People Advisor

Capita plc; England; Remote; GBP 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in HR services is looking for a People Advisor to deliver comprehensive HR support to education clients in the Staffordshire and Midlands area. This permanent, home-based role involves providing expert advice on employee relations, ensuring compliance with employment legislation, and supporting local schools. The ideal candidate will have HR qualifications and experience in employee relations, with a commitment to fostering an inclusive workplace.

Benefits

Competitive salary of £32,000

23 days' holiday (rising to 27)

Paid volunteering day

Company pension and life assurance

15 weeks' fully paid maternity leave

Access to Employee Network Groups

Qualifications

• HR related qualification or evidence of Continuing Professional Development in HR.
• Experience in employee relations casework is essential.
• Knowledge of employment legislation and HR policies.

Responsibilities

• Deliver HR services to education clients, ensuring compliance with legislation.
• Provide advice on HR casework and support at meetings and hearings.
• Build relationships with client groups to identify business opportunities.

Skills

Employee relations

HR casework

Communication

Teamwork

Education

HR related Qualification

Job description

Join us to help deliver the full range of Human Resources services to our clients. Using your previous HR excellence experience to support and contribute to our world class service.

This role is a permanent home-based opportunity and we are looking for a People Advisor in the Staffordshire and Midlands area in order to support local schools.

The People Advisor will deliver the full range of professional human resource services to education clients, producing work of the highest possible standard while with complying with employment legislation and statutory regulations, policies and procedures and in accordance with client contracts.

You will be responsible for the provision of employee relations HR advice to education/school/academy and Multi Academy Trusts. The application of HR policies and procedures, conditions of service and employment law to reinforce the clients' effective employee relations and resourcing. This includes the provision of remote support and where required attendance and support at meetings, trade union consultations, hearings and appeals and preparation of letters and reports in relation to a range of HR issues.

As part of our commitment to building an inclusive and diverse workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from people who are from Black, Asian and other ethnic minority backgrounds.

What you'll be doing:

• Delivering the full range of professional human resources services to clients, producing work of the highest possible standard, while complying with employment legislation and statutory regulations, policies and procedures, and in accordance with client contracts
• Providing quality advice and guidance on high risk HR casework
• Providing an accurate and timely remote HR service, responding to telephone and email enquiries and supporting HR cases, ensuring accurate and timely recording of information - this will be delivered remotely and onsite in Kent as required
• Delivering and supporting with HR projects
• Providing virtual and onsite support for clients as required, including advising at meetings, hearings, appeals, investigations.
• Building relationships with client groups to help identify opportunities to develop and grow the business

What we're looking for:

• HR related Qualification or evidence of Continuing Professional Development in HR
• Previous experience within HR specifically employee relations casework is essential
• Experience working in the Education sector is preferable
• Based in either Staffordshire or the Midlands with access to a vehicle and willing to travel occasionally when needed (fully expensed)
• Up to date knowledge, understanding and practical application of employment legislation and the application of policy and procedure.
• Experience of managing discipline/grievance/capability/redundancy/ absence issues.
• Team player

About Capita

Capita is an outsourcer, helping clients across the public and private sectors run complex business processes more efficiently, creating better consumer experiences. Operating across 8 countries, Capita's 41,000 colleagues support primarily UK and European clients with people-based services underpinned by market-leading technology.

We're a vital support service for our clients, enabling the everyday interactions that we expect to run seamlessly, to run seamlessly.

A publicly listed business with adjusted revenue of 2.6bn, Capita's areas of focus are Central Government, Local Public Service, Defence, Learning, Fire & Security, Contact Centres and Pensions Solutions. We're embracing change to respond to the ever-changing needs of society, creating better outcomes for all our stakeholders

About HR Solutions

Capita HR Solutions helps employers to maximise the performance of their HR functions from core transactional services, through to complete organisational transformation. We meet the HR service needs of our clients by listening to the challenges they face and working with them to create an approach that suits their business, culture and people. From simple transactional services through to organisational transformation, we use a flexible approach to maximise the performance of HR functions and drive greater efficiency for businesses. Join us here and you'll be transforming HR operations around the country.

What's in it for you?

• A competitive basic salary of 32,000
• 23 days' holiday (rising to 27) with the opportunity to buy extra leave
• The opportunity to take a paid day out of the office, volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice
• Auto-enrolment to our company pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks' fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks...and plenty more
• Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle - from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology
• Access to our Employee Network Groups, which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open, inclusive platform

You'll get the chance to follow your chosen career path anywhere in Capita. You'll be joining a network of experienced, innovative and dedicated individuals across multiple disciplines and sectors. There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we'll provide the support you need to do just that. Our purpose is to create a better outcome for you.

What we hope you'll do next:

Choose 'Apply now' to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

Equal Opportunities

At Capita, we're committed to providing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and working environment for everyone. We want everyone to have the best chance of succeeding as they move through their application and start their career with us. We are an equal opportunity and Disability Confident employer, we want to hear from you if you'd like to discuss any adjustments you might need during your recruitment process. Please email [e-mail] or call 07784 237318 and we'll get back to you to discuss. For more information about equal opportunities and the types of adjustments we can offer, please visit the Capita Careers website.

If you have a question that does not relate to adjustments during your recruitment process, please email our Talent Acquisition team - [e-mail]