Junior HR Consultant x 2

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The opportunity

Are you passionate about employee relations, diversity and inclusion and wellbeing? Do you thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced environment? We have an exciting opportunity for a Junior HR Consultant to further their HR expertise as we undergo a significant period of transformation. 
 
UAL is committed to creating a supportive and inclusive work environment. As a Junior HR Consultant, you will play a crucial role in providing professional advice and guidance to employees and managers at all levels, ensuring their success and well-being. Applying empathy, you will expertly handle a wide range of employee relations matters, including sickness absence management. Key to this role will be providing a first-rate customer service to our employees whilst also collaborating with trade unions and staff associations to foster positive relationships.
 
We are investing in our people and developing a new People Strategy. It is an exciting time to join the UAL HR team.

This position is a 12-month fixed term contract.

About you

We’re seeking someone with a strong grasp of employee relations management, equality, diversity, and inclusion, and well-being. Whether you’re a seasoned professional or actively pursuing your CIPD qualification, your expertise in providing professional HR advice and guidance to employees and managers at all levels will be highly valued. Experience in managing organisation-wide change is desirable as is experience working with trade unions or staff associations.

If you have any queries about this role or need any reasonable adjustments for your application, please contact Zele Akhilele, Resourcing Adviser via email at Peoplestaffrecruitment@arts.ac.uk

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. We are a collegiate University spread across London with six Colleges, four Institutes and five Research Centres. UAL also has two subsidiary companies, delivering specialist activities – UAL Short Courses Ltd, and UAL Arts Temps Ltd.

We’re made up of all types of people, coming together in London, the world’s creative capital. We are designers, artists, performers, thinkers, researchers and makers. Our students, staff and graduates form a global network of creatives, entrepreneurs and leaders. Together, our ideas change the world. Because the world needs creativity.

We are ranked highly across the board. We are ranked first for specialist art and design, second in the world for Art and Design in the 2023 QS World University Rankings (for the fifth year in a row), ranked fifth in sustainability and two of our colleges were rated in the top three fashion schools in the world.

Our culture

We have become one of the world’s most international Universities, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. And, as a global university, staff and students learn from different cultures and perspectives, which leads to new conversations and innovative work. At our very core, everything we do seeks to challenge the status quo by driving social purpose and standing up for what matters.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds including those who may feel underrepresented in the workforce due to their socioeconomic circumstances such as those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (B.A.M.E.) backgrounds. We aim to be a university where everyone can be themselves and are supported to reach their full potential.

With our commitment to inclusion and diversity, we are proud to be a Race Equality Charter (REC) member to help us reduce barriers that negatively impacts B.A.M.E. staff, a Stonewall Diversity Champion to ensure all LGBTQ+ people are valued at work, a Disability Confident Scheme Committed employer and member of the Business Disability Forum which help us to improve the lives of disabled people in the workplace.

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