HR Advisor: Schools & Employee Relations

ESSENTIAL EMPLOYMENT LTD; Middlewich; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

ESSENTIAL EMPLOYMENT LTD in Middlewich is seeking an HR Officer on a full-time, temporary contract to support recruitment, resourcing and retention across Schools and the Client.

You will handle HR casework, advise managers on discipline, grievance, and capability, and deliver specialist HR support on policies, attendance management, TUPE, and dignity at work.

This role requires practical policy drafting, data analysis, and participation in JCNPs to promote fair, compliant HR operations.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the full range of specialist HR support to Schools and Services on all HR matters (including recruitment and selection, attendance management, redeployment, TUPE, dignity at work etc) so that policies and practices are implemented consistently.
• Undertake all aspects of HR casework, including attending hearings (discipline, grievance, capability, etc) to advise managers and others to ensure good practice, legal requirements are met, and employees are managed in a fair and consistent way.
• Provide professional advice to Schools and Services on all aspects of HR and the interpretation of policies, procedures, processes and practice, including terms of conditions of service, to ensure business needs are met and employees are managed in a fair and consistent way
• Provide practical and operational contribution to draft policies/procedures/processes to ensure that employees are managed in accordance with the latest legislation and good practice guidelines and contribute to the communication of such changes throughout Schools and the Client.
• Analyse workforce information, provide advice on workforce financial matters (e.g. early retirement etc) and respond to requests for management information and so that accurate and up-to-date HR data supports management decisions.
• Provide support to employee relations matters and service Joint Consultative and Negotiating Panels (JCNP’s) and other groups so as to achieve participative, effective and harmonious working relationships throughout the Client.
• Provide specialist HR support, as part of the delivery of local HR plans, to projects/initiatives/joint working/workshops etc to ensure the smooth and consistent implementation of HR changes within Schools andClient services.
• Undertake job evaluations to ensure schemes are applied consistently and evaluation decisions can be properly defended at appeal.
• This is a full time role on a temporary contract basis.
• Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
• All our roles may be subject to pre-employment checks including references so please beprepared.

Job description

ESSENTIAL EMPLOYMENT LTD in Middlewich is seeking an HR Officer on a full-time, temporary contract to support recruitment, resourcing and retention across Schools and the Client.

You will handle HR casework, advise managers on discipline, grievance, and capability, and deliver specialist HR support on policies, attendance management, TUPE, and dignity at work.

This role requires practical policy drafting, data analysis, and participation in JCNPs to promote fair, compliant HR operations.