Job Title: Senior HR/ER Advisor

Location: Head Office

Reporting to: HR Director

Responsible for: No direct reports

Pay: Up to £30,000 PA

Hours: 37.5h Per Week

Days: Monday to Friday

Main purpose of job: Working in a small team to provide a robust and credible HR service to the colleague population. Being instrumental in driving the strategic HR agenda to continually improve colleague experience whilst mitigating risk and creating a platform for future growth.

Responsibilities/Duties:

• Deputising for the HR Director in their absence
• Providing all aspects of generalist HR advice, including disciplinary, grievance and performance management and coaching line managers through the process.
• Supporting line managers with absence management and any long term welfare discussions and occupational health reviews
• Being a point of escalation for more complex employee relations cases
• Leading TUPE activity
• Key point of contact with ACAS
• Conducting exit interviews
• Undertaking ad hoc projects in line with company objectives
• Working with the HRD to create and implement colleague engagement initiatives
• Reviewing policies and processes to ensure they are fit for purpose
• Maintaining up to date knowledge of developments in Employment Law, Case Law and HR best practice and making necessary recommendations
• Driving the strategic Learning and development agenda.
• Working closely with the Payroll Manager

Relationships

• Business partnering assigned line managers to achieve in line with the company objectives
• Creating high value relationships with key stakeholders and sharing best practice with the HR team
• Enhancing the HR team credibility by always behaving with professionalism and maintaining high standards of confidentiality.

Compliance and Reporting:

• HRIS and GDPR champion

Accountable for all required documentation being accurate and in date

• Assisting with collating and analyzing the people key performance indicators

Qualifications or Required Experience:

• At least 5 years’ experience in an HR Advisor capacity ideally in a blue collar environment
• Educated to at least CIPD Level 3
• Strong influencing and interpersonal skills with proven ability to quickly build relationships with stakeholders
• Articulate, innovative and challenging mindset with strong collaborative style yet unafraid to challenge where necessary
• Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to work with high case loads.
• Excellent presentation, verbal and written communication skills with meticulous attention to detail.

General

This job description is issued as a guideline to assist you in your duties, it is not exhaustive, and we would be pleased to discuss any constructive comments you may have. Because of the evolving nature and changing demands of our business this job description may be subject to change. You may, on occasions, be required to undertake additional or other duties within the context of this job description, and according to the needs of the business.