HR Advisor - Farringdon, Devon, United Kingdom - Methods

Description

Methods is recruiting for an experienced HR Advisor to join our HR team on a 12 month fixed term contract .

This role will be hybrid working - London office 2 days per week and home based with travel around the UK as required.

Methods is an established £100m Digital Transformation company, part of the Alten Group, which over the last 32 years has provided innovative business and digital technology services.

Our mission is to improve and safeguard public-facing services. We apply digital thinking to ensure the future of our public services is centred around our citizens.

Our human touch sets us apart from other consultancies, system integrators and software houses - we have a customer-centric value system whereby we focus on delivering what is right for our clients.

We passionately support our clients in the success of their projects while working collaboratively to share skill sets and solve problems.

building a significant private sector client portfolio.

The HR department combines the care and compassion with the corporate and business know how needed to empower employees and facilitate forward thinking in the workplace.

The HR Advisor is a new role and will form an integral part of the HR Team. This role is pivotal to managing risk and ensuring managers feel supported dealing with people matters confidently.

The ideal candidate will have experience of managing conflict and minimising risk with experience of managing multiple issues in a fast-paced organisation.

Providing monthly reporting to ensure that Portfolio HR meetings provide useful and actionable insight that can be turned into employee action plans
Provide both the quarterly and annual HR metrics report to the HRBP and Head of HR/People
Accountable for supporting line managers with key ER processes such as probation, investigation, performance, disciplinary and grievance, escalating where necessary to the Business Partner, this includes active case management of all cases within your remit
Accountable for all HR project documentation, including but not limited to provision of packs, RAG status and escalation points
Provide consistent and up to date diversity and equity data, capable of being changed into actionable plans across the business
Build respected and consistent relations with our Line Managers that enable HR/People to continue to be the trusted advisor to the business
Support the HR audit process by preparing documentation, and being physically present to run our auditors through the required areas

working with our Employee Relations Policy and ACAS best practice to ensure the right and most appropriate approaches are used.

Support the HR audit process by preparing documentation, and being physically present to run our auditors through the required areas
Manage all HR Inbox queries within your designated workstack as dictated by the Head of and Business Partner
Help to ensure a fair and consistent approach to the company's policies, processes and procedures, whilst minimising risks.

Jointly processing and management of monthly payroll with the People Administrator in a timely and effective manner, maintaining accuracy of final reports from Engage ready for approval by Chief Operating Officer.

Support with various projects in the HR People Team
Generalist experience in an HR team or environment.
A good practical understanding of MS Office.
A good base understanding of HR practices.
Working knowledge of Salesforce an advantage
Personal Qualities

Demonstrates a high level of emotional intelligence.
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Be part of exciting project work that is making a difference in society
Development access to LinkedIn Learning, a management development programme and training
Wellness 24/7 Confidential employee assistance programme
Social – Breakfast Tuesdays, Thirsty Thursdays and Pizza on the last Thursday of each month as well as commitment to charitable causes
Pension Salary Exchange Scheme with 4% employer contribution and 5% employee contribution
Discretionary Company Bonus based on company and individual performance
Life Assurance of 4 times base salary
Private Medical Insurance which is non-contributory (spouse and dependants included)
Worldwide Travel Insurance which is non-contributory (spouse and dependants included)