This role is to provide an effective Human Resources Adviser service in an efficient, professional, effective and timely manner
Establish a good understanding of the Workdry businesses and activities to develop effective working relationships with Managers and Employees to deliver business-risk-assessed, pragmatic & compliant advice and support aligned with company culture.
Develop commercial knowledge of the business environment to provide appropriate challenge to the management teams and become a key contributor to the business’s decision making process.
Responsibilities will include;
- Interact and work collaboratively with Managers from all levels including the Executive Leadership Team and Senior Leadership Team providing comprehensive & timely advice and guidance on all ER issues and influencing them in order to build their knowledge and capability to make conscious, business-risk-assessed decisions. In particular provide coaching and guidance on performance management, disciplinaries, absence and grievances.
- Provide expert advice in all areas of HR policy, best practice, procedures and benefits to managers and employees in a timely & professional manner.
- Provide employment law guidance – statute & case law - taking into account company precedents ensuring the business executes it’s legal duties diligently.
- Project manage organisation changes resulting from strategic initiatives including but not limited to reorganisations and restructures; redundancies; TUPE.
- Investigate and resolve complex queries requiring business knowledge and face to face handling.
- Manage, lead and/or contribute to HR projects of varying sizes and complexities.
- Critically assess the level of capability of managers and work with them to upskill on all management issues including career discussions, performance management, absence management, and employee relations issues.
- Support Managers to develop their teams, raising the bar of capability across all areas.
- Work with the L&D to develop internal training material to support Line Managers with Employee Relations issues.
- Update/create HR policies & processes to reflect legislative changes and ensure compliance.
- Identify current and future critical roles and deliver succession planning for client groups.
- Work with the Recruitment and Management teams to critically assess levels of resource for client groups. Provide advice and support on all recruitment issues.
- Work closely with the HR Coordinator to ensure they are able to provide basic employment law information and efficiently action tasks within Advice & Guidance ensuring SLA’s are adhered to.
- Analyse data and produce KPI’s and reports as required. Use this information to support business cases, propose improvements and identify areas for investigation.
- Working collaboratively with the Company’s Employment Solicitors support on Employment Tribunal Claims and putting together bundles as and when needed.
Qualifications and skills required
Essential:
- Educated to degree Standard or equivalent.
- CIPD Level 5 ideally including the Employment Law module.
- Proven experience of excellent stakeholder engagement skills, including the ability of managing key relationships and influencing outcomes when/where needed.
- Great interpersonal skills and able to adapt your style and approach to meet the needs of your stakeholders.
- Dynamic, self-motivated and flexible, ready to develop the role and drive the people strategy forward.
- Professional and confident to challenge the status quo and improve the way things are done.
- Proactive and solutions-focussed with the drive to deliver positive change across the business.
- Excellent analytical and critical thinking able to see the big picture and develop plans to make progress to agreed goals.
- Excellent planning, organising skills, with an ability to prioritise and juggle a busy workload and multi-task.
- First class attention to detail.
- IT proficient - experience with HR software, like HRIS.
- Computer literate (MS Office applications, in particular).
- Ability to travel to various parts of the business when required, to execute duties.
- Car driver.
- Manufacturing and / or construction industry experience useful but not essential.
The role will require travel to some regional locations which may necessitate some overnight stays on an occasional basis as commercial activities require.