Full Time - 40 hours
Monday – Friday
Colchester, Outskirts (must be able to drive)
Competitive Salary (Dependant on experience and qualifications) plus Benefits

We currently have an exciting opportunity for an Experienced HR Officer/Advisor to join a growing team in the outskirts of Colchester. The successful candidate will be required to support the HR Team and relevant Managers by providing efficient, professional, and high-quality HR support. 

The Role:
•    Providing a customer focussed, pro-active and professional HR service to the management team.
•    Providing sound HR advice for disciplinary and grievance matters, conduct and capability, organisational change and employee relations matters.
•    Developing and maintaining productive and collaborative relationships with colleagues and operational managers demonstrating professional credibility.
•    Leading management of casework including sickness absence, making recommendations, giving support and advice to managers.
•    Developing managers towards a performance management culture by leading the capability-related casework, guiding and advising managers with relevant policies.
•    Supporting the effective management of grievance and disciplinary casework, ensuring the implementation of policy, legislation and best practice.
•    Preparing ad hoc and regular management reports supporting the improvement of management and monitoring performance management and sickness absence systems.
•    Providing HR advice in change management programmes, operational area projects, and working groups.
•    Liaising with operational managers and finance in ensuring maintenance of staffing establishments within budgets.
•    Supervising and authorising the preparation and delivery of appropriate contractual documents regarding terminations, appointments and employment variations.
•    Advising managers on selection and recruitment issues, including creation of job descriptions, selection processes, person specifications, completing grading processes, and interview panel participation.
•    Keeping up to date information regarding developments in human resources practices, employment legislation, and sharing of knowledge within the wider management team.
•    Delivering induction and relevant learning and development to support effective implementation of HR policies and procedures.
•    Maintaining and updating computerised and manual payroll and HR information systems and ensuring accurate recording of employment, personal, staffing establishment, and payroll information.

Skills and Specifications

•    Sound knowledge of effective good practice of Human Resources.
•    Practical and up to date knowledge of employment legislation.
•    Comfortable with MS Office including Word, Excel, teams, Outlook
•    Car driver with unrestricted access to a motor vehicle 
•    Travel will be required
•    MCIPD (desirable)

If you are interested in this role and have the relevant skills required please apply here on contact Sasha on 01206 913481 or email sasha@topjobrecruitment.com