Senior HR Adviser

1 week ago


Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom University of Birmingham Full time

Position Details
Advisory Services, Human Resources

Location:
University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £33,348 to £43,155, with potential progression once in post to £45,737

Grade 7

2 post available - 1 x Full Time, permanent and 1 x Part Time, permanent - Job share will be considered

Closing date: 11th June 2023

Our offer to you
People are at the heart of what we are and do.


The University of Birmingham is proud to have been a part of the City of Birmingham and the wider region for over 100 years, and we are equally proud to be recognised as a leading global university.

We want to attract talented people from across the city and beyond, support them to succeed, and celebrate their success.


We are committed to helping the people who work here to develop through our sector-leading Birmingham Professional programme which provides all professional services staff with development opportunities and the encouragement to reach their full potential.

With almost 5,000 professional services jobs in a wide-range of functions in Edgbaston and in our campus in Dubai, there are plenty of opportunities for you to be able to develop your career at the University.


We believe there is no such thing as a typical member of staff and that diversity is a source of strength that underpins the exchange of ideas, innovation, and debate.

We warmly welcome people from all backgrounds and are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is at the heart of who and what we are, and how we work.


Supporting our people to achieve a healthy work/life balance is important both to our employees and to the success of the University and, depending on the role, we offer a variety of flexible working arrangements.

We therefore welcome discussions on all forms of flexible working.

In addition, you will receive a generous package of benefits including 40 days paid holiday a year, one paid day a year for volunteering, occupational sick pay, and a pension scheme.

We also have three high quality subsidised day nurseries.


The University is situated in leafy Edgbaston and there are excellent transport links to our beautiful campus, including main bus routes and a train station on site.

On campus we have a state-of-the-art sports centre with pool, shops, places to eat and drink, our own art gallery, museum and botanical gardens.

Find out more about the benefits of working for the University of Birmingham

Role Summary


You will provide a comprehensive professional HR service across a range of University areas; giving expert advice and guidance on all aspects of employee related issues, including individual support, consultation and coaching to managers/teams.

In addition you will either lead or support initiatives and projects across the University in support of HR and University priorities.

This will include driving the developing of process efficiencies and enhancing the delivery of the HR function.

Main Duties

The main responsibilities of this role will include:

  • Providing timely expert advice and guidance to line managers on people related issues (eg to performance, sickness, occupational health, conduct, discipline, grievance, secondments, TUPE, probation, AWOL). Exercising professional judgement to guide managers to a successful outcome/result, taking into account all relevant factors both HR related (employment legislation, policy and procedure, best practice etc) and commercial factors such as the risk or financial impact on the wider organisation.
  • Leading on the management, delivery, and monitoring of elements of projects or smaller projects in their entirety as required by the HR Business Partner or senior colleagues more widely within HR. This will include HR and/or University projects and initiatives, working with Colleagues across the function and wider University in support of HR and University priorities. This may include representing the Team on crossinstitutional projects as appropriate.
  • Contributing to the development, implementation and monitoring of service standards across the function
  • Providing proactive support for the HR Business Partner by ensuring operational efficiency and delivery is provided by yourself and the wider team, identifying and implementing process improvements in day to day work. Deputising for the HR Business Partner where required.
  • Undertaking employee consultation as part of TUPE and the fixed term contract process including the redundancy process.
  • Working in collaboration with HR colleagues to ensure managers are supported through complex ER issues, working proactively with the ER team to progress cases as appropriate.
  • Sourcing, analysing and developing insights from relevant data to identify areas of improvement in HR processes, working with colleagues across the function to address issues and develop proposals for driving improvements and efficiencies. Strive to improve performanc

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