Salary: £50,400
Closing date: 20th January
Contract type: Permanent
Interview dates: W/C 26th Jan and W/C 2nd February
The Wellcome Trust is a global charitable foundation. We improve health for everyone by funding science, leading policy and advocacy campaigns, and building partnerships.
We plan to spend £16bn over the next ten years, funding new discoveries in life, health, and wellbeing, and taking on three global health challenges: mental health, infectious disease and climate and health.
These challenges need the bold science we support, but they won’t be solved by science alone.
We have an exciting opportunity for a People Services Specialist to provide senior administrative support and guidance within our People Service Desk.
Where will I be working?
Reporting into the People Services Lead, you will be an integral part of our People team playing an active role in helping develop and implement the plans enabling Wellcome to become the best place to work, in support of the delivery of the mission.
What will I be doing?
The People Services Specialist is a technical specialist role, supporting complex people administration and query management alongside guidance for line managers within the People Service Desk, providing excellent attention to detail, driving consistency of approach and with a customer service mindset throughout.
You can view the full job description on our website
To apply for this role please submit an up-to-date CV and answer 2 application questions to demonstrate that you meet the minimum requirements for the role.
The minimum requirements of the role are:
Proven experience working with an HR Helpdesk environment at a senior level
Experience managing complex people administration across the full employee lifecycle process including visa management, secondments (ideally international), redundancy admin management and supporting senior hires/leavers
Ability to successfully resolve more challenging queries being raised with the People Services Desk which have been escalated by the People Services Assistants
Proficiency with HRIS systems (Workday preferred).
You can read more about the benefits we offer our employees on our website
Our Hybrid Way of Working
We understand that our colleagues have commitments and personal interests outside of work and we strive to build a flexible working environment, in which people can perform at their best.
At Wellcome we have a hybrid way of working which is 3 days in our Euston Road offices (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) with the remaining 2 days working either remotely or in the office.
Diversity and Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do
Diversity and Inclusion is a priority at Wellcome. We are committed to cultivating a fair and inclusive environment, where everyone can be themselves and thrive. We are happy to discuss flexible working options for all roles. We work to ensure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible to everyone. This includes making adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition. Please visit our website for more information on adjustments and accessibility, or contact us at jobs@wellcome.org.
Upon a conditional offer being made, the successful applicant for this position will be required to undertake a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service (or equivalent) criminal record check to disclose any ‘unspent’ criminal convictions or conditional cautions under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The criminal record check with not show anything that is ‘spent’.
For further guidance on disclosure of criminal records please see this UK Government Guidance. You can view our Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-offenders here. You can view our Privacy Statement here.
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