People Assistant


Company:	The National Fostering Group
Salary:	£27,612 - £29,000 dependent on experience
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Bolton, BL1 4AG
Working pattern:	On-site
Job type:	Temporary
Posting date:	14 Oct 2026
Closing date:	30 Oct 2026

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Summary

Job Title: People Assistant

Location: Hybrid working from Bolton Head Office, 2 days a week in the office

Contract Type: 6 months Fixed Term Contract

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Salary: £27,612 – £29,000 dependent on experience

This is a fantastic opportunity to join the National Fostering Group as a People Assistant. Our Head Office is based in Bolton and you will be expected to be in the office 2 days per week. This is a 6 months maternity cover position.

About the Group

Its official, we have been rated as a Great Place to Work 2025!

88% of employees at National Fostering Group say it is a great place to work, compared to 54% of employees at a typical UK based company! Please read more about why our employees love working here: https://www.greatplacetowork.co.uk/certified-company/1574411

With over 20 years experience, National Fostering Group is the largest independent children's fostering group in the UK with a community of over 2,500 foster carers.

In Northern Ireland, we work with Local Health and Social Care Trusts to provide the highest quality of care for children and young people. All of our fostering agencies across the UK are officially recognised by Ofsted, Welsh and Scottish regulators as either ‘Outstanding’ or ‘Good’ which we are extremely proud of.

About the Role

The People Assistant will act as the first point of contact for all end-to-end employee lifecycle queries. You will provide an efficient and comprehensive service for employee related enquiries ensuring that records and HR systems are accurately maintained. It is important you ensure policy and regulatory requirements are adhered to for all administration activity.

This is a varied role that covers all aspects of the People team including Human Resources, Recruitment and Compliance. Every day will be different and give you the opportunity to become an expert across all areas with the support of our managers.

As part of your role, you will complete pre employment checks on all new starters to ensure we recruit and retain the best employees. This means NFG can continue to offer fantastic care for their children and young people.

Who we are looking for

The successful applicant will have experience in a customer focused role offering a proactive, competent clerical and administrative service. It is essential that you have previous HR administration experience and are confident communicating with a range of stakeholders via phone, email and Microsoft Teams.

You must be competent at producing and maintaining reports, as well as keeping our system up to date and accurate. You will be dealing with sensitive information so it is important you are professional and polite at all times and handle issues with diplomacy.

It would be preferable if you have CIPD Level 3 but this is not essential.

But what else is in it for you? Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

27 days holiday, increasing with service up to 32 days + buy/sell scheme + bank holidays

Bonus schemes

Generous salary sacrifice pension scheme

Enhanced family leave (subject to qualifying criteria)

Employee Assistance Programme

Life Assurance

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you. Just some of the things on offer:

A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits

100’s of discount options

Salary sacrifice Eco Car Scheme and Cycle Scheme

Tech benefit

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all employees to share this commitment and undertake appropriate checks.

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer.

Job ID: 327730

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