HR Advisor (Employee Relations & Policies)
- Recruiter
- Lewis Bear Recruitment
- Location
- London (Central), London (Greater)
- Salary
- £45,000
- Posted
- 20 Jun 2017
- Closes
- 18 Jul 2017
- Job Title
- Human Resources
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Our client, a leading international law firm requires a HR Advisor (Employee Relations & Policies).
Providing HR Managers and people managers in the business with commercial and innovative HR advice, this role will effectively manage risk for the business and support delivery against the firm’s strategic people priorities.
Primary areas of focus are employee relations, policy advice and precedents and knowledge.
Key Dimensions:
- No direct reports.
- Leadership/management influence – interactions with all people leaders/managers throughout the firm.
- In addition to the Senior Manager, Employment Law and Policy, this role will support the HR Project Manager on a range of strategic projects for the Practice HR team and more broadly across the HR function in London.
Key Responsibilities:
Policy Advice:
- Review and maintain policies and procedures in line with ongoing changes in legislation in consultation with the Senior Manager, Employment Law and Policy.
- Monitor and ensure accessibility and accuracy of policies and management guidance on the intranet.
- Support the team in the delivery and implementation of new or revised policy to ensure a clear understanding of changes, together with the ability to employ best practice.
- Provide advice and guidance to partners / managers on the firms policies and policy interpretation, driving greater consistency of application.
- Be the first point of call for HR Services regarding policy queries.
Employee Relations:
- Support the Senior Manager, Employment Law and Policy on all employee relations issues.
- Work with partners / managers to advise them on policy and best practice in conjunction with the HR Advisory teams and the Senior Manager, Employment Law and Policy.
- Act as specialist adviser for resolving performance improvement and absence management issues and support in disciplinary and grievance processes. Provide advice, coaching and guidance based on best practice and precedents.
- Assist with researching trends in ER related issues and work with others to develop tailored solutions to reduce the number of cases.
- Support the Senior Manager, Employment Law and Policy in collating management information required for the reporting of management information.
- Ensure best practice is followed when collating, maintaining and storing information and data during any investigation or ER related activity.
Precedents and Knowledge:
- Support the team to ensure the HR function has an up to date and accessible knowledge bank including precedents, case studies etc. This includes maintaining and updating the HR workspace site and doc explorer.
- Support the K&L function by facilitating and delivering training on specific internal courses as appropriate.
Other:
- Play an active role in global HR projects.
- Work to ensure the firms diversity and inclusion strategy is reflected in the application and execution of employee relations and policy management.
- Based in London, with some travel.
Key Skills:
- Ability to gain the respect of partners & managers and influence them effectively.
- Professional, credible.
- Effective communicator.
- Strong presentation skills both oral and written.
- Adaptable and flexible.
- Common sense.
- Strong team skills.
- Committed and determined – robust and willing to challenge
Education / Qualification:
- Strong technical knowledge of HR issues.
- CIPD qualified or part qualified (desirable).
- Undergraduate degree in law/ business studies or HR management (desirable).
Practical Experience:
- Experience of operating at an advisory level in blue-chip organisations.
- Extensive knowledge of HR.
- Developing and implementing firmwide employee relations policies.
- Experience in managing employee relations issues.
- Exposure to professional services firm (desirable).
- Some experience of coaching/ mediation (desirable).
Office Skills:
- Computer literate – good working knowledge of Word, Excel, Powerpoint.
- Able to prioritise effectively.
- Manage electronic diary.
- Able to multi-task effectively.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- SAP (desirable).
- Workday (desirable).
Commercial Skills:
- Commercially aware.
- Comfortable with data.