HR People Specialist

Location: Nationwide; Assigned every 3-5 years at an RAF Unit in the UK (preferences taken into consideration)*

Your role as an 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

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 5 years immediately preceding your application but candidates with a minimum of 3 years will be considered,

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.