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Job Title:HR ManagerLocation: National
Salary: Competitive
Business Overview
OCS UK & Ireland, part of the OCS Group, is a leading facilities management company providing a range of both standalone and integrated services including cleaning, catering, security, technical services, energy management and compliance, front of house, landscaping, logistics, waste management and pest control services.
The company has a turnover of 1.5bn and operates across the UK and Ireland with 50,000 colleagues delivering innovative award-winning services to the private and public sectors and supporting the local communities in which it operates.
Job Overview
Join our amazing HR team and play a pivotal role in reshaping our centralised HR model. As an HR Manager of a prestigious government contract, you'll spearhead the Employee Relations and Industrial Relations initiatives, provide essential support for high-risk Employee Relations cases, and champion a range of HR projects. Your expertise will drive improvements in our workforce, enhance our HR policies, and contribute to the overall success of this strategically important account.
Benefits:
- Informal hybrid/flexible working arrangements
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- Free fruit in our office
- Employee Referral Scheme (if you refer a successful candidate to one of our vacancies)
- Wide range of retail discounts
- Regular social and charity events are held in our offices
- Get involved in charity events in the local community
Wellbeing:
- Discounted gym membership
- Eye test 25 voucher and up to 100 towards glasses
- Join our Cycle to Work scheme via salary sacrifice
- Access to "CHROMA", our internal colleague-led diversity and inclusion community - join a committee or take part in our D&I initiatives and events
- Access to internal Mental Health First Aiders
Career development and recognition:
- Immediate access to "Opportunity" our internal Learning and Development platform
- Required professional membership fees paid for
- Opportunity to win monthly OCS Star Awards
- Long service awards
- To support the central ER team with 'in person' HR support for complex ER cases
- To support reporting to the business on the performance of the managers and the ER Team with Employee Relations caseload
- To support the Strategic HR Business Partner in the delivery of HR projects such as driving improvement in colleague turnover, colleague and contract engagement initiatives, mental health first aid
- To maintain a good relationship with local Trade Union Reps and the full time industrial officers (recognised Trade Union is PCS)
- Avoid conflict of interests between personal interests and the interests of the UK & Ireland group
- Exercise independent judgment, reasonable care, skill and diligence when carrying out your duties
- Act in good faith and promote the long-term success of each company within the UK & Ireland group for the benefit of all members and wider stakeholders
- Adhere to and promote the UK & Ireland group's policies on equality & diversity, information security, health and safety and data protection in the performance of your duties
- Support and promote the UK & Ireland group's sustainability plans and policies, including the Carbon Management Plan, and carry out duties in a resource effective way, recognizing the shared responsibility of minimizing negative environmental impacts wherever possible.
- Previous experience within a unionised environment
- L5 CIPD qualification or the willingness to work towards it
- Demonstrated expertise in advising on complex ER matters in a fast-paced, low-margin business
- Proficiency in stakeholder management, collaborating with managers at all levels to deliver HR processes.
