Full time, 37.5 hours per week
Fixed term contract for 9-12 months.
This role is based on-site in Trowbridge and would suit someone who enjoys working in a busy office environment - ideally with complex casework - as part of a team.
Some travel to Portbury (BS20) site will be required so a driving licence and access to your own transport are essential requirements for this role.
Responsibilities:
- Advise managers and employees on all aspects of employment relations- such as performance management, sickness absence, disciplinary and grievances.
- Offer quality and timely advice in line with current employment legislation, company policies and best practice.
- Progress case work to a successful outcome using the internal HR Case Management system.
- Work in partnership with Managers offering guidance and support and ensuring compliance with HR policy and procedures.
- Coach Managers on the above areas of people management to develop their competence to manage cases without the need for high levels of support.
- Work with and support HR team members on people projects, e.g. TUPE transfers, redundancy consultation and organisational change.
- Contribute to and deliver training on key people policies, e.g. absence management, discipline and grievance.
- Reviewing the resources that we provide managers to ensure that template letters and guidance notes are up to date.
- Attend meetings in relation to case matters
- Collate data for monitoring and measuring HR key performance indicators and distribute as required (e.g. disciplinary / grievance / sickness levels).
- Compiling and running reports on the HR system, Zellis, to provide key people statistics for the HR Managers and the wider business, e.g. head-count, turnover etc.
- Contribute to reviews of HR practice, processes, policies and procedures to continuously improve and meet business needs. Implement any agreed changes.
- Contribute to any HR updates for the business.
- Undertake reviews of providers of staff benefits and help with the administration and communications associated with these, e.g. company Perks and the Employee Assistance Programme ensuring these are appropriately promoted and utilised by staff across the business.
- Production of contracts, offer letters and other appropriate correspondence for new and existing staff, inducting new employees and covering reception when required.
Essential:
- Experience in a HR Advisor role
- Significant experience of dealing with employee relations casework and advising managers on HR policy, procedures and best practice (in particular absence management, disciplinary, grievance and performance management)
- Experience using HR databases and case management systems
- Able to plan and prioritise workload and cases.
- Confident using Microsoft Office applications, in particular word and excel
- GCSE's or equivalent Grade C in Mathematics & English
- Up to date employment law knowledge
- CIPD qualified- part or full
- Full UK driving licence and access to own transport
Desirable:
- Developing HR processes, procedures and policies
- Experience of coaching managers
- Advising on restructuring and redundancy situations.
- Experience of a multi-site environment.
- Understanding of TUPE legislation and dealing with TUPE transfers
