver results and drive continuous improvements in L&OD related processes, policies, procedures and systems such as the learning management system.
• Contribute to the performance of technical functions within the HR Team and ensure L&OD’s contribution to wider organisational goals.
• Influence resource utilisation and provide administrative support to the team including ongoing maintenance of the LMS.
• Provide commissioning support to the team, including procurement and legal processes, payment of invoices and responding to finance queries on behalf of the team.
• Build positive relationships with external third-party suppliers to ensure any issues and queries are dealt with efficiently and effectively.
• Identify and implement creative digital solutions for enhancing the presence of learning and development work on communication channels, to increase the interest and active participation for colleagues to own and drive their development.
• Support the design and evaluation of learning and organisational development interventions, including designing feedback, collating and analysing feedback and collaborating to use findings to support continuous improvement.
• Contribute to the production of reports and briefing papers by collating data and information, analysing information and presenting work ensuring it is in line with requirements.

Essential

• HR Administration experience
• L&OD / HR experience
• LMS experience
• Intermediate level Microsoft Office - Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams and PowerPoint.

Desirable

• Public Sector experience

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, Homes England guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant

Homes England guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".