Senior HR Advisor

Senior HR Advisor to join a busy HR team providing proactive HR in Hampshire

Working as part of a specialist and dedicated HR & Employer relations team, you will be delivering a high-quality HR and Advisory service to managers across Hampshire.
This role is initially a 3 - 6-month fixed-term contract but has scope for longer term.
As a Senior HR Advisor you will be :

Handling the full range of employee relations casework, including complex grievances, disciplinary, performance, sickness, capability, investigations, dismissal, health and safeguarding.

You will be undertaking case planning, robust investigations, report preparation, and attending formal hearings.

You will provide advice and support across the full range of typical and more complex employee relations issues.

Potential to provide advice and support on staff restructures and redundancies.

Provides advice and guidance on HR issues to HR Advisors including QA of case documentation, e.g. investigation report and bundles.

Able to develop and deliver line manager ER training to enhance knowledge and skills

Candidates

We are seeking an experienced Senior HR Advisor / HR Practitioner who will be CIPD qualified or have relevant experience dealing with multiple complex employee relations casework.

Ideally, experience of HR within a complex unionised environment e.g. public sector, NHS or similar. But not limited to this . If you have other fast-paced, complex environment background

Have a pragmatic approach to solving problems, identifying risk and recommending options with a good grounding of employment law and best practice.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills will ensure that you have the confidence to advise, influence and critically challenge educational professionals, HR colleagues and Union representatives alike, to ensure cases are resolved successfully in a timely manner.

The Offer

Initial 3 - 6 months fixed term contract

Location - Winchester with 1 -2 per week on site However, there is also possible travel to sites within Hampshire as needed for cases

Full IT set up for home working laptop/screens

Benefits include 25 days of annual leave plus Bank Holidays,

Flexi-time,

Pension Scheme,

Reimbursed CIPD professional fees,

Business mileage,

Parking paid away from your main work base and hybrid working.

If you would like to know more about this role or perhaps are looking for another HR role, please contact Matthew Whitfield on

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