Platform Overview
API Integrations – Why Open APIs & Integrations Are the Future of HR Tech
Smarter HR and Payroll for housing associations.
Central teams, neighbourhood officers, repairs, maintenance and mobile operatives, one secure workforce platform. Clearer visibility, less administration and payroll that gets every working pattern right, available through G-Cloud.
Trusted by the world’s leading global employers
Now available on the G-Cloud framework.
HBHR’s HR, payroll and workforce management services are available to eligible public sector buyers through the Crown Commercial Service Digital Marketplace, with service scope, support and pricing set out on our listing.
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Connect office, field and frontline teams.
HR, payroll, time and attendance, documents and self service together across dispersed teams and locations, so the person fixing a boiler is on the same system as the person running payroll.
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Workforce and cost visibility in real time.
Attendance, overtime, absence, staffing and payroll information in connected reporting and configurable dashboards, by service, location, cost centre or team.
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Compliance without the admin overload.
Training, documents, role requirements, policy acknowledgements and expiry dates tracked automatically, with audit trails that stand up to any inspection.
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AI built in, not bolted on.
The HRGenie Suite generates reports, executes routine tasks, flags anomalies and surfaces workforce patterns, while your HR and operational teams stay firmly in control.
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Governance that scales with complex providers.
Configure structures and permissions across services, teams, entities and locations while keeping central oversight, however your organisation grows or reshapes.
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5 star onboarding and human support.
Structured discovery, secure migration, role based training and ongoing access to experienced people, not ticket queues.
Every team, every trade, one platform
See how housing providers manage people, pay and compliance without the spreadsheet sprawl.
Designed for the realities of a distributed workforce
Housing associations support a broad mix of people, from central HR, finance and customer service teams to neighbourhood officers, repairs crews and mobile operatives. Different services, devices, working patterns and levels of digital access, all needing the same accurate pay and records.
- HR and payroll across multiple teams, locations, services and legal entities.
- Mobile self service for field based employees, on the device in their pocket.
- Time, attendance, rota patterns, overtime, leave and absence in one view.
- Approved time and workforce information connected and flowing to payroll
- Training, documents and policy acknowledgements monitored automatically.
- Reports by service, location, cost centre, team or employment group.
Implementation that respects operational complexity
A housing workforce spans services, locations, devices and working patterns. Our implementation maps those realities rather than flattening them:
- Discovery across HR, payroll, finance, IT and operational services.
- Secure data migration, validation and controlled cutover.
- Configuration for teams, services, locations, permissions and workforce rules.
- Testing of time, attendance, payroll and required integrations.
- Practical training for central, manager, mobile and employee users.
- Named onboarding support and continued access to real people.
Procure HBHR through G-Cloud
Our listing sets out service scope, implementation approach, support and pricing, so your procurement, IT and finance teams can assess HBHR against your own rules and the framework guidance.
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Explore the platform
Everything you need to manage your workforce, from hire to pay and everything in between, in one connected platform.
Manage employee records, leave and documents in one place. Stay compliant with policies and reporting through AI-driven insights that help HR teams spot risks and make better decisions.
Unify payroll, rotas and time and attendance. Automate calculations and ensure compliance with real-time visibility into labour costs and workforce performance.
Manage the entire talent lifecycle in one place. From AI-powered recruitment and CV screening to performance and training, get total visibility with intelligent reporting and custom dashboards.
Connect your team with anonymous wellbeing support and daily engagement insights. Use intelligent analytics to spot workplace patterns and drive early intervention.
FAQs
Clear answers to the questions housing providers ask most.
Yes. Configurable access, mobile self service, time and attendance, documents and connected reporting support every working environment, from head office to the van.
Yes. Structures and permissions are configured around your organisation while authorised users keep consolidated oversight and reporting.
Documents, training, policies, acknowledgements, expiry dates and audit trails are centralised in one place. The configuration reflects your regulatory and internal requirements.
Yes. Approved time, attendance and workforce information flows through to payroll, reducing manual re keying, subject to your agreed configuration.
Yes, through an open API and scoped integrations. Finance, identity, scheduling or operational integrations are scoped during discovery.
Eligible organisations can procure through our G-Cloud listing on the Digital Marketplace, subject to their own procurement process and the framework requirements.
Implementation includes role based communications, training and access planning, so employees and managers are confident with the mobile and self service tools before go live.