Job Title: HR Advisor
Reports To: Head of People
Location: London Bridge, City of London
Job Summary:
- To take a proactive approach in supporting the HR Manager/Head of People in all aspects of HR including, Employee Relations, Absence Management, HR Reporting.
Experience:
- Proven experience in an HR Advisor role.
Qualifications:
- CIPD Level 5/Equivalent experience
Responsibilities:
Employee Relations
- Issuing employment contract, referencing and completing the on boarding process
- To be first point of contact for all staff issues.
- Advise and support managers on best practic on all Employee Relations issues, including performance management; sickness & absence; disciplinary & grievance procedures.
- Ensuring the grievance and disciplinary procedures are adhered to by all staff.
- Monitoring, updating and advising staff and managers on HR policies and procedures, ensuring they are adhered to and effectively communicated.
- Continuously learn the latest HR best practices to improve workplace efficiency.
- Keep up to date on local employment laws and share knowledge.
- Handling confidential information in an honest and trustworthy way.
Learning & Development
- Ensure appropriate learning tools are available for all staff.
HR Policy & Procedures
- To support the HR Manager in ensuring all terms and conditions and policies and procedures are up-to-date and comprehensive with regard to legislation and best practice, the Employee Handbook is up to date at all times.
- To keep the HR system up to date and advise staff on how to use it.
- Compiling and maintaining digital and electronic employee records.
- Updating and maintaining Job Descriptions.
- Issue any HR related letters.
Key Competencies (Skills):
- Excellent up to date knowledge of local employment law and legislation.
- Good knowledge of policies and procedures related to an HR Function.
- Strong competency interviewing and selection skills.
- Up to date knowledge or recruitment, staff retention methods.
- Experience in advising and managing grievance and disciplinary investigations.
- Previous background within a generalist HR Function ideally within an international organisation.
- Strong written skills with proven ability to draft policies, procedures and reports.
- Delivery focused with the ability to prioritise and organise workload agreed within deadlines.
- Strong customer focus.
- Excellent “active-listening” skills.
- A proactive and can-do approach towards work tasks.
- Numerate and financially aware with the ability to produce reports and statistics as required.
- Open communication style, with ability to communicate at all levels in an organisation.