Assistant HRBP

About the Role

We have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant HRBP to join our growing Freight Division at our London Gateway Port in Stanford le Hope, Essex. The Assistant HRBP will support the people team and HRBP in delivering a proactive, professional, and forward-thinking HR delivery and service to the business.

Location: London Gateway Port, Stanford le Hope, Essex

Hours: Part-time, 30 hours per week (Mon-Fri)

How will you contribute:

• People Strategy – the delivery of local departmental strategies to address medium to long term issues surrounding employee relations and development. Undertaking planning and project work to support the delivery of strategies, e.g. staff survey results, action plans, wellbeing initiatives, performance management and development.

• Organisational Development – conducting activities to support organisational development, e.g. administer Belbin profiles. Help and coach managers plan and deliver the change, e.g. restructures, terms and conditions, consultations. Reviewing and updating working agreements/reissuing contract documentation as needed. Identify any learning interventions for employees or managers to help embed the change/s.

• Organisational Health – management of employee relations casework for business areas; for example, absence (including fit notes, return to works and phased returns), disciplinaries, grievances and capability. To monitor and carry out sickness reviews for employees in conjunction with the Line Manager and assist in reviewing complex sickness absence cases leading to capability assessment and liaising with Occupational Health. Administering exit questionnaires/conducting exit interviews as and when requested.

• Workforce Planning and Recruitment – reviewing job descriptions with managers, commissioning the Talent Acquisition Team to recruit, and supporting the process as is needed. Participating in interviews and administering tests as appropriate. Preparing of offer documentation, delivering the induction on day 1, and checking physical right to work documentation/qualifications, and working with managers to create new starter development plans. Working with line managers in your business area/s to identify skill gaps and development needs and to consider the recruitment or development needs to fill those gaps.

• Talent Management and Development - work with managers and supervisors on development plans for new starters, high performers, underperformers, and successors. Developing and keeping succession plans up to date. Work with managers/team leaders to identify participants for learning programs as well as providing routine trainings on various talent and leadership management topics. Advising and coaching managers on probation review meetings, attending as and when required.

• HR Operations and Compliance - Keeping HR systems up to date and accurate, and interrogating/reviewing data from systems, as required, to inform and create dashboards to inform evidence-based decisions. Provision of HR advice and coaching to business areas to drive performance and compliance with HR policies and legislation, embedding Our Principles leadership behaviours. Development and updating of HR policies and procedures, including staying abreast of emerging legislation and best practice. Providing generalist HR advice to employees in your business area.

• HR Projects – Supporting local, regional, and global HR Projects and initiatives as required.

What will you Bring.

EXPERIENCE

• Proven work experience as an HR advisor, generalist, Assistant BP; or similar role within an operational environment

• Experience and proficiency working with HR Systems

• Previous experience in developing strong relationships with a variety of stakeholders.

• An affirmed understanding regarding HR best practice and UK employment legislation.

• Experience working across the full employee lifecycle.

• Experience of working with Unions in a Unionised and in a Unionised environment would be advantageous.

• Experience handling employee relations matters.

• Level 3 CIPD + advantageous.

SKILLS

• Professional but down to earth.

• System-savvy.

• Able to build meaningful relationships.

• Able to maintain strict confidentially at all times.

• Proactive and driven for results.

• Abie to advise and build relationships at all levels of the organization.

• Excited to work in a fast paced and complex environment.

• Practical and logical; able to solve problems quickly and efficiently.

• A strong and effective communicator

• A full UK driving licence

• Eligibility to work in the UK

Compensation

DP World offers exciting and challenging roles within a growing international organization. We strive to hire and develop the right people, locally and globally, stimulating personal growth and self-development within an informal atmosphere. We offer a market competitive compensation package.

About DP World

Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, creating opportunities and improving the quality of life for millions of people around the world. DP World is here to make trade flow better, changing what’s possible for the customers and communities we serve globally. With more than 106,500 employees across 73 countries, we are pushing trade further and faster towards a seamless supply chain that’s fit for the future. By integrating our physical infrastructure with cutting-edge technology, we create efficient end-to-end solutions, pushing the sector towards better ways to trade, minimising disruptions from the factory floor to the customer’s door.

We’re rapidly transforming and integrating our businesses - Ports and Terminals, Economic Zones, Marine Services, Logistics and Technology – and uniting our global infrastructure with local expertise to create stronger, more efficient end-to-end supply chain solutions that can change the way the world trades.

The DP World family comprises of syncreon, Imperial and P&O.

DP World is committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO). We strongly believe that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success and we make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, gender, disability, race, religion or belief.

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