Job Title: HR Advisor – Ireland & UK
Reports to: Senior HR Advisor – Ireland & UK
Terms: Fixed Term Contract until 31/12/2027, Full Time, Hybrid contract (50% of working week from Concern Camden Street office)
Salary: GB6: €57,683 - €64,092
Requirements: Willingness to travel to London and Belfast Offices
About Concern: Established in 1968, Concern is a non-profit, non-governmental humanitarian organisation, dedicated to the reduction of suffering and the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries.
Concern’s vision, our mission and our work are all defined by one goal – ending extreme poverty, whatever it takes. Concern strives for a world free from poverty, fear and oppression.
Our culture is values driven and we believe that our people are central to all that we do and are key to delivering on our goal of Reaching the Furthest Behind First. We are committed to ensuring a workplace weverybody feels valued and are enabled to succeed in their work and contribute to delivering on our mission.
Role Purpose: The HR Advisor-Ireland & UK is responsible for the delivery and implementation of a range of professional HR services within the Dublin, London and Belfast offices and the provision of advice and guidance on a range of HR and organisational change initiatives in order to support Concern in the achievement of its mission. The role holder will provide HR support and guidance to Senior Management, Departmental and Line Managers in the delivery of the organisational strategy in line with Concern’s People Strategy.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with Senior Management to develop and implement people strategies that support their strategic and operational objectives;
- Represent the voice of SMT and Managers within HR to inform the creation of HR initiatives/priorities that meet the needs of the organisation;
- Act as a first point of contact for managers, providing best practice advice and guidance on complex employee relations, performance issues, conflict resolution and investigations;
- Manage and participate in, investigations that are required in response to the misconduct of staff, ensuring that at all stages investigations are compliant with employment legislation and best practice;
- Provide expert HR advice and guidance to Senior Managers, Managers and staff within the Dublin, London and Belfast offices;
- Train, coach, support and offer guidance to management and staff on the application of HR policies and procedures in line with current legislation;
- Work closely with the Talent Acquisition and Development team to inform succession plans for the relevant departments and support the recruitment activities of management level positions;
- Work closely with Learning & Development to ensure alignment between organisational needs and L&D initiatives;
- Support the review and development of HR policies and procedures;
- Promote a positive, inclusive and high performing work culture
- Provide on-call cover for the 24 hour emergency phone;
- Ensure that the organisation’s values and policy commitments, including accountability, equality and safeguarding, are reflected in assigned responsibilities and contribute to a positive internal and external working relationships within the HR Overseas Team and with stakeholders/customers;
- All staff are responsible for upholding and promoting Concern’s values, including our workplace equality, diversity and inclusion, and safeguarding values.
- All staff are required to participate and contribute as necessary towards Concern’s emergency response as and when required.
Role Holder Requirements:
- Demonstrable experience in the field of Human Resources, preferably with significant generalist HR experience;
- Strong understanding of employment law, GDPR and HR best practice;
- Excellent communication, coaching, and influencing skills, with the confidence and ability to interact with all levels of the organisation;
- Ability to build strong working relationships and navigate complex organizational change initiatives;
- The ability to work as both part of a team and on own initiative;
We encourage all eligible candidates, irrespective of gender, ethnicity or origin, disability, political beliefs, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or socio-economic status to apply to become a part of the organisation. Concern is against all forms of discrimination and unequal power relations and is committed to promoting equality.
If this role sounds right for you, please apply with your CV and cover letter. We will respond to every applicant. Please be aware we may offer positions before the closing date.
If you have any concerns about our recruitment process and need particular assistance - for example if you have a disability e.g. a hearing impairment - please let us know and we will do our best to respond to your needs.
Concern has an organisational Code of Conduct (CCoC) with three Associated Policies; the Programme Participant Protection Policy (P4), the Child Safeguarding Policy and the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Policy accessible. These have been developed to ensure the maximum protection of programme participants from exploitation, and to clarify the responsibilities of Concern staff, consultants, visitors to the programme and partner organisation, and the standards of behaviour expected of them. In this context, staff have a responsibility to the organisation to strive for, and maintain, the highest standards in the day-to-day conduct in their workplace in accordance with Concern’s core values and mission. Any candidate offered a job with Concern Worldwide will be expected to sign the Concern Staff Code of Conduct and Associated Policies as an appendix to their contract of employment. By signing the Concern Code of Conduct, candidates acknowledge that they have understood the content of both the Concern Code of Conduct and the Associated Policies and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these policies. Additionally, Concern is committed to the safeguarding and protection of vulnerable adults and children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work or volunteer with vulnerable adults and children are recruited by us for such roles. Subsequently, working or volunteering with Concern is subject to a range of vetting checks, including criminal background checking.
Your Personal Data
During this job application, you will provide Concern with your personal data. Concern takes its responsibilities towards this personal data very seriously and is committed to complying with all relevant data protection legislation.
Concern receives a substantial amount of funding from external donors each year. Increasingly donors are introducing requirements wby future funding is conditional on ensuring that the name of any employee or volunteer (existing or new), does not appear on terrorism lists generated by the European Union (List of person, groups and entities to which Regulation (EC No. 2580/2001 applies), the US Government (Office of Foreign Assets Control list of specially designated Nationals and Blocked Persons) and the United Nations (Consolidated List).
Any offer of employment (either paid or voluntary) with Concern Worldwide will only be made following a successful clearance check being conducted on the applicant and such checks may be updated periodically during the course of the period of employment.
By submitting a formal application for paid or voluntary employment to Concern, you agree to Concern carrying out a clearance check as outlined above and that Concern will not proceed to recruit you should your name appear on any of the aforementioned lists
In certain circumstances, donors may request that personal data relating to employees to work on the activities that they fund be provided directly to them - so that they can perform their own counter terrorism checks. This may involve transferring some basic personal data outside the EEA. It will be a condition of your employment contract that Concern be allowed to share this information with institutional donors for these purposes.
For additional information please consult our web site or contact the Human Resource Division in our Head Office.
You have certain rights under data protection legislation. For more information on how to exercise those rights please visit www.concern.net/about/privacy
Please only apply for this position if you are satisfied with the proposed processing of your personal data as outlined above.
