HR Partner

4 weeks ago


Chelmsford, United Kingdom Anglia Ruskin University Full time

About ARU:
ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. ARU holds a Gold award for the quality of its education, awarded through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).

ARU’s research institutes and four faculties bridge scientific, technical and creative fields.  We deliver impactful research which tackles pressing issues and makes a real difference to our communities.  Our academic excellence has been recognised by the UK’s Higher Education funding bodies, with 16 of our research areas assessed as world leading. We are the largest provider of Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care students in the East of England, and we are also among the UK’s leading universities for degree apprenticeship provision, working with hundreds of employers across the UK.

About the role:
Sitting within the HR Partnering Team and managing a cluster of team members, including HR Advisors and HR Coordinators, you’ll play a key role to the development and delivery of a proactive, effective and strategic HR Service, in line with ARU People Strategy. You’ll act as an internal consultant and will support managers in meeting their objectives and suggesting solutions to people management challenges. You’ll manage and undertake employee relations case work including staff discipline, grievance, redundancy, ill-health and early retirement, and you’ll oversee probationary processes, providing advice and guidance on more complex cases.

You will be qualified to degree level or have a Professional HR qualification (PG Dip or equivalent) and a Chartered MCIPD. Previous HR experience, working with managers and staff at all levels, as well as project work and policy development is essential, as well as working knowledge of current UK and EU employment law, the ability to build strong working relationships and to influence and coach at all levels. Given the nature of the role and the sensitivity of different employee relations case work, you’ll have the ability to remain calm under pressure and to challenge and suggest innovative solutions.

For an informal discussion please contact Susan Alabaster, Senior HR Partner, at Susan.Alabaster@aru.ac.uk.

Find out more about working with us.

We have an agile working culture and offer an extensive range of benefits including a generous holiday entitlement, occupational pension schemes, training and development opportunities, travel to work scheme and a competitive relocation package. Visit our benefits page for full details.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of our staff and students and expect all staff to share this commitment.
We value diversity at ARU and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We have a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

Committed to being inclusive and open to discuss flexible working. 

Guidance Notes: 
For a list of key requirements, please click on the Apply button above to download the Job Description and Person Specification. To apply for this role please demonstrate how your skills and experience match the criteria in the person specification.  

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications.

£44,263 to £54,395 per annum



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