HR & Er Specialist (Ftc)

**How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?**:
Role Purpose

This is a critical enabling business support role for delivering a positive employee experience, implementing Group & ALUK HR plans & initiatives and providing proactive HR guidance and support to managers. Reporting to the HRD and working closely with operational managers/directors, the role ensures the deployment of HR strategy and the quality of HR processes delivery. In collaboration with HR team members, he/she acts as a single point of contact for managers and employees of the allocated units for all major HR and employment relations topics. Regular presence and visibility in the field is required. The role is a combination of high quality generalist HR partnering activity with fast paced efficient and pragmatic ER case work.
**Key Stakeholders**
- **ALUK HRD**
- **Senior Leadership Team**
- **UK HRBP & HR Coordinators**
- **Department managers and supervisors**
- **Cluster HR Team**
- **Centres of Excellence (Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Total Rewards)**

**Key Responsibilities & Deliverables**
- **Delivering high quality, customer focused, efficient generalist HR support to the ALUK business.**
- **Management and execution of HR policies, processes and HR tools.**
- **Working closely with the ALUK and Cluster HR teams to drive a positive employee experience across the business.**
- **Internal Recruitment and mobility**
- **Support annual processes, including the annual pay awards, performance development process and employee engagement survey where required, providing guidance and support on process to management as needed.**
- **Proactively work with HRD, COE’s and the business to share insights into specific country trends (with a focus on the legal and cultural implications of change) and also propose improvements to ALUK workplace practices**
- **Where required, facilitation of local learning & development and recruitment activity; supporting hiring managers with recruitment processes.**
- **Coach line managers to develop capability and provide the knowledge and tools to enable them to work independently.**
- **Provide HR input as required to internal and external audits or reviews.**
- **Facilitate onboarding for new joiners**
- **Monthly payroll sign-off with HR coordinators, Finance and Payroll provider**
- **Review HR data and reports, analyse trends for insight**
- **Embed continuous improvement into day to day work. Challenge the way we do things to ensure that HR processes are delivered as efficiently, effectively and accurately as possible.**
- **Where applicable work with Trade Unions and /or Labour Authorities to ensure good relationships and positive outcomes.**
- **Raise employee performance through an effective performance management approach and encourage feedback**

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**Are you a MATCH?**:
**Skills/Knowledge & Experience**
- **CIPD Level 5 or working towards (desirable)**
- **Excellent knowledge of UK employment legislation**
- **Proven ability to manage Employee Relations**
- **Experience of working with local legislative bodies including collective and local agreements where required**
- **Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills with the ability to effectively communicate with internal and external associates**
- **Proven experience working within a matrix management structure and handling multiple activities at the same time**
- **Highly organised and proactive with strong planning and time management skills.**
- **Attention to detail whilst able to set priorities and be flexible in a changing environment**
- **Experience of manufacturing/industrial/distribution/warehousing/transport/engineering environments would be an advantage**

**Competencies and Personal Attributes**
- **Strong knowledge of the UK ER landscape**
- **A real interest in what the business does with a strong focus on business outcomes**
- **Good judgment and decision making**
- **Ability to challenge managers to make better decisions**
- **A positive ‘can-do’ attitude, driven by continuous improvement and a desire to generate creative ideas and follow them through**
- **Ability to work in an agile way, with competing priorities**
- **Proven ability to make sound and rational judgements and decisions**
- **A continuous improvement mindset with a passion for learning and stretching for personal development**
- **Enjoys delivering as part of a team**

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