Vacancy Details

We are looking for a positive, flexible, and organised individual who shows initiative and is attentive to detail to support across our growing graduate programmes offer. The LGA currently runs three graduate programmes - the Impact, Impact: Finance, and Pathways to Planning, all with the joint aim of kickstarting meaningful careers in the sector. As the HR and Payroll Assistant you will provide recruitment administration support for candidates to our graduate schemes. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a friendly and supportive team particularly if you are interested in recruitment and project management. You will have the opportunity to learn on top of your existing knowledge. It will certainly provide you an exciting and stimulating working environment.,

• Flexible & agile working - office-based staff are required to work in the LGA's London office two days per week as a minimum, subject to business need and this may vary significantly between different roles and from week to week.
• Future development - face-to-face and virtual courses are scheduled in line with developmental goals
• The LGA offers 24/7 access to a free, confidential employee assistance programme managed by Health Assured. This service is also available for Dependants.
• Family friendly policies
For more of LGA's benefits and working with us, please view our webpage https://www.local.gov.uk/benefits-and-working-lgaOur values & behaviours Our Values and Behaviours are there to give us an understanding of who we are as an organisation and who we want to be. They are a framework to help us understand:
• how we work with each other
• how we work with our members and stakeholders
• our expectations for ourselves and each other
Our values are: Inclusive - We ensure that our work is inclusive of all voices. Ambitious - We are ambitious for councils and their communities and are committed to striving for excellence in all that we do to support our colleagues, our membership and the sector to deliver the best possible outcomes.

It is essential that candidates have gained demonstrable experience of working within a HR or recruitment administrative role. You will hold sound knowledge and understanding of HR or recruitment processes and administration and hold the ability to apply this knowledge in practice. It is also desirable that a candidate is either CIPD Level 3 qualified, or currently working towards this however if you have demonstrable experience in HR or recruitment then please don't let this put you off. The successful candidates will be enthusiastic, confident and have a flexible approach to work. They will be customer focused and passionate about their work. The ability to multi-task and prioritise when working under pressure is vital for the successful candidate. To succeed in this role you must have excellent administrative skills, applicants will be able to demonstrate effective interpersonal skills, exceptional organisational skills and be confident in the use of office software packages.,
• Demonstrable experience of working within a HR or recruitment administrative role.
• Sound knowledge and understanding of HR or recruitment processes and administration and hold the ability to apply this knowledge in practice
• The ability to multi-task and prioritise when working under pressure
• Excellent administrative skills, applicants will be able to demonstrate effective interpersonal skills, exceptional organisational skills
• Be confident in the use of office software packages
• It is also desirable that a candidate is either CIPD Level 3 qualified, or currently working towards this however if you have demonstrable experience in HR or recruitment then please don't let this put you off.
  
  The Local Government Association (LGA) is the national membership body for local authorities. We work on behalf of our member councils to support, promote and improve local government.
We are a politically led, cross-party organisation that works on behalf of councils to ensure local government has a strong, credible voice with national government. We influence and set the political agenda on the issues that matter to councils to help them deliver local solutions to national problems. We also provide councils with the tools and resources to respond to challenges present and emerging, and support improvement across the sector.