HR

Location

Belfast | United Kingdom

Job description

Your new company
As an HR Advisor, you will be joining a global company based in Belfast that provides alternative legal solutions.
Your new role
As an HR Advisor, you will support the HR Team to deliver a proactive HR service to the Practice Group across the UK, through:
Business partnering and day to day operations
Building relationships and an understanding practice group, proactively identifying ways that HR can support people and operational priorities.
Act as a trusted advisor and sounding board to people managers
Provide HR advice and expertise on a wide range of generalist issues
Support the various change management initiatives

Employee Relations
First point of contact: providing guidance and support to people managers, ensuring that all employee issues are resolved promptly, with the emphasis on building excellent relationships and instilling trust.
Proactively identify changes and improvements to employment policies and practices.
Advising people managers on how to effectively manage poor performance, ensuring issues are being managed in the appropriate way.
With guidance from HR Manager, lead on straightforward ER issues such as disciplinary and grievances.
Oversee the probation review process, ensuring that probation decisions are made, and outcomes communicated in a timely way.
Management of all flexible working requests, including monitoring of trial periods and advising on policy and procedure.
Monitoring and proactive management of sickness absence
Manage long-term sickness cases and PHI claims where necessary.
Support the HR Assistant to manage the maternity, shared parental leave and adoption processes

Joiners and Leavers
Working with the HR Assistant to oversee an effective and consistent induction process
Meet with new joiners to the firm, collating feedback and communicating to the appropriate teams as necessary.
Conduct exit interviews, collating, and communicating feedback and conduct analysis
Manage client and intra-office secondments,

Recruitment
Assist the Recruitment Team with coordination and delivery
Interview or support candidate assessment processes as necessary.

General
Be the first point of contact for all HR issues;
Oversee monthly payroll activities, ensuring accurate and timely processes are in place.
Assist the HR Manager to co-ordinate the delivery and communications of talent and annual compensation processes
Assist the HR Manager with the delivery of the Trainee life cycle
Escalate risk issues promptly and openly to HR Manager
Be responsible for the creation and proactive upkeep of the HR Belfast intranet pages
Oversee the annual practising certificate renewal
Supporting the HR Manager and practice group in preparation for and participation in audits.
Collation of employee and applicant data for NI statutory reports including the Annual Monitoring Return and Article 55.

What you\'ll need to succeed
An extremely well-organised, commercial and intelligent HR generalist with a minimum of 2 years HR generalist and business partnering experience at adviser level, preferably with some professional services experience although those with less or more experience will be considered provided they can demonstrate the core skills and experience required for the role.
Track record of building strong relationships with internal clients built upon sound technical knowledge and excellent interpersonal skills.
Track record of project and stakeholder management skills; confident, with the ability to advise, influence and negotiate with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
Proven track record of case management in relation to performance management, grievances and disciplinary matters, health and well-being.
Sound understanding of current employment legislation (both N.I. legislation and England & Wales).
PC literate (Microsoft Office suite).
Familiarity with Workday would be advantageous.
What you\'ll get in return
A permanent contract
Hybrid working
25 days holiday + stats
Benefits package
What you need to do now

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£30k - £40k per annum