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Location
Corby, Northamptonshire | United Kingdom
Job description
Job Summary To provide HR guidance and operational advice to staff and managers across the organisation on a range of matters including workforce planning, terms & conditions, absence and attendance, discipline, grievance, harassment and bullying and organisational change; ensuring consistent application of employment law and reaching business focussed solutions. To provide a comprehensive, high-quality service focussing significantly on supporting line managers in the managing of disciplinaries and grievances and coaching managers and employees through these processes. As regional HR support you will be work with your site leads, developing a true partnership with them, offering both standard and bespoke solutions to site specific challenges. To act as a professional and critical friend to the senior site leads and being a role model for our corporate values and behaviours. Duties & Areas of Responsibility To complement the existing People Team in delivering an efficient and effective value-added service to the business which includes systemised and standardised People systems and processes for; This includes, but not limited to, providing a high-quality service including; Recruitment and Selection, Performance development, People management, Policy and Practices, Professional registration, Education, coaching, training and development, Absence management, Workforce health and wellbeing and payroll. Provide input to team projects when and where required and work across the partnership to ensure that the key People best practices remain coordinated and delivered in a professional and timely manner. The post holder will work in conjunction with the Head of People and wider team in the delivery of the agreed People Plan by always providing a high-quality service. Communication & Working Relationships Required to develop effective working relationships with: All colleagues at all levels. Required to regularly communicate highly sensitive and contentious information effectively in writing and verbally with individuals (i.e., during disciplinary investigations or personal sickness meetings). Provide effective and practical advice to staff and managers Provide on-going coaching to line managers during all conversations/interventions. Responsible for awareness-raising of new/revised People policies within defined areas of responsibility. Planning & Organisation Manage own portfolio of ER case work - providing advice and support to line managers in the investigation, presentation and resolution of employee relation issues ensuring consistent application of employment law and best practice. Under the direction of the Head of People, provide support in the management and implementation of organisational change programmes, people and organisation projects and partnership-wide initiatives. Contribute and share ideas/intelligence with Head of People in order to monitor the Partnerships workforce. To support line managers in holding regular sickness absence management review meetings, and ensure that these are conducted in time, and in line with our internal policies and procedures. To mutually agree action plans with line managers and staff in order to facilitate employees return to work from sickness absence as soon as practicable, holding line managers to account for their actions. Ensure excellent people management practices are used to recruit and retain a high calibre of staff through advice to line managers. Provide advice and guidance in the management of probationary periods to ensure compliance, fairness and equity of policy application. Provide administrative support in the organisation, planning and running of employee relation meetings/hearings, ensuring that all necessary parties are in attendance and documentation is distributed. Fully utilise our internal systems to provide administrative support to the payroll function in order to deliver a right first-time monthly pay run. Judgements and Analysis Provide advice and support to managers on a wide range of complex or sensitive issues, working within our internal policies and procedures including disciplinary, capability, grievance, harassment and bullying, redeployment, flexible working, terms and conditions, making judgements on a case-by-case basis. Work with line managers to problem solve and identify solutions to individual employee situations. Responsibility for Human Resources Support the Head of People with the development of people management capacity and capability of first line managers, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to respond to their management responsibilities in line with the organisations strategic objectives. Using up to date employment law knowledge, seek to develop and coach managers in order to embed effective use of policies and procedures. Support the development and implementation of People policies, procedures and guidelines to meet the needs and values of the partnership, and the requirements of employment legislation, and best practice. Ensure that these policies are regularly reviewed and updated in line with the review schedule for changes in employment law/partnership organisational development. Advise on appropriate variations to Terms and Conditions of employment. Provide support to resolve issues and ensure all information is accurate i.e., promotions, re-grading, acting up, extension to fixed term contracts, change of hours or working patterns, pay review and leaver data. Support and advise the site leads within your region on practical solutions and good practice recruitment to workforce needs and making suggestions to improve quality of recruitment activity. Supporting recruitment campaigns as necessary. Provide advice on the writing of job descriptions and person specifications, to ensure consistency of approach. Assist hiring managers with appointments including values-based interview techniques. Work with the Head of People and People Business Partner with the development of people training, supporting the delivery of identified training courses for staff. Information Resources Provide site leads with accurate reporting data to ensure the effective monitoring of sickness absence. To utilise electronic systems that track and monitor employee relation matters. To fully utilise Radar (in-house system) and support the People Team tasks in a timely and effective manner. Respond to the general team inbox e-mails in a timely manner as appropriate. Effort Factors / Professional Responsibilities/Any Other Specific Tasks Required Required to operate using your initiative on a day-to-day basis. You will be required to act independently but limit your advice and support to those areas within your sphere of knowledge and understanding. Where necessary you should take advice from or refer any queries which you do not feel competent to deal with to the Head of People. Regularly required to work/lead in emotive/challenging situations (i.e., ill health, mental illness) due to the high involvement with people and teams. Represent the organisation in a professional manner in all activities and in line with the organisation values. Contribute to the development and improvement of the People Team practices. Be able to undertake travel to various locations to carry out duties of the post. Work closely with the other People Team members to ensure all admin processes are efficient, effective, and applied consistently. To safeguard the health, well-being, and safety of the patients we work with, some of whom maybe classed as vulnerable people or adults at risk. In the event of a risk to a Patient becoming apparent or if concerns arise about a vulnerable persons welfare, to immediately report these concerns in line with the appropriate policy and procedure. (NB in addition to these responsibilities, employees are required to carry out such other duties as may be reasonably required. Lakeside Healthcare reserves the right to vary this job description from time to time in line with business needs)
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£32k - £36k per annum
