HR Advisor

Near Telford, FTC 3 Months, £35,000, Monday-Friday (37 hours). Prince are working in partnership with an esteemed organisation that is located in a lovely rural setting just outside Telford. They are now looking for a professional HR Adviser to join their team on a 3 month FTC basis. You will have high levels of professionalism and integrity and be self-confident with the ability to work on your own initiative and be proactive.

This is a HR generalist role providing a comprehensive and professional HR management and development service to the organisation's community with a focus on managing a varied employee relations workload. You will be required to provide professional and timely advice and support on a wide range of people-related issues. Having excellent oral and written communication skills you will have a high attention to detail and be able to resolve any conflict in teams. You will have excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to liaise confidentially with staff and stakeholders at all levels.

Responsibilities and duties will include, but not limited to:

• Provides first line generalist HR advice and support on employee related matters including absence management, terms and conditions of employment and HR policies and procedures with a view to resolving matters on advice.
• Advocates for informal action to resolve issues and to coach, mentor and advise managers on cases and issues (both informal and formal).
• Provides options and solutions whilst assessing the risk and uses personal judgement to assess when more formal action may be appropriate to ensure appropriate, timely resolution.
• Maintains and develops specialist knowledge of employment legislation; drafts policies and procedures; provides support, guidance and advice to line managers and employees.
• Provides a high level of advice and guidance to managers on occupational health referrals, absence management issues and return-to-work cases.
• Provides HR support to investigating managers in the management of casework, including but not limited to conduct, capability, and grievance matters.
• Liaise with relevant internal and external specialists on complex or high-risk cases as required.
• Arranges and attends both informal and formal meetings and hearings (in liaison with HR Business Partners) ensuring that all paperwork is accurate.
• Taking notes at meetings as required.
• Supports HR Business Partners with admin support on organisational change, including restructuring activity as required.
• Maintains team systems and processes relating to Freedom of Information requests, DBS processes, liaising with the relevant departments to ensure that paperwork is completed and returned and provides advice on those processes as required.
• Actively supports compliance with UKVI legislation in respect to right to work processes including tracking and monitoring documentation and liaising with external sources of legal support when required.
• Manages annual leave schemes (including Bank Holidays, closure days, pay in lieu of leave and contractual requirements) and enquiries.
• Commissions, interprets, and explains management information from HR systems, identifying trends and patterns.
• In liaison with HR colleagues, provides advice and guidance on job design, recruitment, on-boarding and restructuring processes, advising on best practice, university procedures and appropriate legislation.
• Identifies and advises on any possible pay parity or job evaluation queries and provide input/challenge to managers to ensure proper consideration, fairness, and consistency across the organisation.
• Conducts job evaluations to ensure roles are appropriately graded and to ensure the integrity of the systems remains consistent.
• Promotes the organisation's commitment to equality and diversity issues throughout the organisation.
• Supports recruitment and selection processes including the preparation of letters of appointment and Principal Statements of terms and conditions of employment when required.
• Conducts HR inductions for new employees, as required.
• Processes, analyses and reports HR data and information.
• Undertakes such other duties or assignments within the scope of the post as may be reasonably requested by the HR Business Partner.

Skills and Experience:

• CIPD qualification level 5 or above or equivalent level of experience.
• Substantial previous experience in an HR generalist role.
• Up to date knowledge of employment legislation.
• Managing a busy ER case load including complex cases.
• Reviewing and developing policies, ensuring these are updated in line with legislative changes.
• Supporting colleagues and Managers with health and wellbeing matters.
• Advice and guidance to managers on the management of absence cases including short term and long-term sickness including occupational health referrals.
• Competent in Microsoft office and HRIS.
• Able to organise, prioritise and manage own workload, working to deadlines.

The application process:

Our mission is to support our clients in their creation of an equal, diverse and inclusive workforce. We are committed to providing a barrier-free recruitment process, so if you require any reasonable accessibility adjustments within the application process, then please make it known at the earliest opportunity.

We will carefully consider your details and advise you if we’re able to progress with your application within 72 working hours. If you do not hear from us within this time your details won’t be retained. So, if you’re not successful on this occasion, do continue to respond to future roles we advertise. In the meantime, all good wishes and continued success with your search for employment.

About Us

Prince Personnel are an employment agency working on behalf of our client. Whether you’re seeking a new permanent position, temporary assignment or contract you’ll find us easy to deal with. Located in thriving Telford, we focus on jobs in Shropshire, Staffordshire and North Wales. Prince Personnel specialise in commercial, accounts and finance and technical recruitment. With the best jobs around we are an independent agency working hard for you.

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