HR Officer – AR

Carrington Blake Recruitment; Skelmersdale; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable recruitment agency in Skelmersdale is seeking an HR Officer to provide professional HR services to managers, employees, and schools. The role involves supporting the Workforce Strategy, managing HR casework, and delivering HR support across various services. Candidates should be MCIPD qualified with experience in HR and a strong understanding of HR policies and employment law. This position promotes continuous improvement aligned with the needs of the Council and Schools.

Qualifications

• Post qualification experience of working in an HR setting providing advice and guidance across a range of HR activities.
• Underpinning knowledge of HR policies, procedures and processes.
• Knowledge of employment law and organisational design principles.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of Workforce Strategy, ensuring effective recruitment and retention.
• Undertake HR casework to ensure good practices and legal compliance.
• Deliver specialist HR support on recruitment, attendance management, and other HR matters.

Skills

Use of Microsoft Office applications

Skills to develop effective working relationships

Skills to analyse information/data

Education

Member of CIPD (MCIPD)

Job description

HR Officer

Reference: LALE4025
Service: HR Operations – Adults, Children’s, Corporate, Place and Schools
Grade: 9
Reports to: HR Business Partner
Location: Delamere House
DBS Not required

Your job

Provide a professional HR service to managers, employees, schools and support senior HR staff to implement local HR delivery plans and translate business needs into people solutions to drive continuous improvement and ensure that the people needs of the Council and Schools are met.

In this job you will

1. Support all aspects of the delivery of the Workforce Strategy to ensure effective recruitment, resourcing and retention throughout Schools and the Council.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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 Council.
6. Analyse workforce information, provide advice on workforce financial matters (e.g. early retirement etc) and respond to requests for management information so that accurate and up-to‑date HR data supports management decisions.
7. 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 Council.
8. 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 and Council services.
9. Undertake job evaluations to ensure schemes are applied consistently and evaluation decisions can be properly defended at appeal.
10. Support the mechanisms for raising awareness on all HR matters for managers and employees (including briefing and training) to ensure the delivery of good HR practice throughout Schools and the Council.
11. Represent the HR Service on interdisciplinary working groups so as to ensure the integration of Services and effective HR interface.

The job holder may be required at any time to undertake any work up to and/or at a level consistent with existing responsibilities. These tasks may be at any location in Cheshire East, to ensure the effective deployment of labour, materials, transport and equipment to meet daily service requirements.

In this job you will need

You must be able to demonstrate the following essential requirements:

Qualifications

• Member of CIPD (MCIPD) Application forms and certificates

Experience

• Post qualification experience of working in an HR setting providing advice and guidance across a range of HR activities Application form

Technical, Specialist or Job Related Knowledge

• Underpinning knowledge of HR policies, procedures and processes and related professional practices, employment law, case law, organisational design principles, local government conditions of service and pensions, ACAS standards etc
• Interview and testing Theories, Techniques, Concepts Job evaluation methodology
• Research methods for policy development
• Understanding of servicing meetings
• Interview and testing

Procedures, Policies, Legislation, Organisational Structures Cheshire East organisational structures and culture HR legislation

• HR regulations and rules
• Detailed knowledge of the full range of HR policies and procedures, including discipline, grievance, capability etc.

Skills and Aptitudes (e.g. Operation of Equipment and Machinery, Languages, inc. Foreign and Sign Language)

• Use of Microsoft Office applications, IT packages and training tools, PowerPoint etc
• Skills to develop effective working relationships
• Skills to analyse information/data, write reports and present information clearly