Senior HR Advisor
Kidderminster/Stourport
Salary is £30,000 - £35,000
Permanent Office Based
Are you looking for an opportunity to work within HR for a leading manufacturing company, this could be the position for you!
As a key member of the HR team, you will provide professional HR advice and administrative support, along with an existing Senior HR Advisor, over multiple sites. You will assist the management team in the attainment of the overall strategic business plan and objectives. An employee advocate, you will strive to improve the candidate and employee experience overall with specific regard to facilitate people talent development, both to their best ability and to their most effective contribution to the business aims.
Reporting to: Finance Director
Key Responsibilities of the HR Advisor:
Talent management
Talent strategy and planning - identify initiatives to increase employee engagement and retention.
Carry out exit interviews/stay interviews and related management reporting.
Talent acquisition - assist employing Manager's in writing effective job descriptions, place advertisements, update Company website and jobs boards, arrange interviews and give support to interviewers where required.
Produce job offers and issue contracts.
Maintain effective relationships with recruitment partners.
Define the EVP and continual review.
Continual review and improvement of the current recruitment process to also include supervisor/manager training in competency-based interviewing techniques to improve candidate selection.
Onboarding - running induction programmes for all new starters and creating a positive new employee experience.
Conducting right to work checks.
Employee performance management - set up interim reviews and end of probation reviews.
Create and implement performance review process and one to ones.
Monitor progress of the process and identify training needs as a result.
Training and development - update and support managers with training matrices, the Atlas LMS and facilitate external training as required.
Development of supervisors and managers to support policy adherence.
Develop employee skills through training, mentoring, and coaching.
Disciplinary & Grievance
Formal and informal process, provision of notetaking, oversee the process to ensure compliance, carry out ad hoc investigations, management reports, liaison with external contractors, solicitors, ACAS, advice bodies.
Absence Management
Return to Work Interviews and absence monitoring, Bradford Factor application.
Conduct welfare and Bradford Factor meetings.
Other:
Policy & document review, implementation of new/revised policies.
Support requests from payroll.
Weekly preparation of time and attendance information for payroll.
General admin and maintenance of HR spreadsheets
Promote the proactive reporting of workplace hazards/near misses and dangerous occurrences.
Responsibilities as listed in the integrated QUENSH system.
Any other reasonable duties as required.
Personal Skills & Attributes:
Microsoft Office, Outlook, Word, Excel
CIPD Level 5 - current CIPD member
Positive & resilient
Able to demonstrate ongoing personal development
Conflict resolution
Use of initiative
Excellent communicator
Highly organised with an eye for detail
A good energy and enthusiasm
Team player with experience of working within a factory setting would be an advantage
Level of Authority:
Directors are to be consulted and agreement sought on the following prior to implementation:
Sanctioning overtime both on a departmental and individual basis
Pay rises/promotions
Pay decreases/demotions
Loans or advances in pay
Flexible working/time in lieu or any deviation from holiday rules
Employing new employees/terminating or disciplining existing ones
Any and all requests that deviate from HR or wider company policiesHours of work:
9.00 am - 2.00pm Tuesday to Thursday
9.00am - 1.00pm Fridays