HR Advisor

Sellick Partnership; Oldbury; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Sellick Partnership is currently recruiting an experienced HR Advisor to join our client in Oldbury. This role is offered on a hybrid basis with a minimum of 3 days a week onsite.

The HR Advisor will support the HR team, providing professional HR advice and guidance to managers and employees, and help develop and implement new HR policies and procedures. The role requires strong communication, meticulous attention to detail, and the ability to balance conflicting deadlines in a busy public

Qualifications

• Experience within a similar position.
• Experience managing a varied workload with conflicting deadlines.
• Knowledge of HR policies, procedures and ACAS best practice.
• Knowledge of Employment law and its application.
• Public sector experience is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Maintain HR mailbox and handle employee relations queries in line with policy and contracts.
• Support and manage key projects linked to the people strategy.
• Develop, review and implement HR policies and procedures.
• Provide professional HR guidance to managers and employees on terms, conditions and policies.
• Coordinate sickness absence management including OH referrals and formal processes.
• Support managers with restructures, redundancies and organisational change.
• Assist HR Administration during peak workload and absences.
• Contribute to organisational development, learning and engagement initiatives.
• Support audit preparations and actions in HR and operations.
• Assist line managers to improve people and management skills in line with policy.

Skills

HR policies

Employment law

ACAS best practice

Payroll processing

Employee relations

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Job description

Role

HR Advisor

Sector

Public Sector

Duration

3 Months

Location

Oldbury (Hybrid)

Salary

Competitive

About the role

Sellick Partnership is currently recruiting for an experienced HR Advisor to join our client based in Oldbury. This role is offered on a hybrid basis with a minimum of 3 days a week onsite.

The HR Advisor will support the HR team, providing professional HR advice and guidance to both managers and employees. The appointed candidate will also support the research, development and implementation of new and revised HR policies and procedures.

Key duties

• Being responsible for maintaining HR Mailbox and taking employee relations call, resolving day to day HR queries, in line with policy, procedure, contractual terms and best practice
• Supporting and managing the delivery of key projects linked to the organisation's people strategy
• Researching, developing, reviewing and implementing HR policies and procedures
• Providing professional HR advice and guidance to managers and employees on employment matters, terms and conditions, and HR policies
• Coordinating sickness absence management, including reporting, occupational health referrals, and formal absence management processes
• Supporting managers with restructuring, redundancy and organisational change processes
• Providing guidance and support to the HR Administration team during workload peaks and management absence
• Supporting organisational development, learning and development initiatives, and employee engagement activities
• Supporting HR and operations with audit preparation and actions
• Supporting facilitation in the development of line managers, to increase their people and management skills in line with policy, procedure, and best practice
• Being responsible for processing all monthly payroll items for all employees in line with policy and procedure; meeting payroll deadlines.

The HR Advisor will ideally have

• Experience within a similar position
• Experience managing a varied workload, with conflicting deadlines
• Experience and knowledge of HR policies, procedures and ACAS best practice
• Knowledge and application of Employment law
• Experience within the public sector would be beneficial

Must have

Excellent communication skills and effectively be able to communicate to stakeholders of all levels. Furthermore, the ideal candidate will have an impeccable eye for detail and accuracy to ensure all workload is carried out effectively and efficiently. They will also need to be able to prioritise their workload and be efficient and effective to meet unpredictable deadlines and deal with conflicting demands, whilst working in a high-pressured environment.

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