Overview:
Sightsavers is looking for a bi-lingual HR Officer (English and French) to work within our HR Operations team
Salary: £33,813 - £36,210
Location/s: UK remote - with occasional travel to Haywards Heath, when required
Contract: Permanent
Hours: This is a full-time role with some flexibility around hours worked and mostly home working
Responsibilities:
Sightsavers is an international charity working to prevent avoidable blindness, support equality for people with disabilities and advocate for change. We work in more than 30 countries worldwide, focusing on Africa and Asia.
We are seeking a bi-lingual (English and French) HR Officer to work within our HR Operations team and provide advice, guidance and support on all areas of the employee lifecycle engaging with our c. 850 employees and stakeholders to creatively problem solve people, contractual and legal issues.
About the role
This is an exciting new role within the team and the postholder will actively engage in the use of our systems, lead on and support multiple HR Operations projects and deliver outcomes to a high standard for our inspirational colleagues located around the world.
Typical duties will include:
- Supporting employee onboarding, lifecycle activities and offboarding via a range of HR systems
- Responding to staff queries relating to the use of a number of HR systems in a constructive and timely manner
- Actively engaging with HRIS software changes
- Completing HR Operations onboarding requirements for new hires, including bilingual inductions and reasonable adjustment signposting
- Preparing contractual paperwork
- Leading and delivering knowledge sessions
- Pay and benefits administration in conjunction with the Payroll team
- Working collaboratively as part of a proactive team to provide an effective HR Operations service to stakeholders
This is an involved and varied role. Please read the full job description for further details
Benefits
Sightsavers offers some fantastic benefits. Our comprehensive benefits package includes generous annual leave allowance, pension, season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym memberships and wellness discounts. If you choose to work in or are visiting our collaborative, modern office space, you will find it an easy 20-minute train journey from Brighton or 45 minutes from London.
Skills and Experience:
About you
We are looking for a proactive, service-driven and organised individual with experience as an HR Officer or within a Shared Services role. To succeed in this role you will also have:
- HR experience gained within a global or complex organisation
- Demonstrable planning and prioritising skills
- Experience working in a fast-paced environment, multi-tasking and delivering to deadlines
- Experience of using HR systems, with accurate data entry and ability to extract information
- Experience of researching information and providing accurate advice and guidance
- Experience of supporting projects and stakeholder relationship management
- Fluency in English and French (essential)
- An understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and inclusion
Next Steps:
To apply for this exciting opportunity, please complete an application. We are particularly interested in learning of your motivations for applying. Please note that there will be an expectation that you can occasionally visit our modern and collaborative offices in Haywards Heath, West Sussex (RH16 3BW). We will be reviewing applications as they are received and plan to schedule interviews in late August.
As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Sightsavers is a Disability Confident Leader and qualified people with a disability are particularly encouraged to apply.
Sightsavers is an employer that does not tolerate any form of harassment and has zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse. All potential candidates will be subjected to rigorous background checks and controls.
In line with its commitment to safe programming and recruitment, Sightsavers participates in the inter-agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme (MDS) administered by the Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response. Through collaboration with other MDS members, Sightsavers aims to ensure that there are no sexual exploitation, abuse or harassment issues relating to potential new hires and that we can respond systematically to checks from fellow MDS members. This ensures our work is accountable, delivered to a high standard and supports safeguarding across the development and humanitarian fields.