Job Description

• To provide comprehensive and professional HR advice to Administrators and Managers ensuring adherence to  policies and legislation to enable effective HR management across the Institute.  You will be the professional voice of HR and should communicate appropriately upholding the reputation of the HR Department.  Any escalation of complicated HR matters to the HR Service Manager should be judged and timed appropriately.

• To be responsible for overseeing the full life cycle of recruitment acting as the escalation point for complex recruitment matters.  You will also represent the HR department on interview panels.

• Act as a local expert on UK Immigration requirements overseeing the end to end process. This includes advising on the appropriate route, eligibility and application procedure to employees, visiting workers and their dependents. You will be responsible for ensuring employees and visiting workers meet UK immigration requirements in relation to Legislation. You will also contribute to Institute and UKRI wide consultation where appropriate.

• Monitor sickness absence levels for the Client  according to the Sickness Absence Management Policy. To provide advice and support to managers on sickness absence management issues where necessary, including practical involvement in meetings and discussions. Ensure that cases are managed effectively liaising with both the Health and Safety department and Occupational Health so that referrals are completed in an appropriate and timely manner.

• To undertake case and project work as required including discipline, grievance, redundancy and sickness absence cases. This will involve monitoring, meetings with employees and managers, ad-hoc report writing. Projects are likely to include Wellbeing initiatives, Intranet reviews etc.

• To support the HR Management team in the implementation of all HR policies and the management of HR throughout the Institute.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities