HR Manager – The Social Change Hive [APPLICATIONS NOW CLOSED]

£37,400 (£19,946.67 pro rata)

Part-time | Hybrid or Remote

Deadline 16 Feb 2025

Details

Salary: £37,400 (£19,946.67 pro rata) + pension + employee benefits
Hours: 20 hours per week
Location: Remote/Hybrid (London)
Application deadline: 23.59 pm, 16th February 2025

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About SCN

At The Social Change Nest (SCN), we’re radically transforming the funding landscape and strengthening civil society. We remove the financial and administrative barriers – like bank accounts and legal structures – that often prevent communities, grassroots groups and informal movements from accessing funding and focusing on their core mission. We also work closely with funders, providing Grant Distribution and Fund Management services, enabling them to support social action with confidence and transparency. 

The Social Change Hive is a new service providing an ethical payroll management service for activists and changemakers, keeping them at the heart of what we do.

We know that groups often reach a point where they need to hire paid staff to help achieve their purpose. It is important that when the work someone is doing for that group becomes a regular commitment, they have a means to be able to pay them. Through The Social Change Hive (SCH), we can offer joint employment for those staff so that they can get all the benefits of being employed whilst helping groups to drive positive social change.

To put it simply, The Social Change Hive allows groups to hire staff without becoming a registered charity or incorporated group. They can find who they want to hire for their team, and we’ll take care of the rest.

The Social Change Nest is part of The Social Change Group. We are a Disability Confident Employer, and an accredited Living Wage Employer. In addition, we were listed as one of the top social enterprises in the UK in the SE100 for the last three years. 

How we work

You’ll be joining a close-knit team, supported and developed to be the best you can be. We believe that every member of our team brings a unique perspective from their experiences and abilities and we encourage everyone to be a curious soul about how we can improve everything we do, from how we interact as a team to how we deliver for our clients and communities. 

Underpinned by our values of collaboration, curiosity, courage, and creativity, we work closely and with care with our partners because we believe relationships are the glue that hold us all together. 

We’re a growing business and operate at pace to keep up with the challenges that the sector faces. We have established a lot, but as we grow, we’re still working some things out. The right person will thrive in this environment and feel a level of ownership to support the build out of things we need as we need them. 

The ideal person will enjoy working towards building something new and exciting for our clients, and be able to thrive when things change quickly which you need to adapt to. You’ll be the type of person that will intuitively look at the entire system and how your role and function fit into it, always looking to collaborate and make sure there’s great communication across each part of the business.

Skills and experience

Qualifications, experience and knowledge 

  • Proven experience as an HR Manager or similar role 
  • Strong understanding of UK employment law and HR compliance
  • Experience with employment services is a strong advantage
  • CIPD qualification level 3 is essential
  • Experience of working within a team, with excellent communication skills
  • Experience of managing HR platforms is desirable

 

Skills and Personal Attributes

  • Exceptional organisational skills
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
  • Ability to work with diverse social organisations, activists and changemakers
  • Enjoys working in a fast paced environment
  • Demonstrable experience of project management 
  • Exceptional attention to detail 
  • Strong and creative problem-solving skills
  • Process-oriented
  • Strong interpersonal skills and experience with stakeholder management
  • Confident with numbers and finances

Key responsibilities

Human Resources, Compliance and Administration (60%)

  • Support the Head of Operations on recruitment and induction processes for the business and clients. This includes ensuring the processes are fit for purpose and efficient for the business, having the right resources in place to support the team and clients with understanding and managing recruitment and induction, managing onboarding and offboarding processes.
  • Supporting the contracting and HR obligations for our employees, including clients using the Hive service – onboarding, exit processes and everything in between. 
  • Developing and supporting the processes in Hive to ensure smooth operations. 
  • Supporting the team and clients on HR queries and issues, including BrightHR administration, leave allocation and changes in contracts.
  • Work closely with the Operations Assistant on any other HR matters.
  • Support employee benefits and pensions, and liaise with providers to resolve issues, providing support on salary sacrifice schemes

 

Development and learning (30%)

  • Ensure all staff and new starters complete all mandatory training in a timely manner.
  • Monitor, assess and report to the Head of Operations on training needs across the employees.
  • Prepare reports on HR metrics, including turnover, employee engagement, and compliance.

