Onboarding Coordinator - 9 month FTC

Avenues is a place where people smile, laugh and grow - and achieve extraordinary things.

Our charity runs specialist services for autistic people, people with learning disabilities, acquired brain injuries and complex needs. We work across Hampshire, South East England, London, Hertfordshire, East Anglia and Shropshire.

We are pleased to offer a fantastic opportunity for a part time Onboarding Coordinator to join our Recruitment and Onboarding department on a 9 month maternity cover post.

We are offering hybrid working and so the role will be based at our Sidcup office 1-2 days per week, as well as working from home. The role is 30 hours per week to be worked over 4 days; Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday but we can be open to discussion on the working days for the right candidate.

Working in a dynamic and fast-paced environment, you will provide a first-class on-boarding service to new employees, including but not limited to;

• Be responsible for the new employee on-boarding process in line with operational procedures and policies.
• Provide a proactive on-boarding administrative service to key client areas making sure all relevant checks are undertaken and ensuring legal and statutory compliance.
• Provide advice and guidance to managers and staff around onboarding, referring more complex issues to the Recruitment Business Partner and the HR team.
• Maintain the onboarding area of the Applicant Tracking System.
• Understand the needs of the organisation and its values to ensure the right candidates are recruited.

Our ideal candidate looks like this!

• Experience in onboarding of new employees within a HR or Recruitment function in a medium sized organisation (or similar role)
• Background in Social Care or the educational sector desirable
• Knowledge and understanding of UK & European employment legislation.
• Experience of using databases to store, manipulate and retrieve data.
• Experience of using Microsoft Office packages in an office environment.
• Able to communicate effectively both orally and in writing to all levels within the organisation
• Able to work under pressure and to prioritise workload to ensure deadlines are met.
• Excellent attention to detail.

Please refer to the role profile for full requirements of responsibilities, experience, skills and knowledge needed to be considered for this role.

Your values should match ours:

Respect: We treat people as we would wish to be treated ourselves.

Excellence: We don't settle for okay, we are determined to achieve more.

Integrity: We do the right thing, even if it takes more time and effort.

Pride: The work we do is something we want to tell others we are part of.

Why join us?

We are committed to supporting our employees to achieve a good work-life balance and support flexible working including working from home.

We encourage our central services employees to really get to know the organisation and to spend time visiting services, meeting people we support, their families and our support staff.

You'll be part of an organisation that takes pride in its values at all levels, making sure the people we support are at the forefront of our decisions.

We value the differences that a diverse workforce brings and are committed to inclusivity and to employing and supporting a diverse workforce so we would love to hear from anyone who feels is able to take those opportunities to the next level.

As part of our commitment to the "Disability Confident Scheme", candidates who declare a disability, and meet the key criteria for this role, will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at interview stage.

Benefits you can expect!

• Flexible Working including working from home.
• Paid annual leave (pro rata).
• Access to high quality training that supports your career development.
• Free and confidential 24/7 access to the health portal and employee assistance programme.
• Contributory pension scheme with life assurance.
• Recommend a friend scheme.
• And more.

Don't miss out on this great opportunity - we are looking forward to hearing from you today!

(We reserve the right to close this advert earlier than stated in case of any unforeseen circumstances or if the right candidate has been found.)