Purpose of Job:
We are recruiting for a HR Advisor for the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The HR Advisor will provide high quality, focused advice and guidance to managers on matters such as the application of the council’s formal employment procedures including organisational change.
Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Undertake casework up to and including Employee at Risk level in order to support service managers in resolving issues within reasonable timescales e.g. investigations, disciplinary, performance and absence cases, taking account of employment legislation and organisational precedent.
2. Provides guidance/coaching to service managers on managing people issues.
3. Ensure all casework is completed in a timely manner in line with the targets set by the manager and in accordance with agreed HR standards.
4. Work as part of a team, covering for colleagues as appropriate, focused on the delivery of high-quality HR advice.
5. Likely to work on small/low risk/less complex organisational changes and will contribute to larger organisational change projects, supporting a more senior colleague.
6. Will work with colleagues to assess “people” implications of organisational change e.g. organization design, job design, structural and cultural aspects of change, recruitment implications, learning & development implications, and ER aspects of change and advise managers accordingly.
7. Support organisational change by undertaking casework in respect of redeployees including redeployment “matching” activity and identifies potential “suitable alternative opportunities”.
8. Will take personal responsibility for ensuring their knowledge, skills, and ongoing continuing professional development is kept up to date to reflect changes in employment law and practice.
9. To ensure that all decisions taken by managers in respect of employment issues are mindful of all diversity issues and HR practices and procedures.
10. Working with colleagues, will design, develop, and deliver practical coaching and training sessions for managers to improve their ability to manage the people in their teams.
11. Working with managers to proactively reduce the level of absence in their teams through the application of council procedures including seeking early intervention with occupational health as appropriate.
12. Will take clear and accurate minutes of meetings, hearings, and other events as requested.
13. Prepare letters, reports, and other documentation as requested.
14. To contribute to the development of specific HR projects, policies, and initiatives in line with the People Strategy and Service Development Plan.
15. To carry out any additional duties not listed above as allocated by the Principal HR Advisor.
16. To achieve agreed service outcomes and outputs, and personal appraisal targets, as agreed by the Principal HR Advisor.
17. To contribute to the overall effectiveness of the Human Resources service and to deputize for the Principal HR Advisor as appropriate.
18. To undertake other duties commensurate with the grade of the post.
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