HR Professional

Colbern Limited; West Bridgford; Hybrid; GBP 29,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Colbern Limited is seeking an experienced HR Business Partner in Nottingham. The contract role requires 2 days in the office after induction, with up to 4 days in office during induction.

The role focuses on delivering expert HR guidance, supporting tribunals, and driving service delivery in line with the People Strategy. The candidate will provide high-level HR advice across attendance, performance management, disciplinary actions, and workforce design, while collaborating with legal and

Qualifications

• Experience as HR Business Partner.
• Strong knowledge of employment law and case law.

Responsibilities

• To optimise the performance and impact of service delivery and implement the Council's People Strategy through HR Business Partner advice and change activities.
• Provide high level specialist advice on attendance, performance management, disciplinary actions and conflict resolution, including hearings/appeals/tribunals.
• Collaborate with legal to prepare documents and attend employment tribunals as HR witness/representative.
• Offer expert HR guidance to management up to Service Director level on terms and conditions of employment.
• Lead designated corporate-wide HR policy areas and monitor employment legislation and case law.
• Support managers with workforce impacts, restructures, staffing reductions and TUPE, ensuring change management processes minimize risk to employer.
• Respond to consultancy requests in schools, including independent investigations and reports for external panels.
• Support income generation for HR services through business partnering and additional billable hours.

Job description

HR Business Partner

Nottingham

Contract

£20.96 per hour PAYE or £27.33 per hour limited paid via umbrella company inside IR35

Our client is looking for an experienced HR Business Partner

2 days in the office following induction period. Up to 4 days in office during induction

This is one of a number of roles we are recruiting for please visit our website colbernlimited co uk

Responsibilities

• To optimise the performance and impact of service delivery and implement the Council's People Strategy through the provision of professional, HR Business Partner advice and challenge, effective people management and organisational/workforce design/ change activities.


• To work closely and proactively in providing high level specialist advice in respect of, but not limited to attendance, performance management, disciplinary actions and conflict resolution. This includes associated complex case-work activity, advising and supporting at hearings/appeals/employment tribunals. Providing HR support at hearings and appeals to include advice to panels up to and including termination of contract Ensure learning from casework is shared with the team and reflected in updated guidance.


• To work with internal and external partners in responding to and progressing claims made by employee's and ex-employees to Employment Tribunal Claims. To work collaboratively with legal to collate documents, prepare witness statements and attend employment tribunals to support the legal team and the respondent. In consultation with the Senior Business Partner and legal adviser, to risk assess the claim and lead on devising and negotiating suitable exit plan which may include settlement agreements. To attend ETs and regulatory professional body hearings as the Council's HR witness/representative when required.


• To provide detailed expert HR advice to all levels of management, up to Service Director, or equivalent, using a comprehensive understanding of the various terms and conditions of employment relevant to a range of service areas. This requires research and an interpretation of policies and knowledge of employment law and case law to advise on the practical implementation of HR advice covering a wide range of terms and conditions.


• Under the direction of the Senior Business Partner, to lead on designated corporate-wide HR policy/procedural areas and act as the team's functional expert on these areas, including horizon scanning, researching best practice and keeping abreast of relevant employment legislation and case-law.


• To provide support and advice to managers in respect of workforce impacts and workforce change. To work closely with senior managers and school leaders in relation to restructures, staffing reductions and TUPE. These activities include ensuring solution focused options and associated risks are understood, and appropriate change management processes are in place to minimise risk to the employer.


• To respond to requests for consultancy work in schools as required, including the provision of independent investigatory activities which includes gathering and analysing evidence, culminating in the production of reports to present to external panels at formal hearings.


• To support income generation for the HR Service through effective business partnering in respect of promoting services offered as part of the sold service for schools, and billing for hours outside of the contract as appropriate.

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Colbern Limited along with our clients are an equal opportunities employer