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Join Our Team

Working at Hopkins Homes is rewarding, engaging and offers you plenty of opportunity for progression. While the work is often challenging, you will always feel part of a team that’s pulling together to deliver something truly special.

 

At Hopkins Homes, we recognise that a diverse business will attract the best talent, which in turn ensures we are able to offer exceptional quality to our customers.  We wish to ensure that not only do we attract talent from a diverse talent pool, but that Hopkins Homes is a place where all talented individuals enjoy working and can develop.

As a business we are committed to fostering an equal, diverse and inclusive working environment in which all individuals are able to make the best use of their skills, free from discrimination, harassment or limitations, and in which all decisions are based on merit.

If you would like to speak to us about making a reasonable adjustment or alternative formats in relation to any application, please contact our HR team on hr@hopkinshomes.co.uk.

Current Vacancies

HR Advisor

Full time, based at our Head Offices in Melton, Suffolk

The HR Advisor provides HR support to the business throughout the employee lifecycle, working closely with people managers to drive the right behaviours and a high performing culture. They will be the 1st point of contact for people-related enquiries and will provide strong support and guidance throughout employee relation cases to ensure the business remains compliant with current legislation. The HR Advisor will be an advocate for a positive company culture with collaborate and inclusive behaviours and values.  

Your main responsibilities will include 

  • Deliver an effective recruitment process, working with hiring managers to agree recruitment strategy, ensuring budget is agreed, supporting with interviews and checking employment contracts 
  • Build and maintain effective relationships with people managers to provide pragmatic advice and guidance on all people related procedures, supporting at each stage of the employee lifecycle. 
  • Support employee performance by providing people managers with the resources and knowledge to have effective performance conversations, including monthly 1:1’s and Personal Development Reviews.  
  • Responsible for overseeing all HR transactional processes (e.g. probation, changes to terms and conditions, flexible work requests, leavers etc) are ensuring they are authorised and processed accurately. 
  • Lead on Employee Relations cases, including redundancy, disciplinary, grievance and performance management, supporting people managers as required.  
  • Oversee the IT systems (PeopleHR, Reward Gateway, PxHub, COINS) used within the team ensuring they’re fit for purpose and are an enabler to processes. 
  • Undertake project work to support the development of HR activities. 
  • Support employee engagement activities including taking a lead on workplace wellbeing and mental health support.  

Skills/Attributes  

  • CIPD or equivalent (or studying towards) 
  • HR Experience in a similar environment would be an advantage 
  • Passionate about keeping our values and vision at the heart of everything we do 
  • A collaborative and responsible member of a team, able to take accountability for work 
  • Full UK Driving licence 
  • Great verbal and written communication skills. 
  • Ability to multi-task with good time management. 
  • Proficient IT skills – Office, Word, Excel 

 

Digital Marketing Manager

Full time, based at our Head Offices in Melton, Suffolk

As Digital Marketing Manager, you will understand the importance of both building a brand online and delivering sales leads. You will care passionately about the brand’s presentation and be determined to create a market-leading digital presence. An understanding and knowledge of effective website performance, CRO, SEO, digital advertising, social media, content creation and delivery is essential to this role.

You will work closely with the Senior Marketing Manager to meet key objectives:

  • Take the lead in the digital marketing strategy to build, deliver and refine the agreed strategy, managing key internal and external relationships.
  • Create and manage all digital content – both inhouse and through agencies. Great time management and attention to detail are essential to this role.
  • Overall responsibility for performance of website, PPC/Google Ads, Google My Business, eCRM, and social media platforms.

Your main responsibilities will include

  • Website: responsible for presentation, accuracy and content development. Ensure web analytics and UX reports are used to continually drive performance and relevant content creation, and CMS content is correct at all times. Ownership of SEO – working with agencies and taking on direct content creation and optimisation as required.
  • Managing the organic Hopkins Homes social media accounts with relevant agencies: current platforms include Instagram, LinkedIn and Facebook. Agreeing content calendar and production with Senior Marketing Manager.
  • Identifying opportunities, developing new ideas, assisting with copywriting and creating engaging, SEO-rich original post content for all platforms.
  • Working closely with the rest of the Marketing team to ensure new content is appropriately communicated across all platforms.
  • Engaging with the CRM software, Hubspot, to ensure customers are profiled and targeted with appropriate timely messages. Mapping out campaign calendar and working with Sales Managers and Head of Sales to address targeted eCRM campaigns.
  • Development of the use of video across all relevant platforms.
  • Managing budgets and invoice sign offs as required.

Skills/Attributes

  • Proven digital marketing experience and of integrating digital marketing effort with sales teams.
  • Proven understanding of website performance including SEO and use of Google Analytics.
  • Proven track record of managing multiple social media platforms and creating effective content
  • Strong organisational and analytical skills.
  • Ability to work to deadlines, prioritise effectively and manage multiple workstreams.
  • Experience of managing internal staff and external agency relationships.
  • Strong attention to detail.
  • Ability to handle change and evolution positively and to bring others with you on the journey through effective communication.
  • Knowledge of integrated sales and marketing CRM software such as Hubspot or similar an advantage.
  • A passion for property and an understanding of property marketing is essential for this role.
  • A collaborative and responsible member of a team, able to take accountability for work
  • Full UK Driving licence
  • Great verbal and written communication skills.
  • Proficient IT skills – Office, Word, Excel

Assistant Financial Accountant

Full time, based at our Head Offices in Melton, Suffolk

We are looking to recruit a full time Assistant Financial Accountant to work in our busy accounts department. Your principal responsibilities will be working with the Purchase Ledger and Payroll. In addition you will provide assistance in the preparation of the management accounts.

Additional training will be available as required.

You will work closely with other members of the finance team and HR.

Your main responsibilities will include:

  • Managing the utilities for the operational sites, ensuring that records are up to date and accurate.
  • Providing support to the purchase ledger team as required.
  • Managing the monthly payroll entries ensuring that our people are paid accurately and on time.
  • Liaison with HR to ensure all starters, leavers and staff absences are recorded correctly within the payroll.
  • Processing of expenses through the payroll.
  • Processing uploads to the Pensions provider.
  • Responding to payroll queries from our people.
  • Monthly reconciliations of payroll information.
  • Payroll HMRC submissions.
  • Supporting in the preparation of P11Ds.
  • Assisting in the preparation of monthly management accounts as required.
  • Undertaking any additional tasks as may be reasonably required from time to time.

Skills/Attributes

  • Previous experience of purchase ledger.
  • Previous experience of payroll.
  • Strong Excell skills.
  • Familiarity with balance sheet reconciliations, journals, accruals and prepayments.
  • Attention to detail, the ability to multi-task with good time management.
  • The ability to adopt change and adapt as necessary.
  • Proficient IT skills – Office, Word, accounts packages.
  • Passionate about keeping our values and vision at the heart of everything we do.
  • A collaborative and responsible member of a team, able to take accountability for work.
  • Great verbal and written communication skills.
  • Great verbal and written communication skills

 

 

 

 

We’re always looking for talented people

If you can’t see a suitable vacancy but want to become a valuable part of Hopkins Homes, then we want to hear from you.

Send your CV and covering letter to hr@hopkinshomes.co.uk or to our Head Office address below.

Please note, we’re unable to respond to every application we receive.