 

Benefits and payroll (10%)

  • Support with payroll providers and SCN Finance to ensure accurate and timely salary payments.
  • Support with pension and salary sacrifice queries with our Finance team and external payroll provider as and when necessary

 

Terms and benefits

Terms: The role will be part-time (20 hours/week) permanent contract  – we will consider well-structured JobShare applications. As we often work with volunteers occasional evening and weekend work will be required and compensated through TOIL. Occasional but limited UK travel will be required (by arrangement). 

We are open to exploring flexible working arrangements and supporting you to meet commitments you may have.

Salary: £37,400 (£19,946.67 pro rata)

Location: You must be based inside the UK. We have an office in Kings Cross, London which London-based staff are in 3 times a week or more, but if you are based out of London you will be home based. 

We hold quarterly all-staff strategy meetings and annual away days which you will be required to attend in person which we will cover the cost of your travel. You will be required to come together with the team occasionally and these travel costs will not be covered, we try our best to keep these to when only necessary. 

Language skills & visa status: Candidates must be fluent in English. You must have the right to work in the UK independently, as we are unable to provide visa sponsorship.

Holiday:  22 days (Full time – this will be calculated on a pro-rata basis) plus bank holidays. We close the office in the days between Christmas and New Years – this time is paid for all staff and is in addition to your annual leave entitlement.

Employer pension contribution: We offer a 3% employer pension contribution, that you will auto enrol for after 3 months of employment with The Social Change Nest.  

Additional Paid Time Off: We offer 2 days of paid voluntary time off, encouraging all staff to serve as trustees or any equivalent voluntary positions to contribute to their communities 

Mintago: The health and wellbeing of our staff is very important to us. We offer all of our staff access to Mintago which offers a 24 hour support line, structured counselling with external support, and a bank of online resources such as webinars and articles tailored towards health and wellbeing for both you and the members of your family, and access to some types of legal advice. You can see their website for details. They also offer access to a 24hr virtual GP.

Financial Wellbeing: The financial wellbeing of our staff means a lot to us. We offer the following to our staff to help them reach their financial goals:

  • Salary sacrifice/exchange schemes for groceries (and pensions will be coming soon!). Staff members can choose a set amount to be taken out of their gross pay (before being taxed)  each month, to be put towards purchasing groceries from all major grocery retailers. 
  • Financial wellbeing platform allows staff to check their pension dashboard, plan for retirement and search for forgotten/lost pensions. There is also a smart saver plan and we provide access to financial advisers for free.
  • Benefits app – retail discounts. Select from over 80 brands.

How to apply

To apply please fill out this application form. Please note that CVs, cover letters, and/or copies of the question outline will not be considered. You can also view the questions and draft your answers here before submitting it through the Google Form.

Application Deadline: 23.59 pm, 16th February 2025

We recognise that AI tools are becoming increasingly prevalent in various aspects of professional life, including the job application process, view our AI use guidance for some points to consider.

Hiring process

We strongly encourage applicants from a wide variety of backgrounds. We are committed to our staff representing the wide variety of backgrounds represented in the communities we work with. If you are concerned that you may not fit 100% of the job specification – please throw your hat in the ring. We never put formal education requirements on any role as we value lived experiences as highly as formal education and training qualifications. 

We follow a blind recruitment process, which means that hiring managers for the role can only see your work history and answers to application questions when deciding to progress to the interview stage. 

If you need any accessibility accommodations for this application please do not hesitate to contact us at people@thesocialchangenest.org or by calling +44 7958 298 727 and we will be happy to provide you with those accommodations.

Please visit our main vacancies page for our equal opportunities statement. 

Using AI in your application

We recognise that AI tools are becoming increasingly prevalent in various aspects of professional life, including the job application process. While we neither encourage nor discourage the use of AI in your application, we believe it’s important for candidates to be aware of both the potential benefits and drawbacks. Here are some key points to consider:

Potential Benefits of Using AI

  1. Reduces barriers: AI can help individuals with disabilities or those who are not native English speakers in the application process.
  2. Guidance: Can provide suggestions on what you might want to include in your response.
  3. Feedback: Can offer insights on how you could improve your responses.


Potential Drawbacks of Using AI

  1. Generic content: Can result in similar wording appearing across multiple applications, making them feel less unique.
  2. Inaccuracies: AI is sometimes overly creative with facts and may provide inaccurate information.
  3. Loss of personal touch: Your individual experiences and personality might not shine through if AI is relied on too heavily.

Remember, the most successful applications are those that genuinely reflect your skills, experiences, and personality. Whether you choose to use AI tools or not, make sure you check your responses thoroughly and ensure that your application accurately represents you as a candidate.