HR Business Partner

This HR Business Partner hybrid position presents an ideal opportunity to make a difference within your community. Based in Blackwood and working across Gwent, Ebbw Vale and RCT, you will enjoy a role with a lot of autonomy, working for a well known charity. Our client is part of an exciting, growing movement which is the changing the way we understand and respond to those with mental health challenges. If you are passionate about mental health, homelessness, housing and young people, then you are in the right place to work for real, meaningful change. Reporting to the Head of HR you will:

• Partner with Managers on end to end recruitment, assisting with advertising, sifting CVs, attending interviews, onboarding
• Support managers with casework, performance management, capability, absence management, TUPE and ER cases including complex HR matters and decision making
• Provide advice and suggest solutions, guiding managers ensuring best practice using a trauma informed approach
• Assist Head of HR in updating HR policies, procedures, practices
• Assist managers to interpret HR policies and procedures
• Keep up to date with latest HR tends, modern working practices, EDI sharing knowledge with the team and contributing to continuous improvement
• Develop and maintain HR reports and metrics, recommending improvements
• When required, visit sites in your own area and attend team meetings
• Participate in organisation-wide HR projects
• Create MI reports and metrics to improve performance
• Manage 1 direct report

To be successful in this role, you will be:

• Ideally CIPD Level 5 or working towards or be willing to study towards (study support is provided)
• A true team player, enthusiastic, motivated and approachable
• Well experienced HR Generalist with experience of complex HR casework, disciplinary, grievance, TUPE
• Sound current knowledge of Employment Law
• Flexible, well able to prioritise competing demands
• Analytical with excellent attention to detail
• Accustomed to and enjoy working in a busy, fast paced environment
• Passionate about delivering high standard customer service
• Experience of line management
• Strong IT skills, proficient in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams and SharePoint
• Have drivers licence and own vehicle

In return, you will have:

• Incredible job satisfaction of being part of a force for positive change
• Autonomy to manage your own diary
• Varied role
• Work life balance
• Support to achieve CIPD qualification
• Hybrid working pattern