Senior People Specialist Support Role

The role supports the Senior People Specialist in implementing the HR Strategic Framework and Work Plan. This involves creating solutions to business issues through professional HR advice, collaborating with customers, and enabling organizational effectiveness. The People function aims to establish transparent and consistent processes to maintain staff motivation and manage HR processes effectively, ensuring robust, flexible, and adaptive HR systems.

The post holder will deliver a comprehensive range of HR services, providing specialized advice to managers on employee relations. This includes resolving queries from staff on HR matters, and effectively managing sickness, disciplinary actions, grievances, and other related issues. They will also analyze, interpret, and advise on employment legislation, policy formulation, and terms and conditions of employment, requiring them to stay updated in these areas. The role also involves determining protocols for redesigning and updating policies.

The post holder will generate their own work, such as follow-ups to meetings and employee relations cases, and is expected to work autonomously. They will make decisions regarding policy writing and all HR issues based on best practice, professional judgment, current knowledge, and employment law, while balancing organizational and individual needs. A challenging aspect of the role is communicating unwelcome news like redundancy, and managing local organizational needs with employment legislation when revising policies.

The individual will work on their own initiative while collaborating with the Senior People Specialist to ensure efficient and effective job delivery. They will autonomously manage a caseload of employee relations issues, with the Senior People Specialist available for reference on more complex cases.