HR Officer

REED HR is delighted to support our client in the North Down area who wishes to recruit a permanent HR Officer to join their busy well- established team

The ideal candidate will have a strong generalist background & provide HR support to staff & line managers. This will include supporting the delivery of key HR processes such as absence management, investigations, disciplinaries, grievances, recruitment, onboarding & ensuring all HR activities are carried out in line with Organisation policies & procedures, legislation & best practice   

Duties & Responsibilities

Employee Relations  

• End to end absence management support including leading welfare meetings & advising on capability cases & ill health dismissals 

• Manage probation & performance management processes in conjunction with line managers 

• Provide advice, guidance & administrative support in employment investigations, disciplinaries & grievances 

• Provision of management information reports for service managers  

Recruitment & Selection

• Assisting with recruitment & onboarding of new employees ensuring that the Equal Opportunities & Recruitment & Selection policies are observed as per Article 55 of the Fair Employment & Treatment (NI) Order 1998 

• Provide advice & guidance to applicants & panel members  

• Delivering HR induction training to new employees 

Payroll 

• Support with the delivery of payroll services within the organisation 

• Provide end to end support to staff & managers in relation to payroll queries, overpayments, underpayments & other remuneration

HR Administration Support 

• General day-to-day administrative duties 

• Assist with maintaining all employee data ensuring it is accurate & up to date  

• Assist with the digitalisation of the department, moving relevant data online  

• Support with HR correspondence including dealing with staff queries  

• General filing, typing duties & minute taking
• Data analysis & collection to support management decision making  
• Contributing to the development of organisational policies & procedures 

• Completion of Statutory Reports  

Other Duties 

• Administrative support tasks as required by HR Manager

• Conduct exit interviews

• Contribute to the development, implementation & review of HR processes, policies & procedures 

• Assist with various HR projects as required

• Contribute towards the delivery of all HR related KPI’s

Qualities and Disposition 

• Ability to undertake work in an efficient & organised way & in compliance with standards, regulatory requirements & organisational procedure 

• Ability to communicate in a friendly, helpful, professional & non-prejudicial manner in your dealings with external applicants, staff, residents, pupils & visitors to the Community 

• Demonstrable ability to work with discretion & observing strict confidentiality around sensitive information 

Degree Educated in HR or Hold a CIPD level 5 

Minimum of 3 years generalist HR experience 

Employee relations case management experience 

Experience in working with trade unions. 

Excellent knowledge of MS Office package ie Word, Excel & Outlook 

Skills & Knowledge

Excellent & effective communication skills 

Strong confidentiality 

Ability to prioritise, work under pressure & meet deadlines  

Ability work accurately & as part of a team 

Undertake training for personal development 

Strong organisational & administrative skills  

Flexible to meet the objectives of the job