Hr Advisor

My client, a flexible and rewarding organisation is seeking an HR Advisor to join them on a permanent, hybrid basis - 4 days per week working from home and 1 day from the Winchester HQ.

Reporting into the HR Manager and forming a wider HR Team of 7; Duties include:

• Accountable for responding to enquiries (email and telephone) as the point of contact for all our customers and considering and providing what action(s) to recommend to these customers to enable them to proactively manage their staff with a view to improving and sustaining performance;
• Constructively challenge, persuade and influence managers to pursue courses of action in relation to personnel issues which are in accordance with good employment practice, have regard to the needs of the organisation and the employee concerned and which minimise employee relations difficulties and potential ET claims;
• Provide high quality and timely advice on specialist or generalist HR issues enabling managers to make informed decisions, maximise employee performance and/or address recruitment/retention strategies and issues;
• Develop thorough understanding of different business areas to effectively deliver practical, timely and high quality solutions;
• Contribute to overall policy development, ensuring departmental operational needs are balanced with consistent overall policy and practice;
• Provide advice to staff, managers and others on application of policy and practice;
• Act as an adviser at hearings: provide sound advice to enable panels hearing the case to make well informed decisions in-line with good employment practice and legislative requirements while taking into account “local management” statutory powers;
• Maintain effective working relationships with managers, staff and HR colleagues to ensure technical and statutory requirements are understood and achieved.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have generalist HR experience
• Be an effective communicator
• Be able to prioritise own workload effectively
• CIPD Level 3 or above or demonstrable HR experience

Excellent Benefits include:

• Hybrid working - 4+ days per MONTH in the Winchester office
• Free parking
• Flexible working hours

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