HR Generalist
| Posting date: | 01 October 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £35,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 20 October 2025 |
| Location: | London, W12 7TF |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 1 day per week |
| Company: | NFP People Limited |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7750 |
Summary
HR Generalist
The HR Generalist is an exciting role within the HR & Operations team, supporting the delivery of a first-class employee experience at Youth Zone. Reporting to the Head of HR & Operations, you will be responsible for providing a wide range of HR services across the employee lifecycle, ensuring policies and processes are up to date, and acting as a trusted and approachable point of contact for staff and managers.
If you are passionate about people, workplace culture, and making a difference, then we want to hear from you!
Position: HR Generalist
Location: London W12 7TF (Hybrid - 1 day a week from home)
Salary: £35,000 per annum (pro-rata if part-time)
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week or 30 hours (4 days)
Contract: Fixed Term (12 months), with the potential to become permanent
Closing Date: 9am, Monday 20th October 2025
Interviews: Monday 27th October 2025
About the Role
This is an exciting time at Youth Zone, with our first year of opening already making a big impact in the community. As HR Generalist, you will play a pivotal role in helping shape the organisation's culture and people experience. You will support recruitment, onboarding, employee relations, performance management, payroll, and learning & development, while also co-delivering on key HR projects such as engagement, diversity, and wellbeing initiatives.
You will need to be proactive, organised, and confident in balancing operational delivery with improvements that strengthen employee experience. This role is perfect for someone who enjoys variety, thrives on building relationships, and wants to contribute to a mission-driven charity making a difference for young people.
Key responsibilities include:
- Manage recruitment and onboarding, ensuring inclusive practices and great candidate experience.
- Lead on HR administration including contracts, HRIS updates, absence tracking, and reporting.
- Support managers with employee relations including performance, grievances, and disciplinaries.
- Collaborate on engagement, wellbeing, and DEI initiatives across the organisation.
- Process payroll data in collaboration with Finance and external providers.
- Support learning & development opportunities and contribute to shaping WEST's Employee Value Proposition (EVP).
About You
You will bring proven HR experience and be ready to take ownership across a variety of people-focused areas. You'll have excellent organisational skills, a strong understanding of employment law, and be confident in working with managers and employees alike.
You will also have:
- Experience as a HR Generalist or similar role.
- Knowledge of UK & European employment law and HR best practice.
- Strong organisational and communication skills.
- Experience managing recruitment, onboarding, and HR processes.
- Confidence in handling employee relations matters with discretion.
- CIPD Level 5 qualification (or currently working towards).
About the Organisation
Hammersmith & Fulham (H&F) is a London Borough of wide disparities, with an acute need for youth services. This vast difference between those living in different parts of our borough can lead to radically different life outcomes. The Youth Zone is a vital provision that will make a huge impact on the lives of young people, and on the whole borough, levelling the playing field for our young people.
This is a vital charity that makes a huge difference in levelling the playing field for young people in West London, and you can be part of that journey.
As an equal opportunities' employer, applications are welcome from under-represented groups; in particular from Black, Asian, Mixed Race and other ethnically diverse individuals, people with disabilities, and members of LGBTQ+ communities. Ensuring a culture where everyone can be themselves and thrive.
You may have experience in areas such as HR, Human Resources, HR Generalist, HR Advisor, HR Officer, People Officer, People Advisor, HR Coordinator, HR Administration, HR Administrator, HR Business Partner, Employee Relations Officer, People and Culture Officer, Talent Acquisition Coordinator, Recruitment and HR Coordinator, etc.
PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.