HR Business Partner

Working on behalf of a Local Authority, Aatom Recruitment has an opportunity for HR Business Partner on a 1 month contract with a possibility of an extension.

This position will be a total of 36 hours per week, with hours from 09:00am – 17:00pm.

Job Purpose:

The main purpose of the Business Partner (BP) is to support our operational and strategic leaders to undertake complex employee relations, change management, or other people management activities through strong guidance and advice, in line with legislation and good practice. Managers are decision makers and the role of the BP is to coach, educate and advise to ensure decisions are fair, well evidenced and protect the aims of the business.

Job Specific Accountabilities:

• Create, monitor and progress all employee relations case work, with strong and effective record keeping.
• Strategic partnering with senior leaders including attending senior leader meetings to offer advice and appraise people related changes to enable senior leaders to make informed and risk aware decisions.
• Provide operational partnering with managers to advise, and guide managers to undertake people related activities fairly and accurately in line with policy and good practice.
• Represent HR at key people related meetings including acting as chair, presenting relevant reports or metrics, such as case work, absences, vacancy, turnover and retention rates.
• Act as a strategic partner for all transformation activities planned across AfC, and supporting change activities to ensure managers are supported and employees are treated fairly.
• Undertake regular people reviews to identify trends, pay discrepancies, contract issues, absences to advise operational or strategic managers of their options.
• Undertake regular reviews of case work to identify good practice, any learning, any policy or guidance reviews or any training needs.
• Support managers (including acting as advisors for investigating manager or at hearings) to undertake performance related activities with employees including capability, grievance and disciplinary processes, dealing with absences, managing probation, dismissals and appeals following ACAS good practice, Employment Act 1996, and legal advice when required.
• Provide an excellent customer experience through responding to enquiries, providing support, advice and guidance accurately to all customers, employees and managers.
• Monitor, review and contribute to all people policies in line with current legislation.

Knowledge, Qualifications and Experience:

• Strong up to date Employment Law knowledge
• ER experience demonstrated with proven direct complex case management and advisory/ coaching support to HR colleagues, leaders, line managers and employees.
• Ability to remain calm under pressure and deal positively with people in difficult situations
• Demonstrable experience of managing non-complex and complex ER cases from inception to satisfactory conclusion
• Excellent attention to detail
• Demonstrable experience of grasping issues quickly and delivering effective and efficient solutions
• Ability to quickly develop organisational savvy, political navigation and sensitivity
• Ability to adopt a consultant ʻcustomer focusʼ style to the role, partnering with managers, developing good relationships both within and external to the organisation
• High level of personal credibility and ability to engage with the business and to exercise sound judgement
• Demonstrable track record of delivering value-adding HR solutions
• Familiar with relevant HR-oriented technologies and computer literate (Experience of SAP is desirable)
• Knowledge of using iTrent (HR and payroll system) and using a recruitment ATS system.
• Experience of keeping and maintaining accurate records (in accordance with local policy) and producing detailed reports, presentations, written updates to a range of stakeholders.
• Experience of addressing specific equality or diversity issues within your practice with colleagues/customers and taking action to solve them.

To get more information about this role and how to apply please contact Simon.