HR Assistant

**JOB TITLE: HR Advisor**

**LOCATION: Westbury, Wiltshire**

**HOURS OF WORK: 34.5 hours per week**

**RESPONSIBLE TO: Human Resources Manager**

**Job Summary**:
Supporting the HR Manager in the delivery of an efficient and effective HR support and advisor service to departments by providing first line contact on all people related issues consistent with internal processes and legal requirements.

Working with team colleagues to deliver an effective and efficient training administration. Maintaining records of training, liaising with departmental trainers on training required and providing the relevant training materials,

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Managing on site ER matters including absence management, disciplinary and grievance in a timely manner.
- Coaching and advising Managers on employee relation cases and general management issues.
- Proactively manage sickness absence, including return to work meetings, sickness review meetings and support managers with all long-term sickness cases and where necessary bring them to a satisfactory conclusion in a timely manner.
- Engage Occupational Health support as required.
- Developing and promoting employee engagement and wellbeing activities
- Scanning and recording training records.
- Monitoring, reviewing and updating all HR policies and ensuring these are in line with current legislation.
- Training managers on policies and procedures.
- Provide cover for the Health & Safety Manager on inductions.
- Write, review and continually updating job descriptions.
- Look for opportunities to improve our HR processes, practices & people solutions.
- Dealing with ad hoc employee queries
- Supporting the HR manager and the needs of the HR function.
- Maintain up to date employment law knowledge in line with UK legislation
- All other duties as required.

**Knowledge, Skills and Experience**:

- Experience in a similar HR role, with excellent operational HR knowledge, preferably in a fast-paced environment.
- Employee relations and change management experience.
- Ability to build trusted relationships through a professional but personable approach.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and strong oral and written communication skills.
- Resilience and the ability to deal with conflict.
- Creative and innovative approach to problems and solutions.
- Experience of implementing and driving value adding HR initiatives.
- Computer literate, confident and proficient in word, excel and PowerPoint.
- Flexibility and ability to multitask.
- A proactive approach to work and good ability to anticipate issues and find solutions.
- The ability to remain calm and polite under pressure.
- Able to complete tasks in a timely, accurate manner
- Multitasking and time-management skills, with the ability to prioritise tasks
- Team player and supportive to other team members
- Professional attitude and appearance
- Excellent organisational skills

**Experience requirements**:

- Worked in an advisory role for a minimum of 2 years.
- Worked in HR for a minimum of 4 years.
- CIPD qualified.

**Working Pattern**

Monday - Friday 34.5 hours per week (flexible)

Monday - Thursday - 7 hours Fridays - 6.5 hours:
9 am - 4:30PM (30-minute break)

OR

9am - 5PM (1 Hour break) 9 am - 4:00PM (30 -minute break)

OR

9am - 4:30PM (1 Hour break)

**Salary**

£30,000 - £32,000 Negotiable depending on experience

**Benefits**:
25 Days Holidays run from January 1st - December 31st. A few days of this, usually no more than 5 days is attained to use for our Christmas shutdown. Bank Holidays are also included.

A possibility of voluntary overtime when required

Pension scheme:
All employees will be eligible and put enrolled into the company pension scheme with Royal London after 13 weeks of service. However, employees have the opportunity to request to enrol before the 13 weeks. The pensions scheme is calculated as: 5% individualcontributions, 3% from the organisation. The company can change/increase their contributions.

Sickness scheme:
Employees need to have completed one year's continuous service to be eligible for the scheme. Entitlement is calculated over a rolling 365 days. If entitlement within the scheme is exhausted, SSP (Statutory Sick Pay) will be paid if applicable. 1st absence
- 80%, second 70%, third 60%, fourth SSP only. Further info Is provided within our employee handbooks on induction days.

Life insurance:
All employees are eligible for the company's Life insurance scheme after one year of service. This is calculated as two times an employee's annual salary if they are not enrolled in the pension scheme and three times your annual salary if you are enrolled.

Hawk 3 Talent Solutions are operating as an employment agency on behalf of its client.