HR and ER Officer / Human Resource / Employee Relations

HR and ER Officer / Human Resource / Employee Relations

Wednesbury, West Midlands 

£28,000 per year (depending on your skills)

Our client's mission is to deliver a safe and secure, reliable, and sustainable tram service. Do you want to be part of that mission?

Do you have Generalist HR experience with strong knowledge and understanding of Employee Relations and Industrial Relations? If so they’re recruiting for a HR and ER Officer to join their team based in Wednesbury.

Within this role you will:

• Lead and advise on disciplinary, grievance and absence management. Attending meetings and taking notes as required.
• Manage and maintain employee data to ensure managers kept up to date with probationary period expiry dates, maternity leave dates, levels of employee sickness absence, visa expiry dates, DBS and driving licence checks and additional right to work checks as required.
• Prepare contracts of employment, offer letters, and draft other correspondence
• You’ll be the first point of contact, supporting managers with any HR queries they may have.
• You will maintain employee data with daily data entry & administration of the HR system.
• Assist in recruitment & selection activities.
• Support the HR team on legislation, policy and best practice guidelines, ensuring these are followed.
• You’ll produce monthly HR Reports and Statistics for Senior HR members.
• You’ll support the team with ad hoc projects from benchmarking exercises, performance management, staff communications, to training programmes and other ad hoc work as required. 

About you:

Their ideal candidate will have:

• Experience in a similar fast paced HR generalist role
• Ability to manage multiple and complex employee relations caseloads.
• Strong knowledge of employment law
• Educated to CIPD level 5-7 or equivalent or working towards this.
• HR database management experience
• Experience of compiling and reporting on HR Statistics
• You’ll be an excellent communicator with experience of building and maintaining positive working relationships with existing, potential and external stakeholders

What do they offer in return?

• Competitive Salary.
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays.
• Free travel on West Midlands trams and buses for you and your partner.
• Contributory Pension Scheme.
• Life Insurance
• Discounted Gym Membership.
• 24/7 365 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Company Uniform

Are you interested?  If so, we’d love to hear from you!

Closing date:            5th December 2021

Interview date:       9th December 2021