HR Advisor

Deutsche Post; Gloucester (MA); On-site; USD 24,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

Deutsche Post is seeking an HR Advisor for a part-time, site-based role in Gloucester. You will support HR leadership, manage employee relations and performance, and help deliver the HR agenda across multiple sites.

This role requires strong organisational skills, experience in HR, and the ability to coach managers on policy and process. Travel to other sites is expected when required; Friday availability is specifically noted for the 3-day, 22.5-hour week.

Qualifications

• Previous HR experience (Essential)
• Trade union experience (Essential)
• Case management experience (Essential)
• Strong organisational skills (Essential)
• Experience within a logistics business (Desirable)
• A CIPD level 3 qualification or equivalent (Desirable)
• Ability to communicate with multiple stakeholder groups
• Looking to develop in a fast-paced site-based environment

Responsibilities

• Support the HRBP/site leadership teams to deliver the strategic business & HR plan and help managers develop people management capabilities
• Support employee satisfaction, performance, retention and effective communication at sites
• Provide HR support with guidance on employee relations, policy, recruitment and HR projects
• Advise managers on HR policies and procedures in line with employment law and local arrangements
• Assist with workforce planning and management—design, forecasting resourcing needs, agencies, and future talent
• Support management of employee cases relating to disciplinary, grievance and sickness absence, and assist with OH and investigations
• Collaborate with managers to manage sickness, redeployment and reduce absence across the organisation
• Provide accurate, timely data to HRBP and managers to deliver HR processes

Skills

HR experience

Trade union experience

Case management

Organisational skills

Stakeholder communication

Education

CIPD level 3 qualification or equivalent

Job description

HR Advisor
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Gloucester (GL10 3EZ)
Grade: RCS M
Site-based working
PART-TIME ROLE - 3 days a week (22.5 hours per week, Friday required)
(Travel to other sites when required)

With 37,000 employees in 400 operations across the UK & Ireland, we're part of an exciting and varied business. The HR function works with our managers to attract, develop and retain our people so that we have the very best team in the industry. From HR Business Partners to Compensation and Benefits and from Employee Relations to People Services, we've set ourselves up to serve our people, our customers and our business in the best way possible.

WHAT DOES THE ROLE ENTAIL?

• Support the HRBP/ site leadership teams to deliver the strategic business & HR plan, and support managers to develop people management capabilities
• Support with employee satisfaction, performance, retention and effective communication at sites
• Provide HR support to contribute to the overall success of the HR agenda in delivering a proactive and customer-focused HR service by providing effective support, guidance and advice to managers and colleagues on a wide variety of HR matters, such as employee relations, policy and process, recruitment and the delivery of key projects
• Advise and coach managers on the application and interpretation of HR policies and procedures in accordance with current and proposed employment legislation and local arrangements, to ensure consistency, accuracy and best practice
• Support managers to develop and deliver solutions for workforce planning and management, including organisation design, forecasting resourcing needs, agency and identifying future talent requirements
• Support the management of employee cases relating to disciplinary, grievance and sickness absence. This includes providing advice to managers on policy/procedure and legislation, support managers with Occupational Health, supporting formal investigations and hearings.
• Work in collaboration with managers on managing sickness, managing redeployment where appropriate, assisting colleagues back to work and working with managers to reduce sickness absence across the organisation.
• Provide accurate and timely data to the HRBP and managers to successfully deliver HR processes

WHAT DO WE NEED FROM YOU?

We'd love to hear from you if you have the following experience but don't hesitate to apply if you don't tick every box on this page - we're great at spotting talent and potential in everyone:

• Previous HR experience (Essential)
• Trade union experience (Essential)
• Case management experience (Essential)
• Strong organisational skills (Essential)
• Experience within a logistics business (Desirable)
• A CIPD level 3 qualification or equivalent (Desirable)
• Ability to communicate with multiple stakeholder groups
• Looking to develop in a fast-paced site-based environment

WHY CHOOSE US?

As well as competitive pay rates, you will be entitled to an award-winning range of benefits including:

• Free confidential 24/7 GP service
• Hundreds of discounts (including retail, childcare + gym)
• Affordable loans & enhanced pension scheme
• 24/7 employee support service for you (+ family) with access to free counselling and much more: https://careers.dhl.com/global/en/dsc-benefits

OUR APPROACH TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

We will ensure that all our resourcing activities are fair, transparent and consistent across the UK. Find out more about our global approach to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging: https://careers.dhl.com/global/en/diversity

BE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF EVERYDAY LIFE

DHL is the global leader in Supply Chain management and we keep the world moving. Our expert teams work together to deliver for our customers across a range of industries including retail, automotive, healthcare and more, so they can deliver to their customers.

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