- Hours: Monday-Friday 9am-5pm (Full-time - 35 hours per week)
- Salary: £19.80 per hour (equivalent to around £36,000 per annum
- Location: Woolwich, South-East London - (For the first week or two, you will be expected to attend the office for 3 days a week. After this, you can work 2 days in the office with one day being a Wednesday)
Are you an experienced HR Advisor with public sector experience?
Do you have experience of managing routine casework including re-organisations and TUPE?
Job Description:
As a HR Advisor, you will provide advice to managers, supporting the bulk of the casework, supporting managers with majority of casework with little day to day supervision. Where necessary, you will act as the gateway to managers accessing more senior HR managers for complex cases.
The role will navigate and help support mangers in accessing the Council's HR policies, processes, and procedures.
Responsibilities:
- To provide high quality, focussed advice and guidance to managers on matter such the application of the council's formal employment procedures including organisational change.
- Undertake casework up to and including Employee at Risk level in order to support service managers in resolving issues within reasonable timescales e.g. investigations, disciplinary, performance and absence cases, taking account of employment legislation and organisational precedent.
- Provides guidance/coaching to service managers on managing people issues.
- Ensure all casework is completed in timely manner in line with the targets set by the manager and in accordance with agreed HR standards.
- Likely to work on small/low risk/less complex organisational changes and will contribute to larger organisational change project, supporting a more senior colleague.
- Work with colleagues to assess "people" implications of organisational change e.g. organisation design, job design, structural and cultural aspects of change, recruitment implications, learning & development implications and ER aspects of change and advise managers accordingly.
- Support organisational change by undertaking casework in respect of redeployees including redeployment "matching" activity and identifies potential "suitable alternative opportunities".
- Will take personal responsibility for ensuring their knowledge, skills and on-going continuing professional development is kept up to date to reflect changes in employment law and practice.
- To ensure that all decisions taken by managers in respect of employment issues are mindful of all diversity issues and HR practices and procedures.
- Working with managers to proactively reduce the level of absence in their teams through application of council procedures including seeking early intervention with occupational health as appropriate.
- Will take clear and accurate minutes of meetings, hearings and other events as requested.
- Prepare letters, reports, and other documentation for as requested.
- To contribute to the development of specific HR projects, policies, and initiatives in line with the People Strategy and Service Development Plan.
What we're looking for:
- CIPD qualified/part qualified or a minimum of two year's relevant experience
- Experience of working with management, colleagues, and trades unions to achieve consistent and equitable solutions
- Experience of working with health & safety colleagues on health & wellbeing strategies including stress management, and Occupational Health interventions
- Experience of delivering workshops and briefing sessions
- Up to date knowledge of employment legislation, its legal implications and HR best practice
- Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills
- Ability to absorb written and statistical reports to inform decision making
- Excellent organisational skills, ability to prioritise and meet deadlines
We are looking to progress very quickly with this role, so if you are keen on this opportunity, please apply now.
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