Senior Specialist, People & Culture

JOB TITLE: Senior Specialist, People & Culture REPORTING TO: HR Director JOB LOCATION: Coalisland TERMS: Permanent role THE JOB As Senior Specialist for People & Culture, you will be joining an award-winning team (Best People Team, CIPD NI Awards 2023) whose principal aim is to create and facilitate a market-leading colleague experience for everyone who works for the Fibrus group of companies. To this end, our People Strategy is based on three pillars: we will enable people to believe in our mission and values, to become who they want to be, and feel a true sense of belonging where they can be themselves. Our approach to People & Culture leans towards the most modern ideals of how a HR function should operate. We imbed ourselves at the heart of Fibrus and are value-led, colleague-centric, commercially adept and solutions focused. As such, you'll be joining a team with a real focus on driving engagement across a range of Fibrus' departments and divisions, with a view towards implementing market-leading practices from a people management and policy perspective, and you'll act as a strategic partner to leadership and a trusted advisor to all. WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR We are seeking an exceptional candidate with a solid HR background and a desire to add true value to the colleague experience in the Viberoptix business unit. Ideally, you'll be CIPD qualified and have experience in most, if not all of, the following areas of People & Culture: designing and leading colleague engagement initiatives creating and introducing new policies and practices to an organisation facilitating organisational design and talent development initiatives partnering with specialist functions such as Recruitment and Learning & Development leading on complex colleague relations matters, particularly conduct and capability processes managing annual people initiatives, i.e. performance review cycles, compensation reviews and bonus schemes Coupled with experience in those areas, we'd also expect that you're: an exceptional, empathetic communicator able to effectively manage and provide expert guidance to stakeholders at all levels of the business able to work independently and take ownership of solutions, adept in the use of Excel and Powerpoint, comfortable with a range of HR technologies from HR information systems through to colleague survey tools. IS FIBRUS FOR ME? At Fibrus Limited, we put our people first! Having been awarded the Investors in People 'We invest in People' standard accreditation, we are proud to be a company who encourage colleagues to do and be their very best. Our culture is focused on trust, collaboration, growth, and flexibility. We invest in our people, offering colleagues benefits that improve their personal lives as well as their careers! So along with competitive salaries and an excellent benefits package, we also offer our colleagues benefits including mental health workshops, professional development support and private healthcare. We also recognise the importance of supporting our colleagues with life changes and have comprehensive policies around menopause, mental health, pregnancy loss and leave for maternity, parental and adoption. As we continue to grow, you would be joining a team of dedicated and passionate people who work super hard every day to improve the lives of those in our own communities by transforming the digital infrastructure of Northern Ireland and Great Britain! We're building something special at Fibrus, with our team at the very heart of it and we are excited to speak to potential colleagues who share our purpose! HOW TO APPLY To apply to join the Fibrus Group, please do so online and our recruitment team will be in contact with you once we've had a chance to have a look at your application. We wish you the best of luck and thank you for your interest in Fibrus. #Fibrus At Fibrus Limited, we recognise the positive value of diversity, promote equality and challenge unfair discrimination. We are an equal opportunities employer and always aim to recruit the person who is most suited to the job, welcoming people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from women, under-represented genders, individuals with disabilities, and under-represented ethnicities. We're happy to discuss flexible working – there is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. All offers of employment with Fibrus will be subject to the satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks which may include all or some of the following: references, right to work, criminal record history, professional qualifications. Fibrus Limited, Fibrus ISP, Hyperfast and Viberoptix, belong to the Infracapital group of companies. We will retain your information, for the purposes of recruitment, for a period of up to 12 months. We may also share your information with our partner organisations for the purposes of recruitment. Please email if you do not wish us to retain your information or do not wish for us to share your information. 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