Dalton Recruitment has a fantastic opportunity available with one of their top clients for a Senior HR Advisor to join a brilliant People function and support the People Director, Head of People Operations and People Business Partners in delivering a first class HR service across the business.
This is a key role providing expert HR advice, guidance and support across a wide range of complex employee relations, organisational development, and HR operational matters. You will be working closely with People and Business Leaders; you will ensure HR practices are aligned; you will deliver creative and business focused people solutions and recommendations along with supporting transformational business projects. You will build and develop relationships with leaders and colleagues at all levels to provide support and guidance on a range of people matters whilst upholding best practice throughout.
It's a very exciting time to be joining the business. It will challenge you, it will reward you and no two weeks will be the same but it does require someone with resilience and an appetite for driving and supporting change, a positive "can-do attitude" and a hunger to really make a difference.
Due to the busy nature of the role, it does require 4 days in the Woking offices with one day working from home and there will be the need for (expensed) travel to other UK offices and sites in line with business demands. Salary circa £45K + package.
Typical responsibilities will include:
Employee Relations:
- Provide support, advice, coaching and guidance to people leaders and employees in relation to HR policies and procedures, employee relation issues and organisational change.
- Manage own ER case work and support the Head of HR Operations with leading and managing complex case work varying from Flexible Working requests, Absence Management, Performance Management, Grievance and Disciplinary.
- Support with HR Administration for ER case work and employee life cycle including Maternity/Paternity leave processes.
- Maintain accurate reporting of all absence management, grievance and disciplinary issues.
- Champions the completion of good quality mid-year and annual appraisals to support with overall performance management.
- Delivers and supports the business on a wide range of People projects.
- Champion best practice, role model our principles and lead by example.
- Ensure personal behaviour promotes cultural change and reflects the values/behaviours and principles of the business.
- Support the People Director with ad hoc projects & activities.
Policy Review:
- Support the Head HR Operations with the review of people policies to ensure they are legally compliant, up to date and meet the needs of the business
- Highlight any changes to policies to ensure compliance with required consultation and escalation to ensure that all stakeholders are appropriately communicated.
- To check policies and procedures to make sure their application is handled in accordance with policy and has delivered the most effective outcome and recommend development initiatives.
People Data:
- Support the organisation to analyse People trends and develop a strategy and process for consistent operational management (in line with policy) in partnership with People Leaders and the senior leadership group.
- Support and update People data and case management from appropriate systems to enable different audiences to understand the position and where improvements are being made, and more focus is required.
Required Skills/Experience:
- Experienced, pragmatic professional with a demonstrable track record of managing large programmes of management activity
- Excellent organisational skills with ability to prioritise workload within a complex environment and multiple stakeholders
- Able to establish credibility at all levels to influence and guide management on all issues
- Previous experience of working within a unionised environment
- Strong knowledge of employment legislation and resolving complex Employee Relations cases
- Excellent computer skills including word and excel and HR systems (Oracle would be advantageous)
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal and the ability to communicate complex information in a clear and concise way
- Experience of working with employees at all levels
- Experience of dealing with challenging situation where emotions may play a part
- Ability to empathise whilst maintaining professionalism
- Strong analytical capability – highly numerate
- Multi-site experience
- Strong attention to detail, happy to “roll their sleeves up”
Apply today for immediate consideration! Please note Dalton Recruitment Ltd is acting as a recruitment agency in relation to this role. We will always try to respond to all applications individually but due to the high volume we receive, this may simply not be possible. So if you do not hear back from us within 3 working days, please accept our apologies but please also assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
