HR Officer
We are looking for an ambitious and skilled HR Officer to support on areas such as recruitment, onboarding, L&D, and policies and procedures
Salary and Benefits: £19,548 actual salary (£32,580 pro-rata)
At Become we offer a wide range of employment benefits to all Team Members including generous annual leave, flexible working from the start, life insurance, and a rewards package which includes a Health Cash Plan. We’re proud that we support our staff and want to see everyone who works here thrive in their personal and professional life. You can see more of the benefits that we offer to everyone on our website.
Hours: This role is part-time (21 hours per week). We offer flexible working options such as compressed hours and job-shares.
Location: We are currently hybrid working: our team primarily works from home with in-person attendance and meetings generally expected once or twice per month, usually at our central hot-desking location in Old Street, London. For non-London based staff, we will consider hot-desking options near you, if required. Additionally, Become covers the costs of travel for these essential in-person meetings. We are open to conversations about flexible working arrangements.
About the Role
We are looking for an ambitious and skilled HR Officer to support on areas such as recruitment, onboarding, L&D, and policies and procedures. You will be responsible for administrative tasks, and you’ll play a key role in contributing to making Become a better place to work. Growing our staff team is an essential element of our strategy which is why we need additional HR capacity.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
As an organisation serving children in care and care leavers, we are keen to receive applications from people with experience of care and recognise the importance of having care experienced staff within our team. We are also actively seeking to bring diversity of perspectives and experience, and especially welcome applications from people from racially minoritised communities.
Become is committed to tackling systemic racism and providing an inclusive, equitable workplace. We recognise that embedding equity, diversity and inclusion principles is an ongoing journey and one which we are determined to invest in.
We ask all applicants to fill in an Equity and Diversity Monitoring from to better understand the diversity of applicants. This is anonymous and cannot be connected with your application.
How to apply
At Become, we ask interested applicants to answer several competency-based questions.
Your application and answers will be reviewed anonymously to ensure fairness and help remove bias from the application process. You’ll need to send us your CV but it will only be considered if you score well as part of the anonymous review.
To apply, please follow the link to our recruitment platform here.
To apply for this role, you will need to:
- Provide us with a copy of your CV;
- Answer the questions below in no more than 400 words per question, providing relevant examples to demonstrate how you meet the skills and experience required.
The competency questions we would like you to answer as part of your application are:
- What is your motivation to work for Become and why are you interested in working to support care-experienced children and young people?
- Tell me about an instance when you have had a negative reaction from one of the procedures and policies you have implemented. What did you do to rectify the situation?
- Tell me about a time when you have had to manage a busy workload and meet expectations on delivery.
- Tell us about a time when you had to handle confidential information. How did you ensure its security?
- Can you share an experience where you had to implement a new HR policy? How did you ensure its acceptance among employees?
If you would like an informal chat before applying, please contact Annabel Taiti, Operations Manager, at [email protected] and we will arrange a convenient time.
Please also tell us if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to assist you in your application.
The deadline for applications to be received is Sunday 13 April 2025 at 11:59pm.
Interview details
Interviews will have two parts:
- A session with young people;
- A panel interview with Become staff.
Interviews may be held virtually using a video calling app (Microsoft Teams or Zoom) or in person at our location in Central London. If access to technology/WiFi is difficult for you, please contact us so we can assist in making suitable arrangements.
Become also wants to ensure fairness in all of our interviews so all successful shortlisted candidates will be sent the interview questions in advance.
Interviews will take place:
- Young people’s panel: W/C 21 April 2025
- Staff panel: W/C 21 April 2025
Please note
All applicants must have a Right to Work in the UK. Although the role is hybrid, we are unable to offer work visas or sponsorship for any candidates based outside of the UK.
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