HR Advisor

HR Advisor

Our client, a leader in their industry are looking for a standalone HR Advisor to join them. This is a permanent position, offering a salary of £45k - £50k, plus an attractive benefits list.

This role will require travel a couple of times a month to their other offices in Northants, Staffs and Oxford to provide managers and employees with appropriate HR guidance, support and training.

The Role:

With over 100 employees, this is an all-round Generalist role, you will be responsible for the recruitment and onboarding, the development and training of employees, HR legislation compliance, payroll and pension submission, strategic work, employee engagement, whilst nurturing a positive work environment.

Duties:

External:

• Manage recruitment partner relations.
• Seek HR related legal and other professional advice when required.
• Answer HR related questions for clients and external audits.
• Carry out salary benchmarking exercises.
• Deal with all company fleet penalty charges- e.g. parking tickets, speeding tickets and resolve with affected employee.

Compliance:

• Ensure the group is compliant with UK employment law and HR legislation.
• Providing advice on ER cases such as disciplinaries, grievances, probationary/performance reviews, statutory sick pay, maternal/paternal/shared parental leave and pay.
• Keep Company handbook and policies up to date to reflect any business/legislation changes.
• Responsible for ensuring contract changes are correctly documented (EG: in line with TUPE.)
• Organise and maintain employee documentation/records throughout employment.

Recruitment, On-boarding & Leavers:

• Manage recruitment and onboarding process. Responsible for designing job description with appropriate managers, advertising the vacancy via agencies/online/elsewhere, selecting and/or interviewing candidates, sending out offer letters/employment contracts and inducting new starters.
• Manage long service awards, introduction bonuses and gifts for special occasions (EG: marriage, new baby, big birthdays.)
• Arrange and attend exit interviews with leavers.

Planning & Reporting:

• Create and present, and when approved, implement HR strategy and budget for the group.
• Create and present monthly HR board pack.
• Create, present, and when approved, implement headcount plans, predicting headcount growth, identifying new development opportunities for rising talent.

Performance Development & Management:

• Work with Managing Directors and Line Managers to help develop employee talent via development plans, succession plans, RAG reviews and career maps.
• Work with Managing Directors and Line Managers to help improve productivity of staff.
• Make sure performance development review forms are up to standard, reviewing their design once a year.

Remuneration:

• In conjunction with MDs and function heads, manage annual pay reviews and performance development reviews, which are done twice a year.
• Administration of company car allocation and deal with queries.
• Responsible for administrating Managing Directors' and central function heads' bonus schemes.
• Responsible for administrating the group's share scheme.
• Responsible for the group's in-house payroll, P11Ds, P46s, P45s.
• Responsible for pension compliance and contributions, pension scheme administration and pension scheme payment.
• Response for processing, administrating, and making payment for employee expenses.
• Work with Managing Directors and Line Managers to allocate annual discretionary bonuses, providing advice on performance and attendance.
• Manage and administrate group's private medical and life assurance covers. Responsible for adding/ removing employees when necessary and renewal.

Communication & Engagement

• Draft and once approved send out Group business announcements
• Produce quarterly employee newsletter with Marketing Manager.
• Plan employee events: responsible for planning and organising employee events such as team building days, inter-group technical days and training sessions.
• Travel to Group operating sites to provide HR advice, liaise with staff and attend meetings when required.

Holidays, Absenteeism and Leavers:

• Manage all employee absence and holiday requests, identifying any individual or collective trends to help improve utilisation/performance.
• Ensure employees complete absence from work form when returning to work after a period of absence. Hold absence from work meetings with employees who are absent from work for 5+ days, in line with absence policy.

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