People Business Partner

People Business Partner required for not-for-profit charity:

Delivering a responsive range of effective, compliant and customer focused people services that contribute to an inclusive culture, enabling colleagues to sustain high levels of performance and helps charity to achieve its Strategic Objectives, and be a great place to work.

Client Details

A UK, London based charity, fully remote position

Description

People Business Partner:

• Working as a business partner to allocated teams, demonstrating a clear understanding of their different needs and challenges and supporting the identification and delivery of appropriate solutions that achieve positive outcomes.
• Providing an exceptional HR advisory and support service to effectively manage employee relations issues that arise relating to discipline, grievance, attendance and performance including managing a HR caseload to achieve efficient and positive outcomes to issues arising.
• In conjunction with managers, managing and coordinating an effective, efficient and candidate focused recruitment service ensuring compliance with statutory requirements and charity policies.
• Effectively supporting customers with organisational change and TUPE transfers, leading on the HR aspects.
• Supporting the onboarding induction processes, ensuring that pre-employment checks are undertaken on a timely basis and in line with safer recruitment and that there is a smooth transition between recruitment, onboarding and induction.
• Participating in the design and delivery of induction and training sessions for staff and managers.
• Developing supporting documents and templates covering regular HR functions including policies, letter templates and proformas.
• Assisting with cases that require input from the legal advisors and liaising with them to ensure all cases are dealt with promptly and resolved satisfactorily.
• Effectively using the HR database, inputting and checking HR data and information to ensure accuracy.
• Supporting and developing common reporting processes that keep managers informed on employee relations and recruitment matters.
• Effectively identifying and managing risk, escalating issues where necessary.
• Provide ongoing coaching and support to managers to take appropriate and timely actions aspiring to achieve a good practice outcome.
• Developing and maintaining a detailed understanding and acting as a guardian of policies and procedures ensuring these are being followed consistently and to a high standard and offering information to managers and staff as appropriate. Supporting the review and update of all employment policies.
• Supporting the P&C team as required including notetaking, recruitment and selection, and covering in the absence other P&C team members as required
• Contribute to the implementation of new pay and reward schemes including job evaluation where this is needed to ensure parity across the charity
• Developing and maintaining positive, collaborative working relationships with all staff to achieve and sustain the reputation of the human resource team as a professional support function.
• Enhancing personal capability by undertaking continuous personal development activity and maintain up to date knowledge.
• Ensuring that the confidentiality and security of information is maintained in accordance with our Confidentiality, Data Protection, IT and Security policies. Promoting sustainable working practices and reducing the environmental impact of the charity's work.
• Demonstrating an understanding of and commitment to charities values and to equality, diversity, and inclusion

Profile

People Business Partner:

Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience

• Previous relevant experience in a charity providing advice and support on employee relation matters
• Experience of applying relevant employment law and good practice within a HR environment.
• Experience of using computerised HR applications and systems in an HR function
• Associate of the CIPD or equivalent experience

Skills

• A solution focused approach to providing resolving problems and issues
• Good numerical skills with the ability to analyse and report on data, identifying patterns and trends
• Good communication skills both written and verbal
• Good organisational skills including the ability to work on own initiative in a structured way, to prioritise a wide range of activities/ competing urgent tasks and use available resources to ensure tasks are completed to deadlines
• Ability to identify and manage HR related risks
• Good attention to detail
• Ability to work proactively and effectively as part of a team to deliver results, supporting others as required
• Ability to use Microsoft Office 365 (word, excel, outlook,) at intermediate or advanced level

Job Offer

• A salary of £36,000 + London waiting (taking it to £39,000) if applicable
• Fully remote position with maximum of two visits to office per month
• Opportunities for professional development