HR Consultant

**HR Consultant (12 month Fixed Term Contract)**

**Appleby Magna (DE12 8AA)**

**Up to £40,000 plus car/ car allowance, 33 days holiday, pension, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits scheme**

**About the Job**

Relationships mean everything to us, and this one is particularly special. You’ll have an important part to play in automotive success that spans nearly 50 years. Unipart Logistics (UL) has secured a contract to run the new, custom-built Jaguar Land Rover Global Parts Logistics Centre at Appleby Magna in Leicestershire. The operation will be housed at Jaguar Land Rover’s new Mercia campus, one of the largest UK warehouse developments for a single customer.

As HR Consultant you will provide effective HR support, particularly in respect of Employee Relations, Reward, Training, Development and Resourcing to the business management and colleagues.

As part of your key responsibilities you’ll:

- Deputise for the HRBP and support HRC where required
- Represent the HR department at relevant site meetings where appropriate
- Be an ambassador for HR across the business and with clients
- Provide consultative support to the management team members regarding employee forums (the Company’s formal negotiating body) related matters.
- Provide case management, advice, guidance and coaching to line managers in the areas of absence management, discipline, and grievance.
- Provide support for TUPE activities as and when required.
- Support the initiatives and organisation of the Employee Engagement Survey. Provide input and support for policy development as and when required.
- Advise, coach and guide line managers about levels and types of reward, including base and variable pay and incentives.
- Coach line managers in all matters relating to line management capability.
- Develop and deliver HR training modules and other training and development activities in conjunction with the HR Advisors and the Capability team
- Support change management activities as and when they occur, ensuring effective employee communication and engagement is maintained.
- Undertake and support, as appropriate, succession planning activities.
- Support the talent management process including support of nine box grid management, coaching and mentoring schemes.
- Management of and support with HR related projects, such as the re-evaluation of job grades and remuneration packages.
- Support the HR senior team with international bids.
- Develop and maintain excellent relationships with the department’s internal and external customers / suppliers.

**About You**

Essential:

- Experience within an HR Advisory role, ideally gained within a fast-paced warehousing / logistics environment.
- Up to date, working knowledge of current UK employment law
- Complete understanding of HR processes and procedures
- Strong planning and time management skills - able to balance priorities in a dynamic environment.
- Ability to influence at a senior management level.
- Able to work on own initiative whilst balancing the need to involve others for maximum effectiveness.
- IT literate with a good working knowledge of MS Office and Google Suites
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent ability to manage transactional elements of a HR role

Desirable:

- SHL Level II or BPS Level B
- CIPD qualified - degree level or equivalent
- Coaching and mentoring skills / qualifications

Our recruitment and selection process has been developed to ensure that it is consistent, fair and provides equality of opportunity - all selection decisions are based solely on technical and behavioural competencies. We do not discriminate on the grounds of race, colour, or nationality, ethnic or national origins, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, religion or belief, age or any other current or future protected characteristic as defined in the current Equality Act of England and Wales. As an organisation we also promote an environment which encourages diversity of characteristics and thought, where you feel included, safe and confident to be the best version of yourself and do your best work every day.