HR People Specialist
Role: HR People Specialist. Full Time, Regular, In Person
Location: Nationwide; Assigned every 3-5 years at an RAF Unit in the UK (location preferences taken into consideration)*
GOLDEN HELLO BONUS £5250 on completion of Phase Two Training. See RAF Recruitment website for more details.
Your role as a HR People Specialist in the RAF will be diverse, exciting, and highly rewarding. Wherever the RAF is operational, there is a team of HR People Specialists ready to provide a professional service to personnel of all specialisations. Not only are you a HR People Specialist, supporting those in the RAF in the UK, but you will also (for a limited time) operate in a war fighting capacity wherever in the world that may be, again offering HR services to those deployed in the RAF. (You may also be required to assist public services in times of crisis.)
In the People Specialisation you will be undertaking roles such as:
- Advising on and administering pay and allowances, movements, travel and accommodation
- Processing performance appraisals
- Preparing RAF personnel for deployment to operations and military exercises and supporting them throughout, often deploying with and working alongside them
- Providing Welfare support to all personnel in the UK and overseas
- Administering Service Discipline/Grievance procedures
- Managing career assignments in the UK and overseas, enhancing personnel employment pathways
- Analytics & Business Intelligence
- Executive Support
- Business Support
- Employment Policy
- Accounting & Finance
- Other roles may include Recruitment, Instructing/Training and many more.
Salary:
Pay starting at £26,300 + benefits
Benefits:
· 6 weeks’ paid annual leave and public holidays
· Subsidised food and accommodation
· Travel expenses and free parking
· Free Medical, Dental and Prescriptions
· Free, 24 hour access to Gym
· Non-contributary pension
· 52 weeks’ maternity leave
· Forces Help to Buy Scheme
· Armed Forces discounts
· 2 weeks’ annual Adventure Training opportunities
· Free or subsidised Education and Further Training
· Career development and progression
Qualifications you need;
None. However, GCSE or equivalent at Grade C/4 (Scottish National 5 at Grade C) or above in English Language and Mathematics are desired.
If you do not hold the desirable qualifications, you will be given the opportunity to complete Functional Skills Level 2 at no cost. Completion of FS is mandatory to proceed to Phase 2 Training.
Joining age - 16-47 (applications can be made from 15 years and 9 months)
Other entry requirements;
You must be a UK, Republic of Ireland, a commonwealth citizen since birth (with ‘right to work’ immigration status) or holder of dual UK/other nationality.
Whether or not you were born in the UK, you should have resided there for 3 years immediately preceding your application.
Apprenticeship/Training;
Training is 7 weeks at MOD Worthy Down (following Basic Training) and personnel will gain a Foundation Certificate in People Practice by undertaking a CIPD Level 3 qualification.
A Modern Force:
The RAF recognises the value of a person’s ability no matter their ethnicity, social background, religion or belief, gender identity, sexual orientation, or marital status/civil partnership.
*Career progression allows for remote working opportunities and overseas assignment locations
