Connect2Hackney, the internal talent team for the London Borough of Hackney, is seeking a proactive and skilled HR Consultant to join our dedicated HR and Traded Services team.
About the Role
This is an exciting opportunity to serve as a Subject Matter Expert and strategic partner, ensuring that Hackney and our traded partner, especially schools, treat employees consistently with our values and strategic objectives. You will be crucial in driving a high-performance culture and developing our HR provision.
Key Responsibilities
As an HR Consultant, you will be responsible for a varied and challenging portfolio, including:
Expert HR Advice: Providing advice and guidance to managers and Headteachers on complex HR issues, including sickness absence, discipline, grievance, conditions of service, and employment legislation.
Case and Project Management: Project managing and conducting serious and complex investigations, and managing complex individual cases and transformational change processes.
Recruitment and Safeguarding Support: Working closely with our Resourcing team to deliver best practice recruitment, including the coordination of Headteacher recruitment, and assisting in the provision of advisory support on safeguarding matters.
Policy and Legal Compliance: Interpreting and reviewing HR policies and procedures, keeping abreast of changes in UK employment law and advising on legislation regarding Migrant Workers.
Strategic Input: Working collaboratively across the HR function to deliver HR-wide strategic projects, contributing to the development of our traded services offer.About You
We are seeking a candidate who embodies Hackney's values, Open, Inclusive, Ambitious, Pioneering, Proactive, and Proud and possesses the following:
Experience: Significant experience in a generalist HR role, advising all levels of management and staff.
Knowledge: Good generalist HR knowledge, an up-to-date understanding of developments in UK employment legislation and case law. An understanding of the Education Sector is highly desirable.
Skills: The ability to advise, guide, and influence various stakeholders, analyse problems to determine appropriate ways forward, and work on sensitive matters with tact and discretion.Qualification: Good generalist HR knowledge, evidenced by being a Member of the CIPD or equivalent qualification/experience, is expected.
Why Work for Hackney?
Hackney is committed to being a place where everyone can be proud, with excellent services and where all residents have a chance to lead healthy and successful lives. Our staff are what makes the Council great. You will be joining a team that is focused on supporting this mission and embedding a commercial culture to enhance our HR traded services provision.
If you are a resourceful and strategic HR professional ready to embrace challenge and change, we want to hear from you!
Apply today to become our next HR Consultant!
Commercial Services Trading Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy