HR Generalist

Job description

Tradebe is a group of industrial businesses with the commitment of creating a more sustainable planet and making significant contributions to human wellbeing. Our main business line Tradebe Environmental Services is an international leader focused on recycling, energy recovery and circular economy, managing all different environmental liabilities in a sustainable way. We provide services to the entire industrial complex with high safety and quality standards.

We are now looking for a HR Generalist to join our team. Working within our People & Culture team based in Marlow, this role will involve some travel across the UK.

The role

At Tradebe we have a clear People led strategy which aims to position Tradebe as the number one employer within our industry.

As a HR Generalist your role will focus on providing a comprehensive and customer focused service for all first line employee relations and generalist duties. Acting as a first point of contact for the managers across our Industrial, Healthcare and Scotoil divisions, typically you will cover all activities within the employee lifecycle including processes such as disciplinary, grievance, appeals, performance management, paternity/maternity queries, flexible working requests and absence management.

The role will be involved with the following:

Operational Support

• Provide clear policy advice and guidance to managers
• Support managers in all employee relations activities advising on policy and process across the whole spectrum of employee lifecycle.
• Acting as point of contact for manager queries.
• Reporting current and topical people metrics eg retention rates, recruitment, exit interviews, highlighting trends and themes as appropriate
• Support and advise on contractual and company correspondence
• Provide support, advice, guidance and training to managers
• Review and update policy / templates as required.
• Support the P&C team in the implementation of the Global People & Culture Strategy

Projects and BAU

• Contribute to P&C project plans by supporting the P&C Business Partners and wider team
• Provide an efficient internal service by adhering to pre-set service standards / SLA's
• Be the frontline operational day to day service provider to ensure a responsive, commercially focused ER service for Divisions providing advice, case management and support; ensuring documents and files are maintained for policy or tribunal requirements

Systems, Processes and Data

• Responsible for the integrity of People & Culture Data within our database and supporting systems
• Maintain organisational structures
• Support the continuous improvement of the company's processes and procedures to ensure the company is legally compliant and championing best practice.

Values and Behaviours

• Makes every effort to live the company's values through their day-to-day operation.
• Recognises the role of the team as a part of the company's overall success and contributes to this through behaviours which demonstrate enthusiasm, flexibility and a 'one team' approach.
• Ensuring effective communication with the wider business is a priority
• Responsible for leading on own personal development

The person

In order to be successful in this role, it would be helpful if you had the following experience:

• Solid experience in a HR advisor/generalist/officer role
• Minimum CIPD Level 5 and/or HR qualification equivalent or the right level of experience.
• Excellent attention to detail with strong communication skills
• Excellent organizational & time management skills with the ability to manage the varying skills of site managers & supervisors.
• Able to forge strong working relationships with Stakeholders of all levels across multiple sites and have a high level of patience and understanding
• Able to work autonomously but also as part of a team
• High level of IT confidence, including intermediate Excel skills
• Pro-active approach to problem solving
• Full clean driving license and the ability to travel nationwide on a regular basis

Desirable:

• Experience working with cloud-based P&C and Payroll Database systems
• SAP experience

We offer

• Competitive salary
• Annual bonus
• Contributory Pension??
• Hybrid working - 3 days on site / 2 days from home.
• Access to our benefits platform for discounts and cash back on shopping purchases, gyms and leisure activities, cycle to work scheme and dedicated wellbeing centre