HR Executive
Salary £ 32,792 per annum (prorated to part time hours)
Edinburgh (home based with occasional travel and in person working)
Vacancy listed 02/03/2026
Application deadline 18/03/2026
Details
Foundation Scotland is an independent charity that provides funding to charities, social enterprises and community organisations. We do this on behalf of over 400 individuals, charitable trusts and companies.

As we grow, we’re expanding our People & Culture team, making this the perfect moment to join. You’ll have genuine scope to shape processes, contribute to people centred projects, and influence the employee experience across the full lifecycle.

You’ll work closely with our People & Culture Business Partner, line managers and colleagues across the organisation, becoming a trusted go to person for HR support. 

Whether you love engaging with people, improving processes, designing great experiences or diving into people data this role offers breadth, variety and meaningful impact.

What You’ll Be Doing
You’ll balance day to day HR operations with contributing to a range of people projects, perfect if you’re eager to broaden your experience and stretch your HR capabilities.

Your responsibilities will include:
  • Being the first point of contact for employees and managers, offering clear, solution focused HR advice across the full lifecycle. 
  • Supporting on recruitment, onboarding, contract changes, performance, and leavers ensuring a smooth, consistent employee experience. 
  • Contributing to engagement, wellbeing and culture initiatives, including surveys, feedback analysis and action planning. 
  • Helping to develop and embed policies, toolkits, and training to support managers and strengthen people practices. 
  • Making confident use of digital tools, HR systems and people data to support reporting and continuous improvement. 
  • Working collaboratively across teams and contributing to organisational priorities. 
  • Playing an active role in people centric projects, helping us improve processes and embed new ways of working. 

This is an exciting, hands on role where your ideas and initiative will be welcomed and valued.

About You
You’ll thrive in this role if you are:
  • Passionate about people, culture and creating a great workplace.
  • Able to juggle multiple priorities and stay focused in evolving situations. 
  • A confident recruiter: you will be comfortable managing end‑to‑end recruitment as we continue to expand our team.
  • Confident interpreting and communicating people information. 
  • Digitally capable, with experience using systems and data to support your work. 

You’ll bring HR experience or perhaps be ready to step from talent acquisition into a broader generalist role. Most importantly, you’ll be someone who cares deeply about supporting people and helping our organisation be at its best.

Ready to Apply?
If you’re excited by the chance to make a real impact, to grow your HR expertise and to support an organisation doing incredible things across Scotland then we’d love to hear from you.

More detail about the role and experience required is available in the job description/person specification can be found here.  
 
Once you have read this, you can apply here. Please attach a CV and detailed covering letter, outlining how you meet the criteria set out in the job description/person specification.

Interviews will be held in person in Edinburgh on 27th March. 

If you have any questions or need any assistance, please contact jane@foundationscotland.org.uk 
  


Benefits

A progressive pay system with benchmarked annual increases
Life Assurance at 3 times annual salary
Defined contribution scheme with 7% Employer’s contribution
35 days annual leave [including bank holidays)
2 days equivalent paid volunteering
Training and development opportunities
Working pattern flexibility and homeworking
Employee Assistance Plan

Notes

This is a part time post at 0.6 or 0.8. We're open to the conversation around what working hours might fit best.

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