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Role Overview

To work with the HR Business Partners to help provide a full HR operational advisory service to the Residential business unit across the whole of the UK. This is a broad generalist role encompassing day-to-day HR and more ad-hoc project work as required.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a busy and varied role where you will need to be able to build relationships with employees and managers across the whole business unit. The successful candidate will therefore be willing to travel as necessary in accordance with business needs.

Key Responsibilities

Employee Relations
• Supporting the Divisional HR Business Partner to deliver HR strategy and Divisional goals
• Assisting with disciplinary investigations and managing hearings
• Assisting with grievance investigations and managing hearings
• Lead on grievance/disciplinary outcome documents
• Escalate complex employee relations issues to the Divisional HR Business Partner and assist with cases where appropriate
• Working with Managers to implement Performance Improvement Plans
• Providing support to those on Performance Management improvement targets, liaising with People Development where required
• Supporting the HR Business Partner on Change Initiatives e.g. restructuring and redundancy programmes
• Manage flexible working requests

Recruitment & Selection
• Assisting the Recruitment team and Line Managers where necessary to support with Residential recruitment to include advising on best recruitment and assessment methods and conducting/leading interviews
• Providing training where needed on recruitment processes to line managers

Other Responsibilities
• Representing the HR function via on-site visits (e.g. Client visits, Admin Rep meetings) and feeding back any concerns or ideas
• HR Business Improvement Champion – analysing where HR processes and systems can be made more effective and efficient, making suggestions for efficiencies and driving these through to successful completion
• Managing queries and having conversations with employees and managers about family parental leave
• Data management

Projects
• HR Project team member, presenting ideas and driving recommendations through to successful conclusion
• Support the Divisional HR Business Partners with the annual promotion process, analysing data, providing regular updates and interviewing candidates
• Supporting promotions, salary reviews and bonus programmes in conjunction with HR BP

Additional
• Management reporting, presenting analysis and recommendations to key Leaders re trends and concerns (Divisional Board Meeting attendee)
• Working with HR Business partners to build knowledge of employment Law, becoming confident over time with presenting risk v reward options and managing Settlements and ET cases

Key Skills

• Previous experience working as a Senior HR generalist
• CIPD qualified
• Up to date knowledge of current employment legislation
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships and influence stakeholders across all levels of the organisation
• Highly proficient in the use of Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
• Experience of working with a HR database
• Ability to multi-task
• Good planning and organisational skills
• Good attention to detail
• Good interpersonal/verbal and written communication skills
• Self-motivated and able to work with minimal supervision
• Pro-active/takes ownership of responsibilities
• Ability to work well under tight deadlines
• Ability to travel to other offices in the UK, sometimes at short notice 

Team Overview 

Our HR department is at the core of our Company, ensuring we attract, develop and retain the best talent while maintaining a positive working culture. As an Associate HR Business Partner, you will collaborate closely with various Residential teams and play an essential role in steering our Company towards achieving its objectives.

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Recruitment agencies

Savills only pay agency fees where we have a signed agreement in place and that agency has been previously contacted and directed by a member of our recruitment team. We do not pay agency fees when speculative and unsolicited CVs are submitted to Savills or any of our employees other than via our careers website and through our recruitment process. If this is not adhered to, agency fees will not be paid.

Submission of any unsolicited CVs or proposals to Savills will be deemed evidence of full and unlimited acceptance of this approach.