HR Advice Partner - #1799509

HR Advice Partner

Leeds – hybrid (with travel in and around Manchester)

Permanent

Summary

We are currently seeking a HR Advice Partner to join our team based in Leeds. This pivotal role will be supporting our Engineering division and will cover our Northwest region. As part of the role, we will require you to travel to some of our sites in and around the Manchester area.

The role will be a great opportunity for someone who has been in a similar role and who is now seeking to embrace a new challenge and grow within a new organisation.

Some of the key deliverables will include:

• Translate the divisional people strategy into effective people plans at a regional level influencing the overall regional strategy to create people lead solutions to drive performance.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with managers and leadership team to provide high quality and compliant HR support and advice.
• Support the development of all managers in their people management responsibilities by providing coaching, guidance and feedback where required.
• Management of complex ER cases, working with Investigating, Hearing and Line Managers to provide coaching, support, and advice.
• Coach managers on appropriate HR interventions.
• Coach and support managers in identifying and developing their people to build high performing teams including performance management, succession, and talent management.
• Provide (and analyse) accurate people data to enable recommendations.
• Ensure compliance with and implementation of our policies, procedures and practice and always ensuring we are compliant with relevant legislation. Strong audit capability; challenging where appropriate.
• Proactively identify where value can be added and opportunities for the continuous development of improved HR service provision across the business area.
• Implement and support overall Induction processes.
• Support the identification of required training and liaise with L&D team to ensure relevant plans are in place.
• Lead on wellbeing and inclusion interventions including welfare and mental wellbeing.
• Lead on the implementation of the pulse survey results to develop action plans to address issues and build engagement.
• Work with reward and recognition team to ensure salaries and benefits remain competitive against current market.

What we’re looking for:

• A strong HR generalist with a proven record of delivering in a multi-regional business.
• Able to apply a strong commercial focus and influence key business decisions to ensure pragmatic people outcomes.
• Proven to be able to work both independently and as part of a wider team.
• Demonstrable examples of' thinking outside of the box', provide hands - on support and challenge managers / the status quo when necessary.
• Proven experience in Talent Management – identifying, developing and retaining talent, including succession planning and leadership development
• Able to manage partnerships with the People Services Team and other specialist teams (L&D, Talent Acquisition, Reward and Benefits, Early Careers Partners, Payroll & Finance).
• Proven mediator, able to resolve disputes proactively and effectively.
• Excellent communicator – in all media with the ability to explain complex concepts clearly and concisely
• Highly proficient in IT (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) and very comfortable working in an IT driven environment
• Willing to support business areas outside of own direct functional responsibility to achieve the overall departmental objectives
• Able to successfully manage business change.
• CIPD qualified or working towards.

Next Steps:

As a business, we’re on a journey to build on our culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation.

We’ll do our best to outline the recruitment process to you ahead of time with plenty of notice. If you require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met.

About Us:

We are one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training.

Working across a variety of sectors within the building and infrastructure industry, our innovative, responsible and forward-thinking approach allows us to work on fantastic ground-breaking projects, providing solutions using the latest tools and technologies.

Progression is something we value, and we will make sure that when you join us you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support to enable you to be the best you can be.

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