Job Description
Job Title
HR Advisor - Full Time or Part Time (Minimum 3 days per week)
Sector
HR, Recruitment & Training
Type
Permanent
Location
Theale, Reading
Salary
£34 - £40k (pro rata for P/T) + Benefits
Role Description
An HR Advisor is required for The HR Dept, based in Theale, Reading.
* To support our continued growth, we are looking for an experienced HR Generalist to work Full or Part Time (minimum of 3 days per week but must include Friday, but flexible on hours worked). We offer an attractive rate of pay (£17.44 to £20.51 per hour), plus benefits including life assurance, NEST pension, company sick pay and 23 days holiday with an additional day off for your birthday.
* The work is extremely varied, and we currently provide HR support to over 100 SME Clients, varying in size from 2-300 staff, across all business sectors and also charities.
The Company:
The HR Dept provides the complete range of outsourced HR Services to small and medium sized companies in and around Reading, the Thames Valley, South Oxfordshire and the East Chilterns.
* Main Duties: Provide advice and guidance to clients on a range of HR issues either by telephone, email or face to face.
* Manage casework such as disciplinary, grievance, redundancy, sickness absence, performance issues, TUPE, occupational health referrals or recruitment
* Produce Employee Handbook and Contracts of Employment for new clients.
* Update existing Handbooks and Contracts of Employment in line with legislative changes
* Deliver HR training courses for clients
* Build strong working relationships with clients
* Attend annual client review meetings
* Maintain records for client advice in line with company procedures.
* Actively seek opportunities to build client base to include business networking etc.
* Keep abreast of changes in employment law & HR best practice.
* Qualifications and Skills required:Level 5 CIPD qualified with at least one year’s experience in an HR advisory role
* HR Consultancy/outsourced HR experience is useful, but not essential
* Significant experience of managing Employee Relations issues
* Good current working knowledge of Employment Law
* Able to communicate effectively at all levels, whether face to face, on the telephone or in writing
* IT competence in Microsoft Office programs
* Good organisational skills
* Customer focussed
* Proactive and able to work within agreed parameters
* Experience of drafting and amending Employment Contracts and Employee Handbooks
* Commercially aware; good understanding of the HR with needs of SME’s
* Full driving licence
Please send a covering letter including current salary.