Hr Generalist (People & Culture Generalist)

Enersys Delaware Inc.; Reading (Berks County); On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

EnerSys is seeking an HR Advisor to deliver commercially focused, best-practice HR solutions to a diverse client group based across the UK. You will support organizational development, well-being, resourcing and learning, while ensuring consistency with policy, absence management and reward programs.

You will coach managers, develop HR strategies, analyze labour market trends and coordinate payroll and data governance.

Qualifications

• Degree-level education and CIPD level 7 in progress or equivalent.
• Proven experience in an HR Advisor or similar role.
• Experience with change management and employee relations.
• Knowledge of UK employment legislation and HR best practice.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• Experience in project management and data analysis.
• Ability to work across multiple sites and travel as required.
• Experience using HR systems and data maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Support and drive engagement through people initiatives aligned to business objectives.
• Coach managers on policy and operational issues and create action plans.
• Develop HR strategies and people plans.
• Analyze labour market trends and HR metrics.
• Coordinate UK payroll provision and ensure compliance.
• Maintain HR systems and manage data requests in GDPR scope.
• Support UK reward, recognition and benefits systems.
• Liaise with employee relations groups to maintain a positive climate.
• Contribute to HR change programmes and best practice sharing.
• Travel across UK sites as required.

Skills

CIPD Level 7 (in progress)

Employee relations

Change management

HR systems

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Multi-site experience

Communication skills

Project management

Education

Degree level education

CIPD qualification in progress

Tools

HRIS

Payroll systems

Job description

EnerSys is a global leader in stored energy solutions for industrial applications. We have over thirty manufacturing and assembly plants worldwide servicing over 10,000 customers in more than 100 countries. Worldwide headquarters are located in Reading, PA, USA with regional headquarters in Europe and Asia. We complement our extensive line of Motive Power and Energy Systems with a full range of integrated services and systems. With sales and service locations throughout the world, and over 100 years of battery experience, EnerSys is the power/full solution for stored DC power products.

Job Purpose

Deliver commercially focused, best practice HR solutions to a diverse client group based in locations across the UK to meet business needs. Responsible for supporting best practice and consistency across all HR areas of organizational development, well-being, resourcing, learning and development, people policy, absence management, reward & recognition, performance management, disciplinaries and grievances.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Support & drive engagement by contributing to the people plan and delivery of key people initiatives aligned to business objectives
• Coach, counsel and guide managers on all people policy and operational issues, establishing action plans which focus on opportunities to deliver solutions that add value and ensure compliance and best practice
• Coach, support and build capability in people managers to manage the employment relationship effectively
• Contribute to the development of HR strategies and people plan
• Carry out regular data analysis of labour market trends in the locality;
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement and sharing of best practice and support delivery and embedding of HR change programmes and initiatives
• Develop, improve and implement people policies, processes and practices
• Support global and UK wide projects in accordance with business and HR strategic priorities
• Liaise with the union/employee consultative groups to support a positive employee relations climate
• Support development of diverse and inclusive culture, embed company values and increase employee engagement
• Analyse and produce management information eg monthly headcount reporting, turnover, KPIs and metrics
• Maintaining HR systems including LiNK performance management/CPM usage, position changes, talent development initiatives
• Support UK reward, recognition and benefits systems eg private medical, company cars, EAP, recognition schemes
• Lead on sickness absence and occupational health referral service working with managers to control and reduce absence
• Co-ordinate UK payroll provision and ensure legal and statutory compliance
• Manage employee data subject access requests and ensure compliance with GDPR regulations
• Input to customer questionnaires to satisfy tender requirements
• Develop clear employee communication and feedback processes
• Leverage best practice from external networks and adapt to local business needs
• Share knowledge and best practice with the wider HR team to build capability
• Regular travel required across UK sites

Qualifications

• Degree-level education and member of professional body and qualified/working towards CIPD level 7
• Demonstrated excellence within an HR Advisor (or similar) role
• Change management experience
• Experience of managing employee relations cases and people issues related to organisational change
• Understanding and application of UK employment legislation, regulation and HR best practice
• Ability to communicate confidently across the business, building strong relationships
• Project management experience
• Experience of HR systems and database management
• Able to effectively negotiate and influence
• Able to analyse information, make and implement suitable recommendations
• Future focused, inquisitive and open-minded; seeks out evolving and innovative ways to add value to the business
• Uses information insights, sound judgement and knowledge in a structured way to identify options, make recommendations and make robust, defendable decisions
• Ability to adapt in a changing environment
• Multi-site experience

EnerSys provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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