HR with a difference
The HR Dept provides outsourced HR support to a range of businesses throughout the UK. Our clients operate in various business sectors including manufacturing, financial services, hospitality, technology, property, professional services and not for profit. We offer a full HR service offering with a major focus on employee relations issues (disciplines, grievances, redundancies), performance management, recruitment, training, and development.
Purpose of the role:
The HR Advisor is the first point of contact for HR Dept clients. You will be responsible for providing high quality and commercial HR advice and support to clients and navigating through HR processes to provide solutions to people problems. You will also be responsible for undertaking client project work as required.
Main responsibilities:
* First point of contact for the HR Advice Line service, ensuring accurate, timely and commercial HR advice and support for clients.
* Providing advice to clients on all aspects of HR, particularly employee relations matters, over the telephone and via email.
* Advising and managing on behalf of clients' disciplinary issues, employee grievances, and performance management.
* Creating and issuing documents that supports the specialist advice provided to clients.
* Delivering project work including staff surveys, salary benchmarking and managing client appraisals
* Attending and chairing formal meetings on behalf of clients.
* Supporting and delivering training to clients
* Creating and updating client policies, procedures, and handbooks to ensure compliance with employment law and good HR practice.
Who are we looking for?
An exceptional HR professional to join our team on a 12-month fixed term contract basis (maternity cover). Our team showcases expert employment law knowledge, balancing this with a high degree of commercial awareness and an understanding of how HR fits with our client's commercial needs.
Candidate Requirements:
* CIPD Level 5 qualified/working towards, or equivalent experience
* Excellent and up to date UK employment law knowledge
* Experience in managing a range of ER casework
* HR experience over various business sectors is desirable.
* Commercially aware of the needs of small businesses
* Excellent communication skills (both oral and written)
* Demonstrates a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
* Ability to organise own workload to meet targets and deadlines
* Good MS Office skills - Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
Location and Working Hours:
Please note: This role is office based in Swindon
Hours: Flexible between 25-32 hours per week, to be worked between Monday to Friday
Salary and Other Benefits:
* We offer a competitive salary of £35K FTE (£21,875 - £28,000) per annum
* 25 days holiday + BH (FTE)
* Workplace Pension
* Free on-site parking
* Health Cash Plan Scheme.
Diversity is key to our success, and we work hard to make sure we're inclusive. We can only accept applications from those who have the right to work in the UK without