People Officer

People Officer

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Mary’s Meals is a global movement supported by people from all walks of life and we are focused on one goal – that every child receives a nutritious daily meal in a place of education. We offer more than just a career, we offer the opportunity to support our global movement in a dynamic and inclusive environment with a real focus on personal development.

Principal duties include: 

• Collaborate with managers in discussing recruitment requirements and developing role descriptions and recruitment packs for staff and volunteers.
• Source and recruit candidates through various techniques and shortlist in line with the requirements of the role.
• Arrange interviews and oversee follow up to candidates of any appointments or feedback due.
• Prepare any associated paperwork and oversee the onboarding process for staff and volunteers, such as producing offer details, managing references along with producing engagement welcome materials.
• Organise an engaging induction for any new employees or volunteers joining Mary’s Meals UK.
• Develop and deliver routine training to employees and contribute to the development of online training on iLearn.
• Support in the administration of organisational change and development including restructures, team development and capacity building.
• Contribute to creating plans of all learning and development opportunities and development plans for individuals, including any volunteer opportunities.
• Support during the PDR cycle with regards to ensuring the process has been adhered to and overseeing any paperwork to be developed in line with the outcome of the review meetings.
• Prepare any relevant paperwork following investigation, disciplinary or grievance meetings with the support of the Head of People.
• Establish and maintain strong collaborative relationships with our people to build trust, always ensure confidentiality of any information or documentation they come into contact with.
• Support in leading people engagement and wellbeing initiatives.
• Arrange logistics surrounding training opportunities or departmental away days in terms of venues, travel, team building events etc.
• Attend any events relating to wellbeing and engagement to support our people and lead by example.
• Support in making any required changes to policies, procedural documents, handbooks or offer documentation.
• Oversee the People, Salesforce and iLearn systems to ensure adequate information is captured and managed in line with General Data Privacy Regulations.
• Advise the Finance team regarding any payroll changes which may affect from month to month, ensuring documents are saved on the shared site and the tracker is updated in a timely manner.
• Prepare and oversee the electronic personnel files of all staff, ensuring the digital People area is organised and well maintained and presented.