HR & Recruitment Advisor Harrogate, England
Job description
Oakdale was established nearly twenty five years ago and is highly regarded as a professional therapy provider. We are a not-for-profit community based organisation and our team is united by a commitment to provide flexible, bespoke, evidence based and high quality clinical services to meet the particular needs of each of our clients as well as the requirements of commissioners for an appropriate, collaborative, value-for-money service.
The Oakdale Group provides a wide range of specialist assessments, including for autism, ADHD, and developmental trauma. Oakdale also provides a wide range of psychological therapies for children, young people and adults. Many of our services are commissioned by the NHS, Local Authorities and schools, and include services for NHS staff. Others are accessed by members of the public who pay for them privately, through medical insurance or through our charitable arm.
Oakdale has Clinical Centres in Harrogate, Leeds and Halifax and also delivers services from other consulting rooms in the North of England and remotely on a nationwide basis.
Oakdale’s outstanding multidisciplinary team consistently receives excellent feedback from clients and commissioners alike. Oakdale values its clinical and administrative teams and strives to ensure that both our clients and our colleagues are at the heart of all that we do.
Job Summary
As the HR & Recruitment Advisor, you will report to the Head of HR and join a dynamic and friendly team in providing recruitment and generalist HR support to the business at a Group level, whilst supporting stakeholder groups with generalist activities covering learning and development, employee relations and staff engagement.
The Role:
Recruitment
Managing the full recruitment process from posting job adverts to making job offers
- Managing accuracy and efficiency of ATS system/careers page
- Arranging and coordinating interviews with/for hiring managers
- Monitoring and tracking recruitment progress (e.g., roles hiring, roles hired)
- Building relationships with stakeholders to forecast recruitment needs
- Identifying the best and most appropriate attraction methods for vacancies
Looking at opportunities to develop recruitment processes and practices
Employee Relations
Working closely with internal stakeholders advising on company policies, procedures and practices
- ER case management including absence management, disciplinary, grievance, performance management, TUPE, redundancy, contract harmonisation, restructuring etc.
- Coach, advise and support managers during employee relations cases and meetings (e.g. investigation, disciplinary, grievance, appeal)
- Promoting a positive ER culture within the business, whilst minimising risks
- Good knowledge of “best practice”, employment law and HR policy knowedge
Developing and promoting employee engagement and wellbeing activities
Learning & Development
Developing training plans/strategies across the organisation
- Partnering with internal managers to upskill as well as determine training needs
- Coordinate external training where necessary
An understanding of supporting apprenticeship programmes would be seen as advantageous
Service Delivery
Partnering and supporting internal key stakeholder groups to ensure core HR operations are delivered
- Working collaboratively with the HR team across the Group to ensure delivery of key activities in the annual HR cycle e.g., annual salary reviews, bonus payments, performance reviews, employee surveys, development programmes etc.
- Help support the team by ensuring HR systems are updated accordingly
- Initiating ideas and identifying areas of improvement
- Support monthly group HR projects
Offering general HR advice to all levels within the organisational structure
About you
Level 5 CIPD qualified (desirable)
- REC Level 3 (desirable)
- Experience in end-to-end Recruitment & Employee Relations
- Experience using an ATS & HRIS software
- Good communication and organisational skills
- A team player
Resilience and reliability
What we offer
Hours: 37.5 hours (Monday - Friday). Part-time/flexible hours considered.
Salary: £26,000 - £30,000 (FTE)
Location: Harrogate/Home Based
In return for the hard work and dedication from our teams, we offer the following benefits:
21 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising after length of service)- Enhanced Occupational Sick Pay (OSP)
- Enhanced pension
- Cycle to work
- Salary sacrifice car schemes
- Fully funded flu vaccines
- Employee discount scheme
- Technology salary sacrifice scheme for home appliances, tablets, mobiles, TV’s, fitness trackers and more
- A supportive culture that values work-life balance including agile working and the option to apply for flexible working from day one.
Ongoing CPD
