HR People Partner

HR People Partner

Location: Billericay (with frequent travel to services based in Rochford and Wickford)
Salary: £35,020 (FTE), pro rata - £28,016.00
Contract and Hours: Maternity Cover - 9 months, potentially 12, 30 hours per week
Benefits: Hybrid working allowed (at least 75% of working time spent on site), Free enhanced DBS check, Free on-site Parking, Learning and Development opportunities, and Access to our Employee Assistance Programme

We are Hamelin Trust, an Essex based charity founded 40 years ago by two families raising children with learning disabilities.

Is this the opportunity within human resources you have been searching for

We are proud to support families and the community across Essex via our day and community outreach service, we offer development, independence and high quality personalised care for young people and adults with learning disabilities.

We are now recruiting for an HR People Partner to support in empowering our leaders and ensuring the services we offer are able to work efficiently and to grow!

This is a customer facing role, embedded in the services you will support in order to become a trusted advisor to key stakeholders.

As our HR People Partner you will be a true generalist, providing guidance and support on all aspects of the employee life cycle, from the point of induction, retention, performance management, employee relations, development and career planning, talent management and succession planning, engagement and wellbeing.

Specifically, you will:

• Act as a Line Manager and mentor to the HR Team.
• Work with service management to drive proactive people plans for each of the services.
• Advise and support managers on the handling of Employee Relation cases.
• Support managers to maintain a positive working environment through communication and engagement.
• Work with the People team to review and streamline HR processes.
• Support with embedding, driving engagement and usage to our new HR information system.
• Support the HR administrator and service management on processing payroll to an outsourced provider.
• Ensure people policies and practices are aligned to our employer brand.
• Support with driving the performance and talent agenda.
• Identify and recommend development opportunities for teams.
• Support with the creation and delivery of reward and recognition initiatives.
• Create operational workforce plans, working with the Recruitment Co-ordinator to ensure roles are filled.
• Partner with leaders and supervisors to upskill and develop our leadership capability and skills needed for our future success.
• Obtain and analyse people metrics and risks adding further insight into the overall health of our teams.
• Champion our values and culture, being a role model for these and supporting the continual embedding of them in everything we do.
• Work with the Director of People to ensure the organisational People Plan is on track.

We run a 24/7 service in some locations so there may be a need for working out of hours, e.g., evenings and weekends.

This role will require the post holder to have a driver's license and access to a vehicle.

The post holder will be required to apply for an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check

In order to be successful in this role you must have / be:

• CIPD qualification or working towards.
• Full driving license. Able to drive HT vehicles as well as use of own car.
• Experience of working in a HR team at an advisor or manager level.
• Experience of influencing managers and supporting with employee relations work.
• Experience of administering HR processes.
• Great communicator and the ability to build strong relationships and credibility.
• Have a hands-on approach.
• The ability to drive change.
• Bravery to challenge the status quo and embrace a continuous improvement approach.
• Well-developed written and verbal communication skills.
• ICT skills such as MS Office suite.

It would be great if you had:

• Experience of working in adult social care.
• Experience of payroll activities and benefits administration.
• Experience of working with individuals with a learning disability.
• Experience of change management and service growth.

Hamelin Trust has a duty to safeguard and promote the wellbeing of the people it supports and is committed to doing so. Hamelin Trust expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Appointments are subject to satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure & other safeguarding and recruitment clearances.

If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience to be successful in this role click on "APPLY" today!