HR Business & Resources Team Leader - MOR10894

Moray Council; Elgin; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization is seeking an HR Manager to oversee HR operational elements. The role involves driving process improvements and leading a central HR admin team, ensuring a high-quality service. The ideal candidate will have extensive HR experience, strong leadership skills, and a proven track record in analytics and customer service excellence.

Qualifications

• Experience in HR generalist or management role.
• Experience of supervising and managing performance.
• Experience with HR analytics and metrics.

Responsibilities

• Lead the HR contractual and transactional function.
• Drive continuous improvement and business change processes.
• Manage HR business and resources team.

Skills

Communication

HR Analytics

Leadership

Change Management

Customer Service

Education

Degree level education or equivalent

Tools

Advanced IT skills

Job description

Job Description

To lead the operational elements of the HR contractual and transactional services with particular emphasis on continually reviewing and improving business processes and developing a strong customer focus. To provide operational leadership to the central HR admin team and ensure senior management support.

Requirements

Lead and manage the HR contractual and transactional function ensuring a high quality, efficient and effective service

Drive continuous improvement through procedural and business change processes

Develop and use HR analytics to enhance service delivery

Lead and manage the HR business and resources team in accordance with Moray Management Methods, providing service excellence and appropriate development and performance enhancing opportunities

The Individual

Experience in an HR generalist or management role in a large organisation

Experience of successfully supervising others and managing performance to achieve desired outcomes

Experience of effectively prioritising work and allocation of resources

Experience of undertaking significant and sustained business process review

Experience of constructively influencing senior managers

Understanding and commitment to the principles of equality and opportunity

Experience of use of HR analytics and metrics to improve organisational performance

Sound knowledge of employment law

Educated to degree level or equivalent

Sound knowledge of current good practice within HR environment

Effective communication skills, both verbal and written

Ability to develop highly effective working relationships and maintain a positive highly visible presence across the organisation

Ability to effectively prioritise workloads and meet deadlines, managing conflicting priorities

Ability to undertake formal and informal business process reviews to achieve optimum efficiency

Ability to drive forward positive change - a recognised change agent'

Ability to work using initiative and common sense and to take evidence based balanced decisions

Ability to assimilate information quickly, analyse, collate and present data to optimise knowledge and effective decision making

Advanced IT skills

Clear demonstrable commitment to customer service excellence

Credibility with a range of audiences

Ability to relate well to a wide variety of people at all levels of the organisation

Ability to give advice, guidance and support to employees, managers and colleagues on a personal and professional level often in difficult circumstances

"Can do" attitude and ability to motivate others

Friendly, open and confident approach

Ability to work flexibly as part of service approach to flexible working

Readvertisement of MOR10740 - previous applicants need not apply

Fixed term for 1 year

Closing date: 4th July 2025

Starting Salary: £43, 204.20 per annum (pro rata)

18.125 hours per week

Applications are welcome from internal applicants for a secondment opportunity.

For further information contact Linda Duncan: [e-mail]