Human Resources

The NSPCC is inspired by a belief that we can make a difference for all children. That's why we aim to end cruelty to children in the UK. Even if it takes many generations to realise it, we achieve much more for children by having this inspirational vision.

The Human Resources function contributes to that aim by ensuring we are able to attract, recruit and retain people with the right mix of skills, experience, competence, values and beliefs and high level of commitment to the NSPCC. Our objective is to be an employer of choice for people who want to work with and for children and to offer our people an innovative, leading HR provision within the Charity sector.

What it's like to work here

Working in HR puts you right at the heart of the organisation, we are usually involved in and often leading on key organisational developments. We strive to be innovative and leading edge as an organisation and within HR. This means that working with us is exciting, challenging and very busy.

The HR function consists of six teams, each focusing on different areas of priority for the organisation:

HR Service Centre

The HR Service Centre manages the 'transactional' part of the HR service. This includes supporting the recruitment process, providing data and management information to the organisation and supporting managers to support their people by providing advice on HR policies. The centre has been designed to ensure that the HR function provides a modern, supportive and proactive HR service to managers across the NSPCC.

Typical roles:
HR Service Centre team leaders, officers, administrators and data and management information officers.

These roles are based in Leeds.

HR Operations

Our team of HR consultants work as business partners providing dedicated professional HR expertise to the Executive Board and management teams in order to empower them make effective decisions about their people and deliver their strategic objectives.

Typical roles:
HR consultants.

These are national roles based across the UK and require regular travel.

Engagement

The engagement department brings together a number of key areas of the 'people-focused' strategy within the organisation. Having an engaged and motivated workforce who understand, are involved with, and committed to the organisation's direction and core goals, and who are supported, developed and effectively rewarded.

Typical roles:
Recruitment and retention consultants, employee relations and reward consultant, safer recruitment and organisational development consultant.

These are national roles based across the UK and require regular travel.

Professional Development Team

Our vision is to create an organisation where everyone is clear about the skills, qualifications, knowledge and behaviours required to be successful in their role. Individuals accept responsibility for their own learning and managers are skilled at developing their people and measuring the impact of development on performance.

Typical roles:
Professional development consultants.

These are national roles based across the UK and require regular travel.

Talent and Leadership Development

Our aim is to help create an organisation where we recruit, develop and retain highly skilled, effective, engaging leaders and managers. They will be clear about the skills, knowledge and behaviours required to be successful in their role, and they will take responsibility for driving their own leadership development, so that they can contribute effectively to a sustainable and successful organisation.

Typical roles:
Talent development consultants, performance management consultants and a learning technologies adviser (who has responsibility for the NSPCC online learning portal My Learning Space).

These are national roles based across the UK and require regular travel.

Volunteering

Our volunteer numbers are growing and our programme of support is improving. By 2015 we will offer a wider range of exciting and engaging volunteer opportunities, whilst ensuring that we support, develop and recognise our valued volunteers effectively. This work is currently led through HR by the Head of Volunteering, a Volunteering Consultant and a Learning & Development Manager for volunteering.
We currently have a head of volunteering and a volunteer consultant within HR.