Junior HR Business Partner in Essex

12 MONTH FIXED TERM CONTRACT

A generalist HR role requiring involvement in all aspects of HR including administration, training and learning and development, compliance in terms of audits, payroll & benefits and employee relations. Strong emphasis and responsibility in terms of the leading and managing of the operative/site/office training strands of the wider Learning and Development and Wellbeing strategies. The role provides a comprehensive, flexible, proactive employment relations and HR project support to the wider HR team.

Responsibilities:

• Build line manager capacity by pro-actively identifying and advising on various HR matters, and facilitating decisions based on best practice, whilst ensuring compliance with all Company procedures, policies and employment legislation.
• Provide advice and guidance to line managers and employees on policy matters, and actively contributing to policy development.
• Supporting the Head of Operational HR and the Group HR Director on a variety of employee relations activities, including investigations, disciplinary hearings and any other relevant ER related processes.
• Manage a range of operational matters supporting mobilisation and demobilisation of projects and programmes.
• Partnering and supporting the Head of Operational HR and the Group HR Director with the delivery of the HR Business Plan and strategy.
• Collaborating with the payroll team and employment benefit providers to respond to HR queries and deliver the best ideas and possible solutions for line managers.
• Redeployment management across the Company, by working closely with project managers and the project support teams.
• Training, learning and development management, ensuring that all tickets, qualifications and competencies are in date for blue collar operatives.
• Participation in any HR related projects as and when required, including Wellbeing HR Systems.
• Be a Superuser for the Cascade HR system and the digital on-boarding system.
• Continuously ensure that all HR systems are up to date, by conducting mini-audits and regular house-keeping on all changes made to the system by the HR Administrator.
• Assist Line Managers where required to ensure that the relevant upskilling is in place on the use of the system, on an ongoing basis.
• Ensure that all e-learning is actioned for new starters, by conducting mini-audits for new starters.
• Support and manage low level employee relations cases, in particular probationary reviews, absence and performance management cases.
• Facilitate occupational health referrals as required, working closely with the VVB Health and Safety teams and the OH service providers.
• Participate in any HR projects as and when required by the Group HR Director and/or the Head of Operational HR, by providing administrative coordination support.
• Develop “How to” guides aligned with the use of the HR system training module, the ATS system and the various benefits offerings within the Company.
• Conduct various Bitesize sessions on HR related topics, as determined by the GHRD and the HOOHR.
• Ensure that all competency matrixes for each project are captured on the HR system and assigned to employees as required.
• Work closely with the HR Administrator to ensure that there is consistency in terms of the coordination of the various administrative processes and consistency in the use of the various HR systems.
• Support the GHRD and the HOOHR on various VVB wellbeing initiatives, including volunteering, mental health initiatives and actions, social value etc.
• Provide HR support on all VVB audits and external audits, such as the ISO 27001 audit, Building confidence audit and the RIQS audit.
• Ensure compliance on the Sentinel portal from an HR administrative point of view.
• Support the IT team with the implementation of all information security projects, and work closely with the SHRBP in this respect.
• Provide HR relevant support with information security audits.
• Oversee and coordinate staff information governance training and awareness.
• Support the IT team in the implementation of selected security controls.
• Ensure appropriate HR policies and procedural documentation is kept updated.

Requirements:

• Excellent administration and advisory skills.
• Ability to build effective relationships with all site-based employees at all levels.
• Ability to manage multiple changing priorities.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, and the ability to communicate complex and technical information with clarity.
• Ability to communicate to a wide range of audiences including peers and superiors.
• Strong ability to work flexibly, managing changing and competing priorities.
• Highly adept in using MS Office programs, including Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Must be able to produce mail merge documents and design presentations from scratch.
• Excellent time management skills.
• The ability to work accurately, with high attention to detail.