To concentrate on driving forward HR strategies and initiatives, manage change and restructures, and implementing new systems and processes.
The successful candidate must have experience managing a HR/People Team function, and proactively driven the people agenda.
Lead and support People activities across the employee lifecycle, including Talent, Reward, Organisational Design, Employee Value Proposition, to design relevant initiatives that meet business needs
Lead the People elements of any business change projects, including restructures and redundancies
Oversee and facilitate all annual People processes, including performance management and salary reviews (People Day)
Employee Relations
Manage all day-to-day employee relations matters, with confidence and consistency of approach
Provide advice and guidance on People policies, including the interpretation and application of employment legislation to SLT and the Management Team
Liaise with legal advisors and ACAS, to mitigate risk relating to potential Employment Tribunals
Review, develop and implement People systems and policies appropriate to the organisation
Champion the use of Breathe HR, to ensure all data is maintained in a consistent and compliant format
Manage all sponsorship, visa and immigration matters, proactively and compliantly
Proactively manage the analysis of absence, including consistently acting on ‘triggers’ reached
CIPD qualified (minimum CIPD Level 5), with extensive HR generalist experience in a variety of senior roles, gained within a mix of Large Corporates and SMEs (preferred recent experienced gained within a production/manufacturing environment)
Thorough, and current, knowledge and understanding of employment law and how to implement this in a commercial environment across the full range of employee relations issues
Experience of complex employee relations situation, including ACAS negotiations
A flexible approach with the ability to handle an extremely varied workload, within a fast-moving environment
An excellent working knowledge of MS Office suite, including Sharepoint