HR Meeting Chair

The Portfolio Group; Manchester; Remote; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a HR / Employment Law Expert to join their dynamic team. This role involves conducting HR meetings, providing expert advice, and ensuring compliance for numerous clients across the UK. Ideal candidates will possess a strong HR or legal background and excellent communication skills, ready to tackle various employment-related challenges. Join a forward-thinking consultancy that values your expertise and offers a supportive environment for professional growth. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real impact in the HR field while enjoying a range of attractive benefits.

Benefits

25 days' holiday plus bank holidays

Day off on your birthday

Cash plan for you and your children

Contractual sick pay

Private medical insurance after 5 years

Pension Plan and Life Insurance

Holiday season bonus after 3 years

Profit Share Scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Free on-site Gym

Qualifications

• Experience in conducting HR meetings and investigations.
• Strong background in HR management or employment law.

Responsibilities

• Conduct HR meetings and provide consultancy on employment issues.
• Deliver high-quality reports and maintain file management.

Skills

HR Management

People Management

Communication Skills

Problem Solving

Education

HR / CIPD Degree

Degree in Law or Related Business Discipline

Tools

Microsoft Teams

Job description

Portfolio are proud to be representing our client, a market leading professional services consultancy in their search for a HR / Employment Law Expert to conduct HR meetings on behalf of their clients. You will have experience in conducting various meetings such as investigations, disciplinaries, decision making and issuing outcomes including warnings and dismissals. You will need a HR / CIPD Degree or strong experience in people management and chairing HR Meetings. Your role will be to support thousands of business owners ensuring compliance and legality, and a fair outcome for both employer and employee. This is an exciting time to join the team as they continue to grow and be an important service for their clients. Excellent communication is a must as you will assisting business owners across the country - 80,000 to be exact! This is an amazing opportunity for a HR Expert who enjoys conducting investigations, speaking with witnesses, holding meetings and decision making on a variety of issues across all sectors and industries. If you are looking for a new challenge, please apply today and we'll be in touch to discuss further!

Job Purpose

To deliver an expert HR service virtually via platforms such as Microsoft Teams in order to support our clients in dealing with formal meetings with their employees - conducting and advising on consultancy, capability, disciplinary, grievance and appeal issues as well as investigations and settlement negotiations.

Job Overview

We are looking for personable and confident HR professionals/employment lawyers with good technical skills who can respond to often short-notice assignments and produce thoughtful, legally compliant and well-written reports. The ability to act impartially, identify and quantify risk for our clients and communicate this to them effectively is crucial.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

1. Attend meetings with clients and their employees as arranged and diarised by an office-based paralegal and either conduct these or support the client to do so, as required.
2. To undertake mediation, conciliation and other employment relations services as may be requested by clients from time to time.
3. To provide clients with advice and guidance on their legal position with individual employees or groups of employees, with due regard to your duty of impartiality.
4. To provide prompt, high quality reports of outcomes within specified time frames and adhere to administrative procedures concerning file management.
5. Regularly achieve or exceed the hearing targets set by the Face2Face Management team.
6. Work towards the team objective of obtaining repeat business.

What you Bring to the Team

1. Educated to degree level in HR, law or related business discipline or with substantial professional experience
2. Background in HR management, consultancy or in employment law
3. Highly professional presentation, service focussed and personable; quickly able to form good working relationships with people who may be stressed, angry or upset.
4. A 'can do' approach to challenging situations and problem solving

BENEFITS

1. 25 days' holiday, plus bank holidays
2. Day off on your birthday
3. Cash plan for you (and your children, if any)
4. Holidays increase after 2- and 5-years' service.
5. Contractual sick pay
6. Private medical insurance after 5 years' service
7. Pension Plan and Life Insurance
8. Pension plan contributions increase after 5- and 7-years' service
9. Holiday season bonus after 3 years' service
10. Profit Share Scheme
11. Season Ticket loan scheme
12. Cycle to work scheme AND Free on-site Gym
13. Access to Employee Assistance Programme
14. Modern offices in the City Centre, with excellent transport links and subsidised car parking if needed
15. Company incentives, access to discount schemes

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