HR Officer

Skills and experience

• Professional CIPD membership (Associate) and Level 3 or 5 qualification or currently studying towards or willing to do so.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Previous HR experience in a generalist or specialist environment, including operational exposure to application of employment law, case management.
• Experience of advising and influencing managers on matters of HR operations.
• Experience of managing recruitment and onboarding processes.
• Previous experience of managing HR processes and procedures and interpreting policies to provide first line advice.
• Good management skills, acting positively, flexibly, and constructively, bringing energy and focus to the work.
• Ability to advise colleagues on HR issues using strong communication, influencing and negotiation skills.
• Ability to analyse problems at an operational level, identify root cause and develop a range of creative solutions that will add value.
• Ability to be people focused, be open to innovative and creative ideas and challenge and committed to individual learning and development.
• Strong organisational and project management skills with ability to manage large and/or complex projects.
• Ability to take responsibility for planning own work, consistently achieving and delivering quality despite tight timescales and conflicting priorities.
• Good written and verbal communication skills and ability to successfully present information verbally through use of formal presentation tools.
• Excellent IT skills, including the ability to use MIS, MS Office software packages such as Word, Excel, Outlook and Teams.