Location
United Kingdom, Merseyside
Job Type
Contract
Description
Working with one of the North West's best-kept secrets based on the Wirral, the organisation is on a continual growth trajectory and is seeking a Senior HR Advisor to help them through a very busy time of growth.
Job Overview
* Assist the HR Manager with a high level of complex investigations, disciplinary and grievance matters.
* Assist the HR Manager with all appeal processes, including disciplinary, grievances, and flexible working request appeals.
* Provide advice and guidance on individual employee relation cases, ensuring these are well managed and meet the requirements of internal policies, best practice, and employment legislation.
* Manage long-term absence management cases including occupational health and medical referrals.
* Assist managers with informal and formal performance management processes.
* Work closely with the HR Manager to assist with providing other managers with guidance, coaching, and support on all HR activities, ensuring a consistent and fair approach to people management across the business.
* Assist the HR Manager with the delivery of ad-hoc HR projects as required.
* Manage the HR team in the absence of the HR Manager.
* Independently run all end-to-end formal processes, including attending meetings, note-taking, and creation of all invite/outcome letters.
* Work closely with payroll and recruitment functions to ensure smooth running of processes and identify better ways of working.
* Assist the L&D Manager with internal HR training when required.
* Any other duties that may be required from time to time.
* Keep updated on developments within HR and employment law, both in terms of the statutory rules, case law, and current issues facing the business.
* Attend appropriate internal or external training courses.
Experience
* The ideal candidate will be qualified to CIPD Level 5 or equivalent.
* Previous proven experience in a similar role.
* Proven HR generalist background and fully conversant with all aspects of employment law and HR best practice.
* Continually updating CPD and providing evidence of such.
* Experience of internal training sessions.
* Proactive and self-motivated.
* Excellent communication, interpersonal, and numeric skills, including providing written and oral advice in a clear and concise manner.
* The ability to hold difficult conversations using the qualities of patience, sensitivity, diplomacy, and integrity.
* Excellent IT skills with a sound working knowledge of MS Office and others.
* Excellent time management and organisational skills, with a calm and methodical approach to work, and a flexible and adaptable attitude to resolving issues.
* An ability to work using own initiative within boundaries, as well as in a team, to achieve maximum results.
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