Human Resources Manager

Join us at English for Action London as our new HR Manager!

Salary: £37,000 - £39,325 p.a. (pro rata)
Hours: 22.5 (3 days) per week
Location:Mainly remote, with in-person meetings in London, monthly or quarterly

Duration of contract: 12month fixed-term, with possibility of renewal

Closing date for Easy Apply applications: Wednesday 24th May

Invitation to submit further information for selected candidates: Friday 26th May

Interviews to be held on: Thursday 15th June
Reporting to: The trustee HR subgroup and a line manager on the Executive Team

The role at a glance: Leading on all things related to HR, effective collaboration and wellbeing in our team of ten staff. You’ll develop and administer our People policies, practices and culture to support EFA as a happy, equitable place to work and an effective, mission-focused organisation. You’ll be responsible for overseeing recruitment, staff development, support and accountability. Scope for both day-to-day care for our systems and creative improvement of how we do things. Read more about the role: https://bit.ly/42qEyHV.

You at a glance: You’re passionate about the organising and education work we do with migrants in London and the radical participatory ethos of EFA London. You bring strong experience of ‘People work’ and governance of groups or organisations (whether paid or unpaid), with an interest in how to bring the best of conventional HR practice into a team interested in amore equal distribution of power. You’re a ‘people person’, combining strong communication skills with a strategic eye onmoving towards solutions and good professional boundaries. You’re committed to anti-oppression and promoting healthy workplaces for staff. You have a fastidious approach to the administration which underpins all of this.

About EFA
English for Action provides free, participatory, and empowering English language classes (ESOL) for migrants in London. Our classes are spaces to build community and support students to organise collectively around issues like employment and housing rights. Our work currently supports around 500 adult migrants across London. We’ve become a national centre of good practice for a radical participatory approach to ESOL, informed by the work of Paulo Freire, and we share this approach through trainings, research and partnerships.

Organisation: We are a staff team of 12 people supported by a larger team of volunteers and 10 trustees. EFA promotes shared leadership and collaboration and we aim for our organisational structure to reflect this. In the last two years, we’ve transitioned away from having a CEO to an executive team of four to oversee operations and decision-making - which you’d be invited to join following your probation period. We’re still in transition and there is scope to make a real contribution to developing innovative practice within our workplace. As a charity, ultimate responsibility for, and control of, the organisation lies with the Board of Trustees.

EFA employee benefits include:

● Pension scheme with employer matched contribution, currently at 5%.

● Pay rises in line with inflation wherever possible (we have a flat pay structure)

● Tech and cycle scheme

● Flexible working possible based on your needs

● Continuous Personal Development actively encouraged and training opportunities explored.

● Full entitlement to days off for sickness (including mental ill-health), compassionate leave, bereavement leave, and parental leave must be taken.

● Full entitlement to days off for sickness (includingmental ill-health), compassionate leave, bereavement leave, and parental leave

● Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental leave pay

● Enhanced sick pay

● Collaborative decision-making on organisational strategy and practice

● Working within an organisation that makes a huge difference in communities across London

Recruitment process / how to apply

We know applying to jobs can be time consuming! And often candidates with lots of relevant experience can be put off if they don’t fit every part of the job description.

So, we’re using an ‘Easy Apply’ form, where you can attach a CV and fill out three questions to express interest in this role. Even if you are not sure you quite fit all the specifications - give it a go. It may take as little as 10minutes. Find the 'Easy Apply' form here: https://bit.ly/3Vwm46I.

We’ll then encourage you to apply at Stage 2 if we feel you have relevant skills and experience.

You’ll then have around two weeks to complete a few further questions.

Get in touch if you’d like to chat informally about any aspect of this job description or the role:

Email: Adela Belecova (HR subgroupmember), adela@efalondon.org

Job Types: Part-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months
Part-time hours: 22.5 per week

Salary: £37,000.00-£39,325.00 per year

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Bereavement leave
• Casual dress
• Company pension
• Employee discount
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Enhanced paternity leave
• Flexitime
• Sick pay
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Flexitime
• Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

• Are you able to travel into London monthly or termly for occasional meetings?

Education:

• GCSE or equivalent (preferred)

Experience:

• HR (preferred)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: Remote

Application deadline: 24/05/2023