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 (preferences taken into consideration)*

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. 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

GOLDEN HELLO £5250 on completion of specialist training with a 4 year return of service (T&Cs apply).

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 8 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