People Officer

An opportunity has arisen to join the HR Service Centre Team at Barnsley Council.

As a People Officer, you’ll help us to provide an effective HR service in relation to DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service). You’ll play a key role in supporting the delivery of a high quality and professional HR service.

Creativity, ambition and a focus on people. That’s what matters at Barnsley Council. Our award winning council is on an exciting journey of change. It’s all about putting people at the heart of everything, listening to and doing good for our communities and customers. We’re now more innovative, more efficient and provide better value for money.

Your role in our journey

We’d like you to be part of our success and help us take change further. Join us on our journey to a brighter future. By working together, with each other and with our customers, we can take pride in the service provided.

What you’ll need

To join us you will need a Level 2 apprenticeship / qualification in a related discipline. You will have relevant and recent experience in HR or an administration environment. A key part of this role is maintaining our DBS systems, processes and procedures. You will be methodical and diligent and able to manage your own workload and have experience of using Microsoft Packages for processing, presenting and manipulating data.

A lot to look forward to

Here at Barnsley, we live and work by four important values: honesty, teamwork, excellent service, and taking pride in what we do. As part of our team, you can be sure we’ll do all we can to support you in being truly excellent.

So, if you are looking for an exciting new challenge, we’d love to hear from you. We welcome the opportunity to have a chat about the role and are happy to address any questions you may have about flexible working arrangements, including as a result of caring responsibilities.

We also want to be an inclusive and diverse employer of choice and in particular welcome applications from all under-represented groups.