HR coordinator – Permanent – Full TimeID: 311048Job Specialism: Non-FrontlineLocation: BirminghamSalary: £29,367Closing Date: Friday, 15th May 2026
About the role
We’re looking for a HR business partnering team coordinator who will play a central role in enabling the HR business partnering team and wider people team to deliver against the people plan and organisational priorities.
This role is focused on supporting the HR Advice and overall HR business partnering team with HR project coordination and HR documentation. You will have a good understanding of employment law and manage the HR advice enquires in conjunction with the HR Advice team.
You will provide support in policies and managing HR case work timelines including communication flow, and HR case operational support, ensuring that key initiatives and timelines are tracked, aligned, and delivered effectively.
Key responsibilities
- A good understanding of employment law and best practice in HR.
- Act as a central coordination point across the HR business partnering team and particularly the Head of HR business partnering, ensuring alignment of priorities and activity.
- Enable smooth delivery of the people plan objectives and projects by supporting oversight of timelines, milestones, and dependencies.
- Strengthen collaboration across designated projects and workstreams by ensuring information is clear, accessible, and shared in a timely way.
- Support the HR business partnering team to deal with the HR advice email inbox, coordinating HR case documentation, supporting with HR advice related information including job evaluation, file management, consistency in documentation, organising ways of working with the HR manager.
- Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to streamline processes and ways of working.
About you
You’ll be an experienced, people-focused HR professional who has experience in end-to-end management of high-volume casework up to and including dismissal with a particular focus on informal resolution of case.
Essential requirements:
- CIPD level 3 qualification and an understanding of HR/People function.
- Experience in HR administration, first line HR advice, project coordination, team support, or operational management.
- Proven ability to build effective working relationships with managers and colleagues.
- Strong organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
Desirable:
- Experience of working in the charity, not-for-profit, or social care sector.
- Experience of delivering people projects or acting as a subject matter expert in a specialist HR area.
About Sense
Sense is a leading disability charity, here to break down barriers alongside disabled people with complex needs. We use our knowledge and expertise to deliver personalised, creative and flexible support at every stage of life. Together, we drive change, building a future where everyone has the power, choice and control to live the lives we choose.
We’re proud to be a Disability confident leader and a charity where people can grow their skills and careers in a supportive, flexible environment.
Our values
Our values shape the way we behave and work alongside disabled people with complex needs to break down barriers.
- We’re creating change
- We’re always learning
- We’re better together
To apply
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- If you require any further assistance, please contact the Recruitment Team on 0121 415 6735 or recruitment@sense.org.uk
- Sense is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Therefore, all offers of employment, where appropriate, are subject to a DBS check; level dependent on the nature of the role.
- For this role we particularly welcome applications from candidates from underrepresented Global Majority backgrounds and candidates with disabilities. Sense is committed to equality of opportunity, and to promoting and celebrating the diversity of staff, volunteers and the people we work with. Everyone’s contribution is valued and we ensure they’re given the opportunity to realise their potential. We welcome applications from talented people from all sections of the community who share our values and belief that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential. For more information please visit: https://www.sense.org.uk/jobs/equality-diversity-and-inclusion-in-recruitment/
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