People Development Assistant

People Development Assistant

Location: Working from one of our offices in York, Bristol or London. Hybrid working available

Salary: From £20,799 pro rata, depending on skills, experience and location / 28.8 hours per week

Job type: Permanent

Ref: 15278

We’re the organisation that looks after England’s most important buildings and monuments, making sure our country’s amazing history is available for everyone to enjoy. From world-famous prehistoric sites to grand medieval castles, Roman forts to a Cold War bunker, we bring the history of England to life.

Would you like to help us make English Heritage an even better place to work? An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our People Development Team as a People Development Assistant on a permanent and part time basis, working 28.8 hours per week.

In this role, you’d support our team of 5 People Development Advisers whose role is to ensure our people have the skills and knowledge to flourish within their roles and deliver cultural change across the organisation. We are serious about building a diverse and talented workforce which is underpinned by our commitments in our People Plan.

The Benefits

– Salary from £20,799 pro rata, depending on skills, experience and location

– 25 days’ holiday plus Bank Holidays pro rata rising to 28 days after 3 years

– Matched pension contributions up to a maximum of 10%

– Flexible hours

– The opportunity to progress your career within the heritage sector

– Apprenticeship opportunities

– Subscriptions to professional bodies

– Free access to all English Heritage sites for you, another adult and up to 6 children

– 25% discount in our shops and cafes

– Enhanced Maternity/Paternity/Shared Parental leave

– Options to buy additional leave

– An inclusive working atmosphere where everyone from all backgrounds, religions and with different needs will be supported

– Opportunities to go to some of our great live music or history events

As someone who enjoys working within a busy team on a wide variety of tasks, you will be an organised self-starter, comfortable working on your own within a geographically dispersed team around you and not afraid to get stuck into getting to grips with our processes. This role is front facing for the People Development Team, so you’ll need to build relationships and rapport with a wide range of colleagues from across English Heritage. We have a range of skills, knowledge and talent already within the team so you’ll be made to feel welcome and involved from the start.

To be considered as our People Development Assistant you will need:

– To have previous administrative experience

– Experience of compiling reports and working with data

– To be able to build strong working relationships

Find out more about us and what we do on our website, meet some of our People and hear about why they enjoy working with us.

Everyone is welcome at English Heritage. We are always looking for people who reflect the diversity of the country today, to help us make it more relevant to the diversity of the people, communities and places we serve. From remote sites to inner city monuments, from regional teams to our Head Office, the diversity of our teams is critical to making sure our heritage is inclusive, exciting and accessible. We continually look for new ways to promote the past in a way that is inclusive to all and that celebrates the cultural diversity of England’s heritage. By joining us, you will be part of a charity that is already on an exciting journey to tell everyone’s story with an inclusive working atmosphere where everyone from all backgrounds, religions and with different needs will be supported. To support this work, we have a number of EDI networks that you can join as either a member or ally. These networks include Ethnic Diversity, Faith & Belief, Social Mobility, LGBTQ+, Neurodivergence and Gender Specific Issues.

We would be delighted to hear from you if you would like to talk to us about this role before you apply, e.g. regarding workplace adjustments, working patterns or for more information please join us for a webinar on Wednesday 17th January via Microsoft Teams.

Interviews will be held on either Tuesday 13th February or Wednesday 14th February in person at one of our offices in York, Bristol or London.

Closing date: 04/02/2024 23:59:59

So, if you’d like to join us as a People Development Assistant, please apply via the button shown.

Other organisations may call this role People Development Administrator, HR Assistant, People Assistant, Human Resources Assistant, HR Administrator, or HR Co-ordinator.