HR Officer

HR Officer
Full Time – Permanent
Telford
£27,000 – £32,000

Are you someone who has experience within a generalist role, who’s looking for their next step?

Do you enjoy in house recruitment and delivering improvements?

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary based on experience.
• 25 days annual holiday (after years’ service) plus 8 Bank holidays.
• Demanding working environment with a supportive team
• The opportunity to develop your skills and progress in your HR career.
• Pension scheme
• Discounts and benefit schemes
• Life and health protection
• Health cash plan scheme

You will work closely with our teams and managers and be responsible for delivering a proactive, efficient, and effective HR service. With great people and communication skills, and a passion for all aspects of the role, you will be a very important cog within our business.

Person Specification

• CIPD level 5 qualified or HR qualification is preferred with experience of generalist HR in a corporate private sector business.
• Sound knowledge of employment law with a good record in complex ER case resolution. With the ability to work well under pressure with excellent attention to detail.
• Proactive, able to act as a change agent and continually improve ways of working.
• Excellent team working, relationship building and influencing skills.
• Not precious, happy to roll up your sleeves and just get on with whatever needs doing from projects to HR admin to complex ER resolution.
• Great organisational skills with a proven ability to prioritise.
• Confident, with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to liaise with managers at all levels within a business.
• Discretion and the ability to work with sensitive information/ data while maintaining the highest levels of confidentiality.
• Ability to meet deadlines and respond positively to pressure.

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

• Provide excellent generalist HR advice, guidance & support Senior Leadership Team, managers, and Supervisors on a range of employee relations matters, including:

Disciplinary investigations, meetings, and appeals (up to Final Written Warning)

Grievance investigations and meetings

• Actively participate in the development, simplification and continuous improvement of HR policies and practices, assisting with HR projects and initiatives as required.
• Report on evidence found to enact change of continuous improvement, providing trackers and statistics to site management and the HR function.
• Establish and build collaborative and productive relationships with management and employees to understand business needs.
• Undertake regular audits of personnel files to ensure compliance with Employment Law and company policies.
• Keep up to date with developments in employment legislation and HR best practice.
• Provide cover when other team members are on annual leave or absent.
• Any such duties as reasonably requested by the HR Manager