HR Advisor - Benfleet, United Kingdom - USP College

USP College

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Benfleet, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Salary:
£28,863 - £30,619 dependant on experience and qualifications

Location:
Cross Campus between our bright modern campus in Benfleet & historic campus in Grays.

Hours: 37 hours per week. 52 weeks a year

Contract:
Maternity

Commencing:

ASAP

Job Role:

Are you a talented and experienced HR Advisor looking for an opportunity to join a leading College that's recently been awarded 'Good' by Ofsted? USP College are looking for an experienced, CIPD qualified (or equivalent) professional HR Advisor to join our small and supportive team.

This is an exciting time to join the College as we continue to support our learners and give them the best start in life, building on their learning, and developing young adults ready for the workplace.

Your role as a HR Advisor is to provide high quality first line HR advice and support to all staff, including the college and senior management teams.

You must be able to effectively prioritise and manage a high volume of various types of HR queries. You must have relevant advisory experience and a passion for supporting and coaching managers and employees.

Within a small HR team, the HR Advisor will support the whole of the employee life cycle including leading on college wide wellbeing initiatives, supporting managers with the advising on employee relation cases, performance management and the appraisal cycle, absence management and preparation of monthly payroll administration.

As this role will be the first point of contact for all HR enquiries, you must have strong communication and interpersonal skills.

In addition, you will have the ability to interpret policies and provide commercial HR advice.

A high attention of detail is required as this role will lead on all HR administration and the preparation of the monthly payroll report.

This post is based across multiple sites therefore you must have your own transport and be willing to travel between sites in Benfleet, Grays and Canvey Island, Essex.

WHY CHOOSE US:

Our strategy is to create a Career Focused, Digital Learning environment, ensuring that the learner experience and our relationship within our community, local and regional employers, are at the heart of everything we do.

We are proud to be selected as finalists for the AoC Beacon awards for effective use of digital Technology in FE.

Providing a high achieving, focused learning environment allowing our students to achieve the grades they need for higher educations, or the skills and aptitude required to secure a suitable role in their chosen career.

Our college is set in the leafy suburbs of Essex, with easy access to surrounding areas and amenities, we are based in a well-connected location both by road and rail.

WHAT WE OFFER:

A dedicated and friendly team of professionals who are keen to develop and learn.
Excellent pension provision
Annual Staff Awards
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
CPD days opportunities to grow and development through mentorship and coaching
Free onsite parking
Generous pension (Local government pension scheme)
Eye care vouchers
Onsite Starbucks & Restaurant
Wellbeing days & activities

Electric Vehicle Scheme

Discounted gym membership.
Fully immersive teaching rooms allowing online teaching simultaneously at multiple locations.
Hybrid working from September

Main Duties:

Provide advice and support to Managers on employee relations issues such as disciplinary, grievance and capability, ensuring advice is consistent and based on current College policy, procedures, and legislation.
Coach and develop managers on all areas of HR policy, procedure, and practice, including performance management, probation reviews, staffing requests and general staff related matters.
Ensure all associated documentation is correctly prepared and supplied to Managers to support effective management of their staff.
Facilitate staff wellbeing initiatives across all campuses.
Provide advice and support in the effective management of both long term and short term frequent or intermittent absence, working with external organisations, where appropriate.
Produce monthly, quarterly, and annual reports and analysis for internal and external purposes for the Director of HR, other senior management as well as external organisations.
Drive the annual appraisal process, assisting managers with process and delivery.
To effectively prioritise and manage a high volume of various types of HR queries.
Assist Managers with recruitment by preparing documentation, organising, and supporting interviews.
Organise and facilitate monthly staff induction and onboarding.
Assist and support the HR team with all HR administration, including but not limited to, preparing, and issuing contracts of employment, processing Disclosure and Barring Service checks in line with regulatory requirements, and maintaining relevant electronic documentation and other filing systems and records.
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