HR Officer

IWA is committed to promoting, maintaining and adding to our diverse and inclusive work environment.

Company Profile

The Irish Wheelchair Association is one of Ireland's leading representative organisations and a significant service provider for people with physical disabilities. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to live a life of choice and equality.

We provide nationwide assisted living services, community centres in every county, a fleet of accessible buses, a national parking permit and driving school service, wheelchair-accessible social houses, and help young people with disabilities build employability skills and confidence.

We provide a nationwide assisted living service, community centres in every county, a fleet of accessible buses, a national parking permit and driving school service, wheelchair accessible social houses and help young people with disabilities to build employability skills and confidence.

Our flagship sports programme, IWA Sport, is the national governing body for wheelchair basketball, wheelchair rugby and Para powerlifting and runs sports clubs for children and adults. Many of Ireland’s finest para-athletes started their careers with IWA Sport.

Vacancy

We invite applications for this full-time, permanent role based in Clontarf, with occasional travel within Ireland. The job holder reports to one of our Head of Human Resources Team Leads and plays an essential role in delivering excellent service to our over 2,000 colleagues across every county in Ireland.

The role could span one or more of our existing teams, including recruitment and resourcing, employee relations, and the HR service and support team.

This is an excellent career development opportunity for someone looking to make the next step in their human resources career and join a dynamic team within one of Ireland’s leading not-for-profit organisations. You will be mentored and supported with a supportive and positive environment. Your role will focus on helping managers and colleagues deliver the highest quality of service to IWA members, ensuring best-practice human resource deliverables and action-taking are embedded across our organisation.

Working in a busy and rewarding environment, you will work as part of IWA’s centralised HR team and have regular contact with HR and other colleagues across a range of levels, throughout the organisation. You will have a varied, stimulating and challenging role and the opportunity to thrive and grow your career prospects. You will support our HR mission to be a leading employer of choice with our sector.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

The overall aim of this role is to work of an HR team providing support, advice and insight to a key portfolio of internal work areas. You role will be in a dedicated HR area(s) and you will also have the opportunity to contribute to cross-functional projects as well as the delivery of broader HR objectives.

Your role will be to add value and apply the experience you have while also being open to learning and career growth opportunities as they arise. You may already work in an HR specialist role or as a generalist; either background will be considered equally. This role is not a first-time HR position or for somebody without direct and recent HR experience.

Some of the roles you may be involved in are as follows:

Recruitment & Onboarding:Work as a recruiter in attracting talent, at all levels, to work in IWA. Support employee seamless and professional onboarding and induction, working with local and central colleagues to drive retention and succession goals.

Employee Relations:Provide a proactive, practical and usable approach to ER matters in line with employment legislation, HR policies and procedures; advise managers on best practice approaches, always seeking to maintain a positive work environment.

HR Service Delivery:Provide timely, consistent and accurate day-to-day HR support to management and staff queries regarding staff entitlements and rights, including the updating of HRIS, creation of documents, and capture and sharing of best practice.

Other Roles:Other key contributions, including projects and assignments as they emerge, to support our position as a strong, people-focused employer of choice.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Technical Requirements

A minimum of 3 years of experience working a busy HR Team either in a specialist or generalist role. (Essential)

QQI Level 7 qualification in HR, or an analogous discipline. (Essential)

CIPD qualified or advanced in a course of study that achieves this qualification. (Essential)

Experience in communication, influencing and persuasion skills, working well with colleagues to achieve consensus and agreement in challenging situations

Proven experience in people management, including coaching, mentoring, and performance management.

Personal Requirements

Clear decision-making capability

Team player, excellent communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills.

Strong networking and relationship building skills.

Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities.

Experience working in the not-for-profit sector is desirable

Remuneration & Benefits

Annual salary range – circa €40,000 per annum – strictly based on demonstrated experience in your prior role

Excellent working conditions, including partial working from home arrangements following the probation period

Training & development opportunities

25 days annual leave pro-rata

Access to Defined Contribution Pension scheme

Free onsite parking

Employee Assistance Service

Bike to Work Scheme

TaxSaver Scheme