Description

Closing Date: 17-Jun-2024

About the role:
This is an exciting opportunity to work in an experienced HR team supporting the Museum’s Operations Division. Our Operations Division comprises key functional areas including Advancement, Finance, Governance and Security departments.
As an integral member of a busy HR department, you will help to ensure the delivery of an effective and reliable HR service. You will perform a range of tasks, while focusing on actively managing our recruitment and onboarding processes, including placing advertisements, scheduling interviews and carrying out pre-employment checks.
Applicants will need to demonstrate effective communication skills and the ability to work independently, within a team and with employees from across the organisation.
The role will suit individuals with relevant administration experience looking to start their career in HR or those seeking to build their HR experience in a unique and complex organisation.
Key areas of responsibility:
In addition to the processes outlined above, you will be responsible for issuing contractual documentation and delivering engaging inductions for new starters. Also for -
Providing timely and professional outcomes to successful and unsuccessful candidates.
Ensuring all recruitment paperwork is accurately filed in a timely manner, and in line with data protection requirements.
Preparing paperwork and communications including employment references and contract extensions.
Ensuring that DBS renewals are carried out in line with the Museum’s procedures and legal requirements for employees involved in secure cargo transportation.
Taking full and accurate minutes of sensitive meetings.
Ensuring that personnel files are kept up-to date by completing accurate and timely filing.
Answering queries and advising managers and team members on recruitment processes and procedures.
About you:
To be successful in this role, you will have -
Wide-ranging administration experience including a strong grasp of Microsoft Office and experience working with databases.
Demonstrated ability to work with minimal supervision in prioritising own workload and coordinating with those of others.
Strong attention to detail and ability to produce accurate work within deadlines.
Effective written and verbal communication skills.
A positive attitude, strong customer focus and adaptability skills.
Knowledge of relevant employment legislation and qualified or working towards the Foundation Certificate in People Practice would be an advantage.
About the British Museum:
Founded in 1753, the British Museum’s remarkable collection spans over two million years of human history and culture. The Museum is one of the leading visitor attractions and its world-famous collection includes the Rosetta Stone, Egyptian mummies, the Sutton-Hoo Helmet, and the Lewis Chess Men. The Museum also holds an extensive collection of prints and drawings spanning 600 years, including works by the greatest graphic artists Dürer, Michelangelo and Rembrandt.
The Museum offers a competitive benefits package including:
Generous annual leave allowance of 25 days (rising to 30 days after 10 years’ service) plus 2.5 privilege days and plus bank holidays
Membership of the civil service defined benefit pension scheme (find out here what benefits a civil service pension provides).
Free entry to a wide range of museums and exhibitions
Participation in private and public Museum activities, including talks by leading curators from around the world and behind-the-scenes opportunities to learn how museums care for and manage their extraordinary collections
Interest-free travel, bicycle and rental deposit loans
Professional and personal development opportunities
Employee Assistance Programme
Discounts on food and gift shop purchases
Additional details:
For more information about this role, please see the job description.
Interviews are expected to take place w/c 1 July.
If you have any additional needs that we should be aware of in order to support you with your application, please provide details to bmrecruit@britishmuseum.org.
The British Museum is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all staff and job applicants. We aim to create a working environment in which all individuals can make best use of their skills, free from unlawful discrimination or harassment. We value the benefits that a diverse workforce brings to a Museum which represents world culture. The Museum is committed to ensuring that no job applicant suffers unlawful discrimination because of any protected characteristics. Our recruitment procedures aim to ensure that individuals are treated because of their relevant knowledge, skills and experience.
We offer a flexible way of working  that allows our employees to work remotely in a way that suits them and the organisation. We welcome questions and conversations at interview stage about how flexible working could work for you. We generally expect our HR Coordinators to work on site about 3 days a week.
The Museum adheres to the HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) for pre-employment screening of Civil Servants.