HR Advisor (Hybrid)

HR Advisor (Hybrid) needed in Lewisham, £24.35ph PAYE – Reference: RQ1490547

We offer a hybrid working environment for our staff where you will work a minimum of 2 days a week from our modern offices

1. Support the delivery of services’ priorities in all aspects of people management, by delivering a first class HR service and providing expert HR advice, guidance and support to all managers across the Directorates on complex issues and cases, including organisational change, and employee relations case work, ensuring the delivery of a customer focused and professional service that improves people management practice across the organisation.

2. Act as the human resource advisory expert on employment legislation; policies and procedures; conditions of service and best practice. This will include, advising and coaching managers at all levels to improve people management practice and performance across the Directorate; undertake mediation/negotiation to resolve employee relations matters; and represent HR as required at cross directorate and corporate meetings and working groups.

3. Maintain constructive working relationships with trade union representatives and other staff representatives. Undertake consultation and negotiation participating as necessary in Directorate consultative forums.

4. Lead and manage a diverse and complex caseload advising managers at all levels, ensuring cases are managed and progressed in a timely manner. To maintain accurate case management records to provide qualitative and quantitative feedback to identify people management trends.

5. Provide advice and support to managers on complex management of change issues including reorganisation/restructuring, redundancy/redeployment, outsourcing/TUPE, job evaluation and consultation processes. This will include providing advice on financial and equality implications; and establishment control and reconciliation.

6. Provide feedback on the effectiveness of HR policies and protocols across the Directorates, identifying areas for improvement and development ensuring this informs the development of HR policy to support the smooth running. This will include supporting (and where appropriate drafting) HR policy development as allocated.

7. Design and deliver HR related people management practice training and play an active role in the delivery of induction events, employee engagement activities, and diversity and inclusion initiatives.

8. Analyse and produce briefing notes, management information reports, and HR related correspondence for senior managers on a range of HR issues.

9. Advise on content of Job Descriptions and Person Specifications and undertake job evaluations for appropriate jobs.

10. Work and collaborate with legal services on the legal implications of case work. Prepare witness statements for Employment Tribunals and attend as witness or to instruct lawyers as required.

This is a full time role on a Temporary basis.

If you are interested in the role please apply on our website with your CV, alternatively you can email your CV to katie@essentialemploy.co.uk quoting the reference number.

Essential Employment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

All our roles may be subject to pre-employment checks including references so please be prepared.

Due to high volumes of CVs received we are not able to respond to all unsuccessful applications. You will always however hear from us by phone if we are able to take your CV forward to the next stage.

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