Senior Human Resources Advisor

We are currently working in partnership with an UK specialist social care and education provider, who are looking to appoint a Senior HR Advisor on a permanent basis.

This will be a full-time position primarily remote, with 1/2 days per month in their head office in the West Midlands, and a salary of £38,000 to £39,000 per annum .

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience of complex employee relations casework and strong stakeholder managerial experience.

Duties will include (but are not limited to):

• Provide timely HR advice on absence, disciplinary, grievance, performance, probation and case management, ensuring compliance with legislation and company policies
• Support and guide the HR Advisor, ensuring advice aligns with best practice and business needs
• Coach managers in applying HR policies fairly and consistently.
• Advise on employment matters including redundancy, TUPE and organisational change, attending sites where needed
• Prepare and present HR data on key metrics such as absence, turnover and performance to senior leaders
• Contribute to policy updates, employment documents and HR projects
• Manage a complex caseload with competing priorities and tight timescales, including cases of safeguarding issues, abuse and theft
• Support general HR administration including issuing letters and change documents
• Uphold confidentiality while meeting safeguarding responsibilities

Experience required:

• 5 years operational experience working in an advisory capacity
• Experience in managing complex ER issues and supporting colleagues throughout these processes

Skills, knowledge and expertise required:

• Ability to research, analyse and reason logically within tight and conflicting timeframes
• Resilient to manage demanding colleagues and sensitive ER Issues
• Ability to present information and analytics to senior management
• CIPD Level 5 in Human Resource Practice

Working hours:

• 37.5 hours per week
• Monday – Friday
• 9am-5pm

Please note that you require recent experience to apply for this role.

James Andrews is acting as an employment agency and business in relation to this role.

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