HR/ER Advisor

HR/ER Advisor - Coventry CV7

£37,000 - £38,000

Full-Time Office

Play a key role in the provision of a best practice HR service to Colleagues (employees) within a multi-site manufacturing operation - by taking an advisory and operational role on all HR matters - in particular regarding recruitment, employee relations, employee engagement, employee development and employee retention.

CIPD level 5 or HR Degree ideally and ER experience (minimum 2 years).

Role:

Work closely with key stakeholders - e.g. Department Managers on a wide range of HR related matters providing sound employment law and HR Policy & Procedure advice to ensure legal compliance; consistency, fairness, and reasonableness and to minimise risk to the business.

Manage disciplinary, grievance, appeal, performance management, sickness absence management processes and other meetings - acting as advisor on HR Policies & Procedures; employment law etc and acting as notetaker.

Support the HR Manager on complex ER issues - e.g. performance management, investigations, grievance, disciplinary and sickness absence management processes.

• Assist in the coordination and rolling out locally of Group initiatives - e.g. the annual Colleague Engagement Survey
• Prepare reports and analyse the data to identify areas of improvement or concern - e.g: monthly HR Metrics/KPIs; prepare presentations and produce ad hoc reports as and when required.
• Prepare data for NMW, salary review, bonus and gender pay reporting purposes.
• Contribute to ad hoc HR projects and the implementation of the Company’s People Plan
• Provide advice, guidance and support to Colleagues on HR Policies & Procedures and respond to Colleagues’ queries accurately and in a timely manner - e.g. pay, holiday, family leave entitlements etc.
• Undertake administrative duties to ensure that there is an audit trail of processes for compliance purposes.
• Prepare, update, and maintain HR Policies and Procedures to ensure that they are reflective of the most recent legislation and best practice.
• Take the lead on HR processes in the absence of the HR Manager, when required and support other HR Team members when required.

Requirements:

• Excellent communicator - orally and in writing at all levels
• Effective organisational and administrative skills
• Able to build strong working relationships with key stakeholders
• Able to coach; upskill and influence supervisors, managers
• Hands-on experience with IT programmes and HR systems
• Good analytical skills
• Ability to design clear and fair company policies and associated documentation
• Able to solve problems quickly and put sustainable solutions in place
• CIPD level 5 or HR Degree ideally.