Hr Officer à United States

The RSK Group have a unique opportunity for a qualified HR professional to join the team as a HR Business Partner supporting our Geosciences & Engineering Division. This is a full-time, permanent role, reporting to the Senior HR Business Partner. Our preference would be if you were located around Cheshire, Birmingham, Bristol, Hemel Hempstead or London as these are offices that are widely accessible across the Group to attend meetings, training, and undertake office-based tasks as required.

This is a varied role with a large proportion of the time focusing on managing casework and projects. You will be required to build solid relationships and to understand the individual business challenges to enable you to support effectively with the day-to-day HR matters and overall HR strategy. The role would suit someone who is comfortable working in a fast-paced, complex environment, with a challenging workload.

The role provides a significant amount of exposure and opportunity to develop your HR knowledge, supporting and leading on a variety of HR matters.

You will work remotely however, there is expectations of travel across the country monthly, and as and when required.

Responsibilities:

• You will work within the Geosciences and Engineering Division, across multiple different business units, reporting to the Senior HR Business Partner/HR Manager.
• Support the Senior HR Business Partners/HR Manager on projects, onboarding of new acquisitions and ad hoc requests.
• Partner with our Key Stakeholders and contribute to driving the HR strategy forward to improve service delivery.
• Effectively and efficiently lead, manage and co-ordinate disciplinaries, appeals, grievances, sickness absence, mergers, mobility, restructuring and a range of employment and employee relations matters ensuring legislation, policy and best practice are followed.
• Coach, support, mentor and challenge managers in the application of HR policies and practices and on a wide range of employment related issues, promoting best practice and encouraging greater ownership.
• Mentor and support less experienced team members in their duties to support the delivery of the HR strategy, identifying any specific training needs.
• Work closely with other HR specialists to leverage the value of the whole HR offering, coordinating across functions as required.
• Collaborate with the Recruitment Teams in understanding requirements for the business, attending interviews as appropriate.
• Manage and maintain contracts, personnel files and other employee information.
• Be comfortable with travelling at short notice as and when required, with flexibility to manage your own diary.
• Investigate and manage payroll queries.
• Partner with multiple business units, reporting on key areas of the business with robust analysis and recommendations that can provide sustainable solutions.
• Be responsible for ensuring that absenteeism is managed through the absence management policy for both short and long term cases, including occupational referrals as applicable.
• Supporting the business on all HR activity independently or with minimal support.
• To ensure maximum flexibility and to reflect the Company's evolving needs, you may be asked to perform additional tasks that may be reasonably expected within your level of capability without additional remuneration.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Proven experience in HR partnering within a complex organisation with multiple disciplines and requirements.
• Proven experience in proficiently leading on a variety of different Employee relations cases.
• CIPD level 5 or hold a relevant HR qualification.
• Ability to build strong relationships and maintain these.
• Ability to identify key issues and give advice within the scope of employment legislation and within areas of knowledge/capability.
• Be adaptable in a fast-growing and fast-paced environment with the ability to manage and prioritise complex workloads.
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of employment legislation with an ability to advise and articulate within the scope of this, within your areas of knowledge and capability.
• Understanding and recognising limitations in knowledge and seeking advice where appropriate.
• Understanding and experience of M&A and TUPE would be an advantage.
• Proficient in IT software such as Microsoft packages.
• Confident communicator with excellent interpersonal skills, able to deal effectively and establish rapport with people at all levels.
• Professional approach and ability to handle sensitive information confidentially.
• Team player with excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Willingness to learn and develop.
• Able to take ownership of tasks and use initiative to solve problems, exercising appropriate level of judgement.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and to strict deadlines, prioritising with a flexible approach.
• Full UK driving licence.

Salary and Benefits:

Working for RSK is an opportunity to evolve as a professional, to innovate and to make a difference. Our success is founded on the talent of our employees, so we recognise the importance of personal growth, encouragement and earned rewards. As a company, we want you to share in our achievements and we want to be a conduit for your success.

• Salary will be dependent on experience the right person for the role.
• Contributory Pension Scheme employee & employer 4% matched up to 5%.
• Life Assurance x 3 salary.
• 31 days holiday including bank holidays increasing through length of service.
• Enhanced Sick Pay.
• Enhanced Family Leave.
• A flexible benefits programme including the option to buy additional holidays, Car and Cycle to work scheme.
• Discounted gym memberships.
• Access to professional financial advice.
• Access to mental health support and GP Services and includes dependants.
• An inclusive working environment.