HR Officer - Taunton, United Kingdom - UK Hydrographic Office

UK Hydrographic Office
UK Hydrographic Office
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Taunton, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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Details:


Reference number:


Salary:

- £29,539
  • Further information can be found in the attached Document "Additional Pay Information".
  • A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
    Job grade:
  • Executive Officer
  • B3
    Contract type:
  • Permanent
    Business area:
  • UKHO
  • People
    Type of role:
  • Administration / Corporate Support
  • Human Resources
  • Other
    Working pattern:
  • Flexible working, Fulltime
    Number of jobs available:
  • 1Contents
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About the job


Benefits:

Things you need to know

Location

  • Taunton, Somerset, South WestAbout the job

Job summary:

The HR team sits within the wider People division and plays a key role in supporting the business.

The HR Officer roles forms part of the HR Shared Service and will often be the first point of contact for employees/managers.

Supporting with a variety of queries around Recruitment and Employee Relations, working closely with the HR Assistants and HR Advisors to support the HR Business Partners delivery an excellent customer experience to all current and potential employees.


Please note our Policy on informal hybrid working (arrangements available as agreed with the line manager) applies within the UK, and does not extend to working overseas.


Job description:


  • Providing support/escalation point for the HR Assistants.
  • Processing/responding to queries from the business, such as reference requests, note taking at formal meetings, directing employees/managers to the correct policy.
  • Manage employee lifecycle administration such as family friendly leave, contract changes, salary adjustments.
  • Be able to identify when they need to escalate an issue to the correct SME/HR Business Partner.
  • Supporting with ensuring the HR system and digital filing systems are maintained accurately and kept up to date.
  • Provide advised and guidance to line managers in relation to initial stages of low risk. employee relations cases, such as supporting occupational health referrals, attendance management, flexible working requests.

Person specification:


Qualifications:


  • Student or Foundation member of the CIPD or working towards.
Experience

  • Experience of working in a HR Assistant or HR Officer role in a busy environment.
  • Experience of providing advice and guidance to managers of varying levels of seniority
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  • Experience of updating and using HR systems.
  • Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Word, PowerPoint and Excel.

Skills:


  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Excellent customer service skills.
  • Excellent attention to detail.
  • Excellent team player.
  • Good time management and prioritisation skills.

Behaviours:

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

  • Making Effective Decisions
  • Working Together
  • Delivering at Pace
  • Managing a Quality Service

Benefits:


  • Alongside your salary of £29,539, UK Hydrographic Office contributes £7,975 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
At the UK Hydrographic Office, it's very important to us that our people feel valued.


We offer a huge range of benefits such as training and development, well-being support, flexible/ homeworking, a fantastic state of the art building, high spec equipment, and so much more.

Things you need to know


Selection process details:


  • This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience

How to Apply:


Timeline:


  • Shortlisting: week commencing 1st April 202
  • Interviews: week commencing 8th April 2024
We will try to meet the dates set out in the advert. There may be occasions when these dates change. You will be provided with sufficient notice of the confirmed dates.


Sift/Shortlist Criteria:


CV
Your CV will be assessed against the following criteria:

  • Experience of working in a HR role carrying out a variety of generalist HR activity

Personal statement
Please use your 750 word personal statement to demonstrate the following:
Please give an example of when you have advised and guided a manager through a formal HR process.


Please include details of who you liaised with, what elements were involved to come to the decision and any risks you managed and what part you specifically played.


This will be assessed against the below criteria:

  • Experience of providing advice and guidance to managers of varying levels of seniority

Interview Criteria:


You will be interviewed against the following criteria:

Civil Service Behaviours (Level 2):

  • Making Effective Decisions
  • Working Together
  • Delivering at Pace
  • Managing a Quality Service

See here for further information:
Success Profiles - Civil Service Behaviours )


Process:


  • Interview will be with a panel of no more than 2 people and will last approx. 45 min
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