HR People Partner - Maternity Cover

Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service; Dorchester, Salisbury; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A public service organization in Dorchester is seeking an HR Business Partner to support managers in delivering business objectives. This role involves providing advice on employee relations, ensuring HR policies are applied consistently, and supporting leadership development. Candidates should have a strong understanding of employment legislation and be able to build professional relationships at all levels. Employee benefits include a flexi time scheme, Local Government Pension Scheme, and generous annual leave.

Benefits

Flexi time scheme

Local Government Pension Scheme

Generous annual leave

39 weeks’ full pay during maternity leave

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in a business partner role providing HR support.
• Up-to-date knowledge of employment legislation required.
• Ability to build strong working relationships within the organization.

Responsibilities

• Develop relationships with managers to implement best practices.
• Provide support on employee relations issues including conflict resolution.
• Ensure managers effectively apply HR policies and procedures.
• Support leadership development and succession planning.

Skills

Relationship management

Employee relations advice

Coaching and performance management

Knowledge of employment legislation

Education

Qualified Member level of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (MCIPD)

Job description

This is a fantastic opportunity to join Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service, an organisation that is passionate about changing and saving lives. Our corporate staff are absolutely vital in helping to make our communities safer and healthier. Without them, we couldn’t do it.

We offer a wide range of employee benefits and strive to ensure that staff are valued and rewarded. For example, we offer a flexi time scheme, Local Government Pension Scheme, a generous annual leave allowance, a variety of family friendly schemes including 39 weeks’ full pay during maternity leave (subject to qualifying criteria) and health & well-being services.

Responsibilities

• Develop relationships with, and provide support to, managers within the Service ensuring best practice is implemented, working closely with them to deliver their objectives and to enable delivery of the business plan.
• Provide advice, support and guidance on employee relations issues such as conflict resolution, mediation, investigation, disciplinary, grievance, capability and attendance/sickness issues together with flexible working requests, maternity/paternity related matters, redundancy, job design and restructures to ensure a consistent and fair approach in each case.
• Ensure line managers can effectively apply HR policies and procedures, ensuring they are up to date, consistently applied and have an understanding of their importance.
• Support key stakeholders in all areas of leadership development, coaching, performance management and succession planning.

Qualifications

• Qualified Member level of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (MCIPD) or able to demonstrate a significant level of graduate calibre experience at this level.
• Previous experience of working in a business partner role and providing HR support and advice on a wide range of employee relations and other HR matters to ensure added value in meeting business objectives.
• Up-to-date knowledge of employment legislation and experience of applying it and advising on best practice HR ensuring organisational risk is minimised.
• Ability to build and maintain strong, professional and credible working relationships at all levels within the organisation.

For full details of the role and requirements please have a look at the job description and person specification.