HR Advisor

We are recruiting for a Human Resources Adviser on a fixed Term Contract, up to 9 months maternity cover. Our client is the UK’s leading funder of our diverse heritage and the only heritage organisation that operates both across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and funds the entire spread of heritage – including buildings, museums, natural heritage and the heritage of cultural traditions and memories.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Writing job advertisements and person specifications in consultation with the relevant line managers
• Short listing of applications in consultation with managers
• Being a regular panel member at selection interviews
• Making job offers, ensuring pre-employment checks are carried out and correct contract documentation is provided
• Responsibility for administration of new starters
• Ensure that equal opportunities and diversity goals are built in to recruitment
• Providing statistics for management use
• Acting as the main HR Contact point
• Providing advice to managers and staff on a wide range of personnel and performance management issues
• Assist in reviewing and updating policies and procedures in the Staff Handbook
• Advising line managers and staff on proper use of the NHMF performance appraisal system
• Coaching managers with management skills where required
• Assist in the annual appraisal roundup and follow-up action
• Assessing individuals’ sickness / other absences with line managers, and interviewing individuals as necessary
• Making referrals to the Occupational Health Advisors as necessary and following up with appropriate advice to managers
• Producing quarterly and annual absence management reports for management
• Undertaking exit interviews of leavers
• Able to use Ciphr (HR system)
• Provide monthly statistics on workforce numbers and changes
• Delivery of Corporate Induction and other training sessions including HR matters and equality and diversity issues
• Undertaking such other duties as may be reasonably required

Essential Skill set;

• Fully qualified CIPD membership or equivalent along with a demonstrable commitment to continual professional and personal development
• Ability to work effectively as a member of a team, playing a full, supportive and co-operative role
• Organised and methodical approach to work, able to work effectively on a wide range of tasks and identify priorities on own initiative
• Able to work under pressure to meet deadlines, if necessary unsupervised
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills: clear, effective and confident in spoken communication, good standard of written English, able to state a case clearly, logically and concisely
• Significant and demonstrable previous experience of HR work particularly complex employee relations casework
• Demonstrable commitment to equality and diversity with experience of supporting corporate and team objectives to enhance an ethos of equality and diversity within an organisation
• Able to negotiate with and influence applicants, staff and managers.
• Good standard of numeracy
• Good IT skills including word processing, spread sheets, use of databases to process information, and electronic communications and personnel databases (payroll database experience an advantage although full training will be given)

Successful candidates will be contacted within 5 working days.

Amanda Smith Recruitment is a leading boutique secretarial and administrative recruitment consultancy with distinctive reputation.