REED HR is delighted to support our client in the North Down area who wishes to recruit a permanent HR Officer to join their busy well- established team
The ideal candidate will have a strong generalist background & provide HR support to staff & line managers. This will include supporting the delivery of key HR processes such as absence management, investigations, disciplinaries, grievances, recruitment, onboarding & ensuring that all HR activities are carried out in line with Organisation policies and procedures, relevant legislation & best practice
Key Duties & Responsibilities
Employee Relations
- End to end absence management support including leading welfare meetings & advising on capability cases & ill health dismissals
- Manage probation & performance management processes with line managers
- Provide advice, guidance & administrative support in employment investigations, disciplinaries & grievances
- Provision of management information reports for service managers
Recruitment and Selection
- Assist with recruitment & onboarding of new employees ensuring that Equal Opportunities & Recruitment & Selection policies are observed as per Article 55 of the Fair Employment & Treatment (NI) Order 1998
- Provide advice & guidance to applicants & panel members
- Deliver HR induction training to new employees
Payroll
- Support with the delivery of payroll services
- Provide end to end support to staff & managers in relation to payroll queries, overpayments, underpayments & other remuneration matters
HR Administration Support
- General administrative duties
- Assist with maintaining & updating all employee data
- Assist with the digitalisation of the department, moving relevant data online
- Support with HR correspondence including dealing with staff queries
- General filing, typing duties & minute taking
- Data analysis & collection to support management decision making
- Contributing to the development of policies & procedures
- Completion of Statutory Reports
Other Duties
- Administrative support tasks as required by the HR Manager
- Conduct exit interviews
- Contribute to the development, implementation & review of HR processes & policies
- Assist with HR projects as required
- Contribute to the delivery of all HR related KPI's.
Qualities & Disposition
- Undertake work in a careful, efficient & organised way & in compliance with current standards, regulatory requirements & organisational procedure.
- Ability to communicate in a friendly, helpful, professional manner when dealing with external applicants, staff, residents, pupils & visitors
- Work with discretion & observing strict confidentiality around all sensitive information
Essential Criteria
Degree Educated in HR or Hold a CIPD level 5
Minimum of 3 years generalist HR experience
Employee relations case management experience
Experience in working with trade unions
Excellent working knowledge of MS Office package including Word, Excel & Outlook
Skills & Knowledge
Excellent & effective communication skills
Strong understanding of the need for confidentiality
Ability to prioritise workload
Demonstrable ability to work under pressure & meet deadlines
Ability to work as part of a team
Willingness to undertake mandatory training & to partake in personal development
Strong organisational & administrative skills
Flexible approach to meeting the objectives of the job