HR Volunteer Assistant

The HR Team provides Support to the Trading Division's staff and managers. We have 700 shops, and approx 1,000 paid employees, located throughout the UK.

Frequency: 3 days per week

• Assisting the Admin Team Leader and Administrators in delivering the implementation of the New Absence Management System over the period March-May. Specifically, this will mean checking employees holiday calculations are correct before they get uploaded onto the system.
• Continuing to chase Personal Data Verification Information.
• Inputting Shop Accident Forms onto a computer database
• Producing a range of range of reports and accident statistics for managers
• General administrative duties to support the Health and Safety Advisor and assist the H. R. Department

• Excellent computer skills with good knowledge of Microsoft office (Word, Excel and Email)
• Able to manage tasks from two very different aspects of HR in Health and Safety and Absence Management
• Able to work unsupervised with accuracy and attention to detail
• Able to exhibit a high level of confidentiality
• Excellent organisation skills and ability to meet tight deadlines
• An interest in HR, specifically Absence Management and Health and Safety
• Good communication skills with the ability to interact at all Levels within the organisation
• Good analytical and problem solving skills
• Pleasant customer service manner
• Good written and spoken English, with the ability to interpret hand-written forms
• Although this is a volunteer position, you need to provide current proof of right to work

• Valuable overview and experience of HR work
• An invaluable opportunity to be part of an HR department as it makes key operational changes
• Opportunity to learn how the Trading HR team takes a lead in delivering Oxfam's HR Strategies to support the trading division
• Training on Oxfam's HR systems
• Good team working environment
• Lunch and reasonable local travel expenses

Julian Eades

Tel: +44 (0) 1865 473254

E-Mail: thrapps@oxfam.org.uk

Please send a CV and cover letter to the address above

 11 February 2013

 19 February 2013

 TBC