Our client, a manufacturing business based in West Yorkshire, have a fantastic opportunity for a HR Advisor who will be will be responsible in supporting the day to day activities of a busy HR department.
The purpose of the role is to provide advice and support to Managers on all people issues ensuring consistency is applied at all times and that all decisions taken are in line with legislation alongside agreed policies and procedures. The HR Advisor will join a team of 4 and act as a point of contact for all general day to day HR issues.
Working hours:
Mon - Thurs 8:30am - 5:00pm
Friday - 8:30 - 1:30pm
Benefits
Competitive Salary and benefits package
Key responsibilities
- Support the business to ensure all people driven activities are conducted in line with employment legislation and best practice.
- Ensure that all site specific and Company policies and procedures are adhered to and well communicated.
- Work with our partners to ensure recruitment and selection is conducted to a high standard, ensuring all processes are conducted in line with best practice.
- Manage all temporary labour requirements at site
- Provide support to managers in relation to discipline and grievance issues as appropriate and ensure a HR presence throughout the relevant procedure.
- Provide guidance on family friendly policies and flexible working requests.
- Manage the absence control procedure including all administration ensuring a consistent approach across all employees.
- Undertake general HR administration such as maintenance of personnel files and standard HR letters and correspondence.
- Undertake ad-hoc HR projects as and when required.
- Carry out any other tasks as may be reasonably be requested by the team.
- Production reports and statistical information on a weekly and monthly basis.
- Collaborate to help achieve the health & safety strategy.
Key Skills
- Ability to work with a high degree of confidentiality, accuracy, and the ability to work to their optimum in a demanding environment.
- Coaching, development and organisational skills.
- Strong relationship builder with ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organisation.
- Thrive in a busy pressurised environment.
- Have a flexible approach and work well in a small cross functional team.
- Strong literacy and numeracy skills.
- Effective IT skills.
- Strong motivational skills.
- Experience of dealing with HR/people issues (disciplines, grievances, performance management etc).
- Able to multi-task and prioritise own workload in line with the needs of the department.
- Good knowledge of Employment Law.
Preferable Experience
- 2 years + experience in a similar role in a manufacturing company and ideally a unionised environment
Preferred qualifications
- CIPD qualified or alternatively 3 years + operating at a similar level within an organisation.