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Job Title: Senior HR Adviser
Location: Winchester
Contract Type: 6 Month Contract - 37 hours a week
Salary: £39,382 - £43,679 per annum
About the Role
Connect2Hampshire are currently recruiting for a Senior HR Adviser to work at Hampshire County Councils Employee Relations team based in Winchester, Hampshire.
We are seeking a Senior HR Adviser to coach and empower managers throughout the organisation. The ideal candidate must have substantial experience in handling employee relations casework and possess a pragmatic approach to problem-solving, risk identification, and providing recommendations. A strong foundation in employment law and best practices is essential. Additionally, the candidate must be an effective communicator, capable of quickly building rapport, advising, influencing, and critically challenging when necessary.
What is the day-to-day of the role:
You will provide comprehensive support, advice, and coaching to customers on employment-related issues. This includes managing individual casework and helping resolve matters such as disciplinary actions, grievances, capability issues, ill health, and redundancies. Your aim is to ensure that employment decisions are fair, considerate of both the organisation's and the employee's needs, and compliant with legal requirements and best practices. Additionally, you offer advice in an environment where managers have significant employment responsibilities
You will educate and provide advice and development to managers on the implementation of relevant HR initiatives and projects. This includes addressing human resource issues, employment law, and aligning with our values, policies, and practices.
Act as an adviser at hearings, offering sound advice to help panels make well-informed decisions. Ensure these decisions align with good employment practices and legislative requirements, while considering "local management" statutory powers.
Persuade and influence managers to adopt courses of action regarding people issues that align with good employment practices. Ensure these actions consider the needs of both the organisation and the employees, while minimising employee relations difficulties and potential Employment Tribunal claims.
Required Skills and Qualifications
CIPD qualified or substantial relevant experience
Successful experience in managing and implementing medium sized, ranging in
Complexity projects to meet organisational requirements
Successful experience in developing productive relationships with staff and managers
Good all-round knowledge of employment practice, resourcing, development and/or
Performance management
Able to identify and recommend innovative solutions consistent with best practice
Able to provide sound guidance to line managers and employees on legislation, best
Practice and interpretation of policies and terms and conditions
IT literate, familiar with products used in the organisation
Able to initiate policy development in response to Departmental business needs
Good communication skills both written and oral and good level of interpersonal skills
Benefits
Hours - Hybrid working (1 day a week in the office)
You will also benefit from a generous employment package including a competitive annual leave entitlement, local government pension, flexible working opportunities and employee loans for travel costs, amongst our many other
About Us
Connect2Hampshire is a managed service agency owned by Hampshire County Council providing temporary, contract and interim opportunities into the Council. Our service is built on our values of ethical, trustworthy, and caring, and our profits are returned to our Local Authority shareholders.
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Connect2Hampshire is a trading style of Hampshire & Kent Commercial Services LLP - A joint venture between Hampshire County Council & Commercial Services Kent Ltd. Connect2Hampshire is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business. It positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates
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