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Job description

We are seeking HR Officers for our client in Galgorm The Company is a fast-moving company which has experienced considerable growth over the last year. The HR Officer will be responsible for providing customer focused advice and support to managers and employees in line with organisational policies, procedures and legal requirements. You will be the main point of contact for staff, handling daily queries and escalating to HR Manager where necessary. You will work closely with the HR Manager on, recruitment, performance management, employee relations issues and employee engagement. You will build solid business partnerships across the business ensuring that we provide a value-added service..

Responsibilities

• - Manage the recruitment and selection process for all internal and external positions
• - Responsible for contractual documentation in relation to appointments, liaising with relevant parties to ensure onboarding process is managed professionally.
• - Issue documentation relating to variation of contracts.
• - Maintain trackers in relation to recruitment and selection ensuring that they are up to date and accurate.
• - Manage employee relations to promote a high level of employee morale and motivation, demonstrating employees are managed consistently and fairly.
• - Provide first line advice when dealing with telephone/email/written enquiries and personal callers to HR office.
• - Manage short term absence throughout the business in line with the Absence and Timekeeping policy and procedure, managing trigger absence reports.
• - Reduce absenteeism by highlighting trends in absenteeism across departments, shifts etc., train and work with managers to improve quality of absence documentation.
• - Collating absence data for weekly, monthly and ad-hoc reports. Developing compliance reports to monitor return to works.
• - Design and implement an induction process.
• - Ensure that the skills matrix is up to date and accurate, identifying any areas of concern.
• - Work with managers to complete the training needs analysis and plan ongoing training for all employees.
• - Control Performance Management documentation and proactively work with managers to ensure performance related issues are being managed and reviews are completed in a timely manner.
• - Assist in the design and delivery of development workshops in areas of HR best practice to enhance knowledge and skills of employees and management team.
• - Ensure that PAMS, Employee Information Centre, Time and Attendance system and other applicable systems are updated accurately and timely.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• - Third level qualification in Human Resources or a related discipline (or equivalent) and 18 months experience in a dedicated generalist HR role OR 2 years experience working in a dedicated generalist HR role.
• - Demonstrable experience of advising Managers on current NI employment legislation and Codes of Practice.
• - Proven experience of implementing and monitoring an Absence Management process.
• - Strong working knowledge of managing employee relations matters, including disciplinary and grievances.
• - Relevant experience of managing recruitment campaigns.
• - Proven experience of developing, reviewing and communicating policies and procedures.
• - Working knowledge of computerised HR Systems.
• - Demonstrable experience of Microsoft office computer skills including Excel.
• - Positive role model and influential.
• - Strong organisational and planning skills with the ability to work under pressure to meet multiple deadlines.
• - Ability to work on own initiative.
• - Able to work overtime if required.
• - Ability to be flexible and adaptable as the role may involve working at various locations from time to time.

Desirable Skills

• - Membership of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (or working towards).
• - Experience working with Unions.
• - Experience of PAMS.

Further Information

Work Time: Monday to Thursday: 8.15am to 5pm Friday: 8am to 1pm.