HR Officer

REED HR is delighted to support our client in the North Down area who wishes to recruit a permanent HR Officer to join their busy well- established team

The ideal candidate will have a strong generalist background & provide HR support to staff & line managers. This will include supporting the delivery of key HR processes such as absence management, investigations, disciplinaries, grievances, recruitment, onboarding & ensuring all HR activities are carried out in line with Organisation policies & procedures, legislation & best practice

Duties & Responsibilities

• End to end absence management support including leading welfare meetings & advising on capability cases & ill health dismissals
• Manage probation & performance management processes in conjunction with line managers
• Provide advice, guidance & administrative support in employment investigations, disciplinaries & grievances
• Provision of management information reports for service managers

• Assisting with recruitment & onboarding of new employees ensuring that the Equal Opportunities & Recruitment & Selection policies are observed as per Article 55 of the Fair Employment & Treatment (NI) Order 1998
• Provide advice & guidance to applicants & panel members
• Delivering HR induction training to new employees

• Support with the delivery of payroll services within the organisation
• Provide end to end support to staff & managers in relation to payroll queries, overpayments, underpayments & other remuneration

• General day-to-day administrative duties
• Assist with maintaining all employee data ensuring it is accurate & up to date
• Assist with the digitalisation of the department, moving relevant data online
• Support with HR correspondence including dealing with staff queries
• General filing, typing duties & minute taking
• Data analysis & collection to support management decision making
• Contributing to the development of organisational policies & procedures
• Completion of Statutory Reports

• Administrative support tasks as required by HR Manager
• Conduct exit interviews
• Contribute to the development, implementation & review of HR processes, policies & procedures
• Assist with various HR projects as required
• Contribute towards the delivery of all HR related KPI’s

• Ability to undertake work in an efficient & organised way & in compliance with standards, regulatory requirements & organisational procedure
• Ability to communicate in a friendly, helpful, professional & non-prejudicial manner in your dealings with external applicants, staff, residents, pupils & visitors to the Community
• Demonstrable ability to work with discretion & observing strict confidentiality around sensitive information

Degree Educated in HR or Hold a CIPD level 5

Minimum of 3 years generalist HR experience

Employee relations case management experience

Experience in working with trade unions.

Excellent knowledge of MS Office package ie Word, Excel & Outlook

Skills & Knowledge

Excellent & effective communication skills

Strong confidentiality

Ability to prioritise, work under pressure & meet deadlines

Ability work accurately & as part of a team

Undertake training for personal development

Strong organisational & administrative skills

Flexible to meet the objectives of the job