5266114 – HR Officer

Job Details

• £24.48 per hour
• Full time

Job Purpose:

Provide a professional HR service to managers, employees, schools and support senior HR staff to implement local HR delivery plans and translate business needs into people solutions to drive continuous improvement and ensure that the people needs of the Council and Schools are met.

Duties:

1 Support all aspects of the delivery of the Workforce Strategy to ensure effective recruitment, resourcing and retention throughout Schools and the Council.
2 Undertake all aspects of HR casework, including attending hearings (discipline, grievance, capability, etc) to advise managers and others to ensure good practice, legal requirements are met, and employees are managed in a fair and consistent way.
3 Deliver the full range of specialist HR support to Schools and Services on all HR matters (including recruitment and selection, attendance management, redeployment, TUPE, dignity at work etc) that policies and practices are implemented consistently.
4 Provide professional advice to Schools and Services on all aspects of HR and the interpretation of policies, procedures, processes and practice, including terms of conditions of service, to ensure business needs are met and employees are managed in a fair and consistent way
5 Provide practical and operational contribution to draft policies/procedures/processes to ensure that employees are managed in accordance with the latest legislation and good practice guidelines and contribute to the communication of such changes throughout Schools and the Council.
6 Analyse workforce information, provide advice on workforce financial matters (e.g. early retirement etc) and respond to requests for management information and so that accurate and up-to-date HR data supports management decisions.
7 Provide support to employee relations matters and service Joint Consultative and Negotiating Panels
(JCNP’s) and other groups so as to achieve participative, effective and harmonious working relationships throughout the Council.
8 Provide specialist HR support, as part of the delivery of local HR plans, to projects/initiatives/joint working/workshops etc to ensure the smooth and consistent implementation of HR changes within Schools and Council services.
9 Undertake job evaluations to ensure schemes are applied consistently and evaluation decisions can be properly defended at appeal.
10 Support the mechanisms for raising awareness on all HR matters for managers and employees (including briefing and training) to ensure the delivery of good HR practice throughout Schools and the Council.
11 Represent the HR Service on interdisciplinary working groups so as to ensure the integration of Services and effective HR interface.