HR Business Partner

Your new companyHays are delighted to be partnering with a highly reputable organisation based in Edinburgh City Centre who are looking to appoint an HR Business Partner to their team.Your new roleAs HR Business Partner, you will play a pivotal part in the HR Department, influencing change, encouraging good people practices and driving a progressive employment culture. You will be responsible for the delivery of a wide range of generalist HR services to the business including providing robust and practical advice and guidance to managers and ensuring that policies and procedures are followed.Key Accountabilities will include:? Act as a first point of contact, offering guidance to employees and supervisors/management on employment policies and procedures.? Supporting the People Managers with restructuring and organisational change.? Assisting with Occupational Health referrals, and long-term absence case management.? Advising employees and managers on flexible working/maternity/paternity processes and policies.? Coaching and advising employees, supervisors/managers on ER issues.? Advise and support managers on disciplinary and grievances matters, ensuring policies are being adhered to and good people practices are being followed.? Write, review and update employment policies and procedures to ensure good people practices within the business and legal compliance.? Work with the HR Manager to identify training needs, develop training for supervisors and managers and support and/or facilitate training sessions.? Support the HR Manager with a range of people projects, such as pay and remuneration, retention initiatives and reward.? Support positive trade union working relationships within the business.? Update and maintain employee data and provide regular reports/Management Information on HR statistics, ensuring compliance with GDPR to the people function.? Ensure all exit interviews are undertaken in a timely manner.? Provide feedback and make recommendations to help with the continuous improvement of internal processes and procedures.What you'll need to succeed? Broad experience in a generalist HR position gained within a fast-paced environment.? Sound knowledge and experience of advising on core HR matters such as attendance management, disciplinary and grievances procedures.? Knowledge and understanding of up to date employment law and ACAS guidelines, in particular relating to disciplinary, dismissals and attendance management and the ability to adapt 'best practice' to suit organisational processes and culture.? A genuine enthusiasm for HR and all people related matters.? Experience in L&D including the design and delivery of training.? Excellent written skills, with the ability to carefully craft emails, reports and outcomes of attendance, disciplinary or grievance hearings into clear and concise documents.? Well-developed PC Skills including knowledge of MS Outlook, MS Word & Excel.? Approachable and friendly; able to build strong working relationships based on trust and respect.? Resilient and assertive with the courage to challenge when required.? A positive 'can do' attitude.? Sincere and with personal integrity; acts as a good role model.* Minimum of level 3 CIPD qualified with a willingness to progress to level 5.What you'll get in returnThis role offers a competitive salary £39,375 per annum, 35 days annual leave including public holidays and a generous employee benefits package. What you need to do nowIf you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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