HR Officer

Essential Employment; Middlewich; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Essential Employment is seeking an HR Officer in Middlewich for a temporary, full-time contract. You will support the delivery of workforce strategy, handle HR casework and provide specialist advice across Schools and Services.

You will advise managers on disciplinary, grievance and capability procedures, interpret policies, draft procedures and help ensure legal compliance and fair treatment. The role also involves policy drafting and data analysis to support decisions and workforce planning.

Qualifications

• Experience in HR casework including hearings and advising managers
• Knowledge of disciplinary, grievance and capability procedures
• Understanding of TUPE, dignity at work and related HR matters
• Ability to interpret policies and ensure legal compliance
• Draft policies and procedures reflecting latest legislation and best practice
• Ability to analyse workforce data and provide advisory on workforce costs
• Experience supporting employee relations and JCNPs for constructive relationships
• Experience contributing to local HR plans and projects
• Experience conducting job evaluations and defending decisions at appeal

Responsibilities

• Support workforce strategy delivery to ensure recruitment, resourcing and retention.
• Undertake HR casework and attend hearings to advise managers and ensure fair practice.
• Deliver HR support on recruitment, attendance management, redeployment, TUPE and dignity at work to ensure consistent policy implementation.
• Provide advice on HR policies and their interpretation to ensure legal compliance and fair management.
• Draft policies/procedures/processes and communicate changes across Schools and Client services.
• Analyse workforce information and advise on workforce finances (e.g. early retirement).
• Support employee relations matters and JCNPs to foster harmonious working relationships.
• Deliver local HR project support to ensure smooth implementation of HR changes.
• Undertake job evaluations to ensure schemes are applied consistently and defended at appeal.

Job description

HR Officer needed in Middlewich, £19.66ph

PAYE - Reference: 5309788

• Support all aspects of the delivery of the Workforce Strategy to ensure effective recruitment, resourcing and retention throughout Schools and the Client.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Due to high volumes of CVs received we are not able to respond to all unsuccessful applications. You will always however hear from us by phone if we are able to take your CV forward to the next stage.