HR Business Advisor

Contract type: Maternity cover for 12 months

Working hours: Full time Mon-Fri

Location: Leeds

Region: National

Reporting to: Head of HR

Closing date for applications: Saturday, February 11, 2012

Role purpose

The HR team is looking to recruit a HR Business Advisor on a fixed term basis at the Leeds office to provide cover during a period of maternity leave, for approximately 12 months.

The ideal applicant will have generalist HR experience gained from a professional background. You will be responsible for providing advice and guidance to line managers and employees on a wide range of HR issues. This is a generalist HR role which will also require the incumbent to work closely with managers to ensure compliance to company policies and procedures. The successful candidate will have previously worked in a similar advisory HR role and will be able to provide an accurate and flexible HR service to the business.

The successful candidate will ideally be a Graduate Member of the CIPD or hold similar qualifications.

Duties

• Establishes professional credibility, develops and maintains collaborative and productive relationships with management and employees
• Provides advice on employee relations issues, guiding line managers to develop or implement practical solutions to employee issues within the existing organisational policy and legal framework
• Provides advice and guidance on the recruitment and selection of staff, assisting in the selection process as appropriate including drafting job analysis documentation, working with line managers to determine the most suitable resourcing method and participating in assessment events (e.g. interviews) where required
• Liaises with and negotiates competitive rates with recruitment agencies and other HR service providers within remit
• Has input into employment policies and procedures. Creates management guidance notes and provides support as necessary, ensuring that these policies and procedures are clearly documented and appropriately accessible to staff.
• Involved in the annual salary review process
• Conducts and records exit interviews/questionnaires, and coordinates regular quarterly reports relating to staff retention.
• Ensures the proper induction of all staff and managers within areas of responsibility
• Assists in the design and delivery of development workshops in areas of HR best practice, to enhance knowledge and skills within the organisation
• Identifies and recommends changes to current systems and procedures to ensure high standards of service are maintained.
• Provides HR advisory input into service area projects, change management programmes and working groups as required
• Travels to regional offices in capacity of HR business partner, supporting the recruitment process, induction and all other HR related activities with the aim to sustain positive employee relations
• Assists the HR Administrator with the maintenance and development of electronic and manual record systems and undertakes ad hoc administrative duties such as creating paperwork for change of contract terms and meeting notes
• In relation to the above, liaises with the Payroll team to ensure that any staff information that impacts upon payroll is both timely and correct
• Undertakes ad hoc projects and any other work reasonably requested

Requirements

• Previous first line HR operational experience
• Minimum professional qualification – part-CIPD qualified or equivalent
• Approachable with the ability to deal with situations sensitively and maintain confidentiality
• Able to demonstrate clear commitment to achieving high levels of customer service using business partnering approach as a mode of service delivery
• Shows consideration, concern and respect for others and works effectively with them to achieve results, views differences positively and uses them as a source of ideas to improve things, is open and honest about what is going on.
• Possesses an interest in learning and development as a means of continuous improvement
• Proven experience of being able to coach, support and advise managers using a commercial and pragmatic approach
• Presentation skills
• Able to work under pressure and prioritise workload
• Microsoft Office skills, essentially Word, Excel and Outlook (Powerpoint would be desirable)
• Able to plan ahead with good time management skills
• Able to organise themselves and events and manage resources effectively
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Proven record of successful delivery for projects/initiatives which impact positively on the organisation
• Working knowledge and application of employment law
• Mobile and willing to travel as the business needs dictate

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