Human Resources Officer - Lisburn, United Kingdom - Decora

Decora

Verified Company

Lisburn, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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BRIEF DESCRIPTION
We are recruiting for a HR Officer to join our team in Lisburn. This is an exciting, generalist role, working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Reporting to the HR Manager and in conjunction with the wider HR Team, the HR Officer is responsible for managing and developing the operational areas of Absence Management, Employee Relations, Recruitment and Performance Management.

Working hours:
Monday - Thursday 8.30am to 5.00pm, Friday 8.30am to 2.00pm (37.5 hours per week)

Location:
Lisburn, BT28

ABOUT US
A family owned and directed company creating innovative window covering solutions for the window blind trade.

Decora manufacture and distribute a wide range of blind types and components and provide wholesale and made to measure solutions.

Established in 1979, founders Michael and Lynda Dickson began the Decora journey selling external awnings to local Northern Ireland trade.

A visionary company since its primary years, the business invested in machinery to create manufacturing capability and, in 1981 expanded to provide internal blinds.

Wholesaling of components and fabric to the trade was a further development and integral to the strategy of setting up manufacturers throughout the UK and Ireland.

Decora has grown exponentially into a well-recognised and trusted company winning numerous awards over the years including the Business Growth Award at the Lisburn Business Awards and being recognised within the Top 1000 to inspire Britain as one of UK's most dynamic companies.

Decora take pride in designing, creating, engineering, manufacturing and distributing their own products and services.

Nurturing consumer demands to deliver products which embrace their needs and add a personal Decora touch to create blind collections that are unique and individual.

Their multiple brands deliver an array of products, each exuding a passion to provide quality collections with desirable aesthetics.

Operating over 330,000 sq. ft.

with premises in Lisburn (NI), Birmingham (England) and Huddersfield (England), their manufacturing and distribution facilities provide a worldwide service network.

Decora strategy is central to meeting the demands of their customers and they focus their efforts on building strong supplier and customer relationships.

The Decora team is made up of nearly 1000 employees, each with unique skills and personalities which combine to form their diverse company.

Vital to productivity and efficiency is recognition of their employees' key strengths and they encourage and develop their employees to build their skills.

Decora integrate vocational and tailored workshops to develop management skills and empower their employees to voice their ideas through Employee forums.

Decora is proud to be Investors in People accredited.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsible for managing short term absence throughout the business in line with the Absence Management policy, managing trigger absence reports and supporting Managers with associated attendance disciplinary action.
Case management of all longterm absence e.g., home visits, liaising with occupational health and supporting return to work plans with the Manager.
Working to reduce absenteeism by highlighting trends in absenteeism across departments, shifts etc, train and develop Supervisors to improve quality of absence documentation.
Provide line manager with regular updates on progress to ensure absence is being managed in line with departmental and company objectives.
Provide support to the Operations team to manage performance and target related disciplinary action.
Carry out disciplinary investigations, hearings, appeals and grievances, seeking guidance from the Senior HR Officer on more complex issues.
Provide guidance to Managers and Supervisors on a wide range of employment / legislative matters.
Management of recruitment process for internal, support and administration positions.
Manage contractual documentation, liaising with relevant parties to ensure onboarding process is managed.
Control of Performance Management documentation and proactively work with Managers to ensure performance related issues are being managed and reviews are completed in a timely manner.
Management of Flexible Working process, providing support and guidance to Managers on legislative requirements.
Weekly / monthly reporting, updating HR systems and compilation of statistical information as required.
Update contractual documentation, policies and procedures as required by the HR Manager / Senior HR Officer and in line with legislative developments.
Lead and manage various HR projects as directed by line manager and in line with HR objectives.
Management of internal benefits schemes
Flexible to travel to other sites as and when required.
Any other reasonable duties which may be required by management from time to time.