Human Resources Advisor

Job Title: Human Resources Advisor

Location: Whitefield, Manchester

Salary: £32 – 35k per year depending on experience

Job Type: Permanent, Full time.

Duties of the HR Advisor to include:

• Identifying opportunities to improve and streamline HR processes and procedures.
• Ensuring the HR Database is up to date and records are accurate and fully completed.
• Responsible for administering HR-related documentation across the whole spectrum of employee lifespan within the business.
• Assist with the collation of personnel data for ad-hoc internal and external reporting purposes
• Implementing and maintain records of employee attendance at training sessions
• Responsible for regular timely communications to employees regarding upcoming events on the training calendar – monitoring and booking in responding employees where necessary.
• Work closely with the Senior Leadership Team to ensure all recruitment is carried out according to company procedure and assisting with process including:

• • Entry of job descriptions onto job boards
  • Liaise with line managers to set up interviews with selected candidates and feedback from managers following interviews and responding to candidates accordingly.
  • Help to co-ordinate internal and external training and ensuring arrangements are effectively planned, organised and communicated as required

• Ensure line managers are supported with staff issues, providing prompt and accurate advice in accordance with employment law, statutory rules, and company policies and procedures.
• Provide advice and support in relation to disciplinaries, grievance, performance, capability and sickness issues.
• To incorporate a training and development programme for our employees as well as ensuring managers are conducting regular reviews
• Introduce performance plans and personal review processes and schedules
• Update and maintain the employee handbook and HR policies and procedures when required
• Ensure self and team comply with all legal, regulatory or data protection policies, procedures and processes.
• Managing, maintaining and submitting applications for DBS and SC Clearance checks on all employees across both sites, assisting the Compliance Team in keeping records.

Skills required of the HR Advisor role will include:

• Strong, proven administration skills
• Excellent organisational and planning skills
• Good interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal and written)
• Be comfortable working and communicating appropriately with people at all levels
• Demonstrate the ability to follow process and procedure and ensure others also adhere to them
• Display a helpful and positive ‘can-do’ attitude with a flexible outlook towards the duties of the role
• Be willing to learn and expand levels of knowledge within the HR & Training team
• CIPD Level 3 qualified would be beneficial but not essential
• Experience of using HR applications (PeopleHR) preferred
• Recruitment interviewing and assessment experience would be beneficial
• Development and implementation of employment policies and procedures.
• Ability to create HR communications appropriate for the audience
• Understanding of employee engagement
• Ability to work autonomously and flexibly
• Pro-active and self-motivated
• Proficient in the use of MS Office applications, email and the Internet.
• Excellent attention to detail

Reporting directly into Head of People and Culture, you will be required to:

• Build and protect the company culture as they grow
• Champion core values, and make suggestions for how they can bring these to life throughout the employee experience
• Support new joiners and their managers through the pre-onboarding and onboarding process, and manage the processes for contractual changes and offboarding
• Seek ways to ensure external recognition for the company’s commitment to their employees, through awards and accreditations
• Passion for maintaining a great culture where people love to work, and ability to continuously make recommendations for improving the experience of team members
• Require to work from southern based office two days per month

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Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of: HR Advisor, HR Generalist, HR Officer, HR Analyst, HR Data Analyst, Human Resource Analyst, Senior HR Assistant, HR Adviser, Senior HR Advisor, Assistant HR Manager, HR Coordinator, Human Resource Advisor may also be considered for this role.