HR Advisor - 6 month contract - Rochester, Kent - £26.76 ph UMB or £20 ph PAYE (Inside IR35)
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The Role
To contribute to the overall success of the HR strategy but delivering a proactive and customer focused HR service across BAES Rochester. This would involve providing effective support, guidance and advice to managers and employees on a wide variety of HR matters such as employee relations, policies and procedures, data analytics and delivery of key projects.
The role works in a fast-paced environment so it is essential to be able to work proactively and be able to prioritise. The ability to communicate effectively at all levels will be essential to being successful within this role.
Role Responsibilities:
Not limited to…
- Provide high quality HR advice and guidance directly to managers to facilitate the early resolution of difficult, complex or sensitive employee relations issues, ensuring that the risks associated with such cases are effectively managed.
- Advise and coach managers on the application and interpretation of HR policies and procedures in accordance with current and proposed employment legislation and local arrangements, to ensure consistency, accuracy and best practice.
- Support the management of complex employee cases relating to disciplinary, grievance and sickness absence. This includes providing advice to managers on policy/procedure and legislation, liaising with Occupational Health, supporting formal investigations and hearings.
- Build good working relationships with all line managers in order to better understand their needs and provide appropriate HR related support.
- Ensure the timely and satisfactory resolution of employee relations issues by maintaining effective relationships across the business including the Trade Union as required
- Manage sickness absence in collaboration with managers, assisting staff back to work and working with managers to reduce sickness absence across the organisation.
- Support the delivery of an excellent onboarding journey for new starters including facilitating inductions, undertaking new starter reviews and our quarterly onboarding session run by the Site Director
- Undertake exit interviews as required
- Deliver training for line managers within the functional business are such as absence management, performance management etc.
- Support recruitment activities within business area such as interviews and assessment centres if required
What are BAE Systems looking for from you?
The role requires an individual with experience of working in an HR department in either an HR Officer or HR Advisor role.
The role holder will hold an in depth understanding and experience of HR policies and procedures, internal and external best practice and able to bring their experience to articulate these in order to ensure effective deployment within their work area.
The role requires practical knowledge and experience of HR administrative procedures to support effective HR delivery.
The role requires a good understanding of how to influence others in order to operationalise, integrate and deliver HR processes, projects and change in a business through experience of advising and supporting managers on a range of employee relations matters to an appropriate conclusion.
Strong knowledge and practical experience of applying employment legislation and best practice is essential.
CIPD qualified to level 3/level 5 is essential.
