Part-time HR Business Partner

Hays Human Resources ,
Castleford, West Yorkshire
Job Type: Full-time

Overview

Part Time HR Business Partner - Castleford - £35,000 pro rata - 30 hours Your role will be to work within a team of HR Business Partners to provide an effective HR service on all aspects of employee relations, including attendance management, disciplinary and grievance, performance management and bullying and harassment; and work with specific business areas to provide an effective HR service to identify and address any issues that impact on business priorities. As HR Business Partner, you will: maintain effective employee relations by providing advice and guidance to effectively manage people issues in accordance with HR policies and procedures and the Delegation Framework; ensure that HR policies are adhered to, especially having regard to the Equality Act 2010, Data Protection, Human Rights and other relevant legislation; maintain an awareness and understanding of appropriate legislation and statutory requirements as well as national, regional and local developments and evaluate their effect on service area processes; provide leadership to initiate and drive cultural change to deliver customer focused services; undertake specific project management initiatives as required relating to policy or service initiatives and contribute to new policy initiatives as required; undertake effective communications at all times throughout all levels of the organisation and externally to promote positively the work of the company and the HR service; be responsible for maintaining effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders; undertake recruitment, selection and change management in accordance with policies and procedures, and the Delegation Framework; implement effective performance management systems to meet corporate and service area requirements, to achieve continuous service improvement and the development of a performance management culture; contribute to team plans, within the corporate, strategic and business planning processes of the company and the Service Area; promote health and safety awareness to ensure safe working environments in accordance with the health and safety policies and procedures and undertake risk assessments as required; be responsible for managing devolved budgets within the Delegation Framework, to ensure allocated resources meet the need of service users; have knowledge of the Corporate Plan and promote the values of the organisation at all times; and undertake any other duties commensurate with the overall purpose of the job and the grade. Day-to-day, you will: provide proactive support to managers at appropriate times during sickness absence monitoring, taking action to keep absence levels within target. This will include supporting managers with home visits, dismissal cases, discussing cases with Occupational Health Unit professionals and exploring alternative options, such as Ill Health Retirement; take responsibility for holding dismissal meetings for the termination of contracts following completion of temporary/fixed term contracts and due to ill health; work with specific business areas to provide an effective HR service, identifying and addressing any issues that impact on business priorities and working closely with the business to address, liaising with the HR Operations Manager to identify any areas of concern; provide advice and guidance on the interpretation and application of policies and procedures to managers at all levels within the organisation on complex and diverse issues; support managers within the organisation to conduct investigations in relation to incidents of misconduct in line with company policies. Where appropriate give support and guidance on how to compile cases for presentation at hearings to ensure consistency; provide support and guidance to Directors and Managers to reach appropriate decisions in line with case law and legislation within grievance and disciplinary hearings; contribute to the formulation, revision and implementation of policies, procedures and processes to meet the organisation's requirements, taking account of relevant employment law; represent HR in the recruitment process for varying levels of roles within the organisation by attending recruitment events, carrying out short listing and sitting on recruitment panels; analyse management information and suggest and implement interventions to address issues as required; undertake project work as required; design and deliver training to managers on people management issues; and deputise for the HR Operations Manager in their absence where required. 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