Senior HR Advisor

Role: Senior HR Advisor

Sector: Public and Not-for-Profit

Duration: 11 Months FTC (Maternity Cover)

Location: Hemel Hempstead

Salary: up to £38000 depending on experience

Sellick Partnership are currently recruiting for an experienced Senior HR Adviser to join our client based in Hemel Hempstead, working on a hybrid basis.

This role would be suitable for a CIPD level 5 HR professional with a background in employment legislation, employee relations, mentoring and training. The Senior HR Advisor will contribute to the delivery of the organisation's people strategy by providing a professional HR service aligned with the current and changing operational and strategic needs of the organisation.

The duties of the Senior HR Adviser include:

• Leading casework across business - paying particular attention to attendance, investigations, and support managers in hearings- act as the investigating officer for grievances and disciplinary
• Supporting and coaching managers to implement people management practices
• Undertaking complex employee relations activity up to and including dismissals
• Ensuring work is of a high level and is carried out in accordance with agreed standards and procedures, employment law and best practice
• Ensuring accurate and complete records of all casework are maintained
• Advising on the application and interpretation of all human resources policies, procedures, local and national terms and conditions, employment legislation and case law, escalating cases for professional advice where appropriate
• Developing and maintaining strong working relationships with trade unions
• Writing and preparing a range of business documents including JD, briefings, reports and correspondence
• Maintaining records accurately and assisting HR Business Partners to prepare document bundles for formal hearings, appeals and tribunals
• Contributing to deliver people strategy, human resources service delivery play and KPI's by helping with HR projects and services including realignments
• Supporting HR Business Partner to build organisational capacity through delivery of training of HR policies, procedures, and Practices
• Streamlining systems and processes
• Supporting individual employees during ill heath, organisational change, workplace difficulties and other challenging situations
• Contributing to development and implementation of best practice approaches
• Taking proactive role in own continuous professional development by keeping up to date on employment legislation, case law and HR best practice
• Supporting the recruitment and onboarding processes for the organisation

The ideal Senior HR Advisor will:

• Ability to build positive and proactive client and candidate relationships
• Be qualified to CIPD Level 5 or equivalent
• Knowledge of employment law and best practice including recruitment and resourcing
• Ability to handle sensitive situations
• Experience of employee relations case management

The Senior HR Advisor will need to have excellent communication skills and effectively be able to communicate to stakeholders of all levels. Furthermore, the ideal candidate will have an impeccable eye for detail and accuracy to ensure all workload is carried out effectively and efficiently. They will also need to able to prioritise their workload and be efficient and effective to meet unpredictable deadlines and deal with conflicting demands, whilst working in a high-pressured environment.

Our client is hoping to have the Senior HR Adviser in the role as soon as possible, therefore if you believe your experience meets the criteria above, please contact Charlotte Broomfield by Monday 22^nd April November or call the Derby office for more information.

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