HR Advisor
- Brentwood, Essex
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Driving effective workforce planning through regular workforce discussions with the hospital Senior Management Team.
- Actively managing absence within the hospital to reduce short term absence and manage effectively long-term absence. Supporting managers in managing absent colleagues, ensuring the colleague feels supported whilst managing the departmental resource appropriately.
- Being the initial point of contact for all HR matters and provide high quality consistent HR advice in line with Spire policy, procedure, and best practice.
- Ensuring all employee relations issues are managed in a timely manner, prioritising workload.
- Ensuring that diversity and equality, fairness and consistency is applied to all discussions, decisions with managers and colleagues, whilst balancing the needs of the business.
- Supporting and advising managers in performance management processes, disciplinary, grievance issues and attendance matters. Attending where required as HR support for the manager, in such meetings and discussions.
- Leading the hospital on-boarding activities for all new joiners to ensure all new colleagues receive an induction.
- Supporting managers and new starters through probation periods within the required timescales, providing advice and guidance.
- Ensuring accurate and confidential management of all colleague HR files and personal information in line with GDPR guidance.
- Being an advocate of wellbeing for the hospital and Spire, promoting all relevant tools, support mechanisms, communication channels on a regular basis.
- Co-ordinating the appraisal process and supporting managers to have regular 1:1 with all colleagues.
- Supporting the annual pay review process to ensure fairness and consistency is applied
- Line management of the HR Administrator
- Level 5 CIPD Qualification or equivalent relevant experience
- Demonstrable experience as a HR Advisor or in another HR based role at a similar level.
- Knowledge of HR functions and systems; pay & benefits, recruitment, training & development for example.
- An understanding of up to date employment law
- Ability to manage multiple employee relations cases i.e. disciplinary / grievance procedures concurrently.
- Ability to identify and implement business focused solutions.
- Aptitude for problem-solving and decision-making, alongside managing complex queries.
- Capability to build strong relationships.
- Strong organisational skills with ability to prioritise workload.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence at all levels.
- Ability to manage confidential information appropriately.
- High personal standards and quality of work output with outstanding organisational and time-management abilities.
- Free Bupa wellness screening
- Comprehensive Private medical insurance which covers pre-existing conditions and no excess
- 35 days annual leave (rising to 37 days) inclusive of bank holidays.
- Generous Company pension scheme with flexible retirement options
- 'Spire for you' reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers, including groceries discounts and gym memberships discounts.
- Life assurance
- We commit to our colleagues' well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support, and reward, MHFA onsite and access to our 24/7 EAP.
- Free on-site parking
- Driving clinical excellence
- Doing the right thing
- Caring is our passion
- Keeping it simple
- Delivering on our promises
- Succeeding and celebrating together