HR Advisor

Working Hours: 22,5 hours per week, Wednesday to Friday, 8.30am to 5pm OR (am to 5.30pm)

Type: 12-month FTC (July 2024 to June 2025)

Location: Coventry

Job Purpose:

To provide a professional, efficient and effective generalist HR and Recruitment service to all line managers and employees across the Group. 

Key Responsibilities/Accountabilities: 

• Responsible for the full recruitment lifecycle form vacancy approval to employee start date including but not limited to; writing job descriptions and person specifications, advertising in a timely and effective manner within key publications; undertaking interviews, producing contracts of employment.
• Provision and application of an effective client-facing HR advisory service primarily to line management, but also to staff in the following areas:
  • Disciplinary
  • Grievance
  • Absence Management
  • Performance Management
  • Employee Resourcing and Resource Planning
  • HR Policy application
  • Redundancy and Restructure 

• Provide advice and coach line managers on the effective application of the Group’s policies and procedures.
• Draft new Group policies and procedures in line with employment legislation and best practice.
• Managing long term sickness cases and persistent short term sickness absence to ensure effective resolution including returning to work and or ill health dismissal as appropriate.
• Liaise with Occupational Health regarding employee referrals when required.
• Creating and delivering training workshops to assist with line management development of key HR requirements of their role for example discipline, sickness absence, recruitment & selection & performance management.
• Hold quarterly People Management meetings with Head of Functions to assist and advise on HR related matters. 
• Prepare and deliver HR inductions to new employees joining the Group. 
• Designing and standardising HR documentation and guides when required.
• Daily inputting updating and maintaining iTrent (HR system).
• Identifying and implementing business/process improvements.
• Keeping up to date with changes in legislation and ensuring the effective application of any legal updates to the Group’s staff policy and procedures as required.
• Compiling regular HR Management Information Reporting (including Headcount, Absence, and Attrition) to monitor HR performance against KPIs, identify trends and support informed decision making.    
• Manage and implement ad hoc HR projects, to support the business and HR strategy, and drive employee engagement as directed by the Director of HR.    

Experience

• Experience of operating as an HR Officer/HR Advisor in a complex matrix organisation. 
• An up to date understanding of employment law and implications.
• Experience of writing and implementing policies within business environment.
• Experience of updating and maintaining a HRIS (preferably iTrent).
• Experience of supporting line management through application of ER policies.
• Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of best practice HR/ L&D.

Skills

• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint & Word).
• Excellent interpersonal, communication (both written and verbal) and influencing skills.
• Ability to organise and prioritise workload, work under pressure and deliver against tight deadlines.