HR Officer

Oldham, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

Permanent

Competitive salary + benefits

**Are you an experienced HR Professional who is looking to work in a fast paced, global, market leading company?**
Here at **Innovative Technology**, we have a unique opportunity for an experienced **HR Officer / HR Advisor** to join our talented team in our People and Resourcing team. This newly created role is **full time** and based at our Head Office **in Oldham, Manchester**. Due to the nature of this role, the post holder will be on site 4 or 5 days a week.
**We’re Innovative**
We’re in our 30th year here at Innovative Technology, we now have offices on five continents and employ over 400 people, with over 150 based from our state-of-the-art R&D hub and global head office in Oldham, Manchester.
From self-service checkouts to arcade machines, we provide our retail, banking, kiosk, vending, gaming and amusement customers with products and services that help them securely accept automated payments, with our industry leading technology keeping us at the forefront of our sector.
By being true to our values of Innovation, Collaboration, Respect and Drive we’ve seen significant growth and won numerous domestic and international awards, whilst offering outstanding career opportunities and great benefits. We’re Investors in People & are proud to hold the IIP Silver accreditation. You’ll find us on the edge of the Pennines and less than half an hour from central Manchester, with modern offices, free parking and excellent transport links.
**About the **HR Officer **role**:
Picking up from the People and Resourcing Executive at the point a new colleague joins the team, the HR Officer tracks and drives progress through probation and the employee lifecycle to maximise the employee experience and engagement across all functions including overseas teams.
**Key responsibilities of our **HR Officer **will include**:

- Preparation for new colleagues; liaising with line managers to plan inductions
- Interim reviews with new joiners providing feedback to stakeholders
- Probation reviews, ensuring new colleagues are the right hire administrating confirmations on behalf of line managers
- Encouraging all employees to drive their own continued development
- Supporting line managers with general HR needs such as disciplinaries and grievances, investigations, etc.
- Maintaining employee records in line with departmental standards and GDPR requirements
- Facilitating the appraisal process, ensuring actions are agreed and followed up, escalating issues to the People & Resourcing Manager
- Supporting line managers with PDPs and PIPs based on company policies and procedures.
- Liaising with educational establishments/suppliers to ensure service delivery standards are met
- Responding to requests for training support ensuring most effective solutions are available, appropriate for the business and within budgets

**Qualifications**
- Whilst a CIPD qualification or higher education in HRM would be valued, the post holder must have hands on experience in dealing with all aspects of the employee lifecycle. _This position would suit a Senior HR Administrator or experienced HR Advisor aiming for a more of a HR partnering role._

**Skills and Experience**
- Experience of working in a front-line HR role (Senior Administrator, HR Officer or similar)
- Effective communication and influencing skills, to deal with colleagues at all levels
- Excellent attention to detail, integrity and discretion
- Excellent IT skills, in particular MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and ability to learn new systems quickly
- Strong administration, organisational, communication, collaboration and time management skills
- Coaching skills
- CIPD qualification (or working towards this)
- Experience of supporting HR needs of overseas colleagues
- Learning needs analysis
- Mentoring
- Case management
- HRM systems

**Package & Perks you will receive as our **HR Officer**:

- A competitive salary
- Flexible working hours and hybrid working options
- 32 days holiday (including public holidays) and the opportunity to earn up to an extra 12 days holiday each year
- Private Healthcare Scheme
- Dental scheme
- Life Insurance
- Educational Sponsorship
- Electric Car Scheme
- Onsite electric car charging points
- staff car workshop
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Informal dress code
- Free onsite modern gym

**What’s next?**
If you’re interested in being a part of a small (but fabulous) People and Resourcing Team who support amazing people to create and deliver brilliant products, then we’d like to hear from you. See our website for more about us and tell us why you will be a great fit as our newest colleague.

**Job Type**: Permanent