Wrightbus is a rapidly growing company seeking an experienced HR Business Partner to shape and manage all aspects of our people strategy, from first impressions of Wrightbus to interviews, onboarding, training, and ongoing professional development.
The Role:
- Establish a recruitment process aligned with the organisation's marketing campaign, engaging various advertising media to promote Wrightbus.
- Benchmark salaries and conditions to support organisational decision-making.
- Work with managers to identify recruitment needs, plan skill requirements, and create timely recruitment plans.
- Handle contractual documentation and onboarding professionally.
- Monitor recruitment trackers to ensure accuracy and compliance.
- Ensure the process meets legal requirements and maintains necessary records.
- Manage the recruitment pipeline to align with HR resources and service delivery.
- Develop and implement employee engagement initiatives focused on addressing key concerns.
- Create an action plan with the management team and monitor its implementation based on survey feedback.
- Foster an employee-centric approach to address employees' needs.
- Offer trusted advice to managers on grievances, disciplinaries, and performance-related matters, minimising risk.
- Manage employee relations to maintain morale and motivation, ensuring consistency and fairness.
- Support managers with employee relations panels, adhering to best practices and legislation.
- Oversee employee relations documentation to ensure professionalism and legal compliance.
- Identify training needs and implement appropriate solutions to address skill gaps.
- Consistently implement absence management policies for short-term absences and manage trigger absence reports.
- Manage sickness-related cases, liaising with Occupational Health, conducting case reviews, and implementing necessary actions.
- Collaborate with managers to complete training needs analyses and plan ongoing employee training.
- Manage performance documentation, ensuring timely completion of reviews and addressing performance issues.
- Deliver development workshops on HR best practices and legislative updates.
- Manage the apprenticeship programme, supporting apprentices for successful outcomes.
- Build strong relationships with apprenticeship providers
- Ensure accurate and timely updates of HR systems such as PAMS, Employee Information Centre, and Time and Attendance systems.
The Requirements:
- Third level qualification in Human Resources or a related discipline (or equivalent)
- And At least 3 years’ experience working in a dedicated generalist HR role at HR Officer level or above Or At least 5years’ experience working in a dedicated generalist HR role of which 3 years’ must be at HR Officer level or above.
- Membership of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
- Demonstrable experience and ability to deliver HR solutions across at least four of the below disciplines including: HR Strategy, Organisational Policy Development, Culture Change, Organisational Structure, Performance Management, Recruitment and Selection, Employee Engagement and Retention
- Proven experience of delivering HR advice on complex disciplinary and grievance cases which is compliant with current NI Legislation and Codes of Practices.
- Proven experience of developing and implementing initiatives to enhance the HR service delivery.
- Proven experience of developing, reviewing and communicating policies and procedures.
- Working knowledge of computerised HR Systems.
The Benefits:
Discretionary bonus
Life Insurance
Discount with local businesses e.g. Galgorm Spa Resort and McAtamney’s.
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