HR Business Partner

The company

This role will provide full HR Business support within The Swatch Group (UK) Limited. As a proactive HR professional you will support on all aspects of HR including Recruitment, Learning and Development and Employment Law, enabling and assisting the business to achieve their objectives and develop their employees.   

 

Key Responsibilities

 

  • Support the business in formulating HR strategies, policies and plans in all areas of HR.

 

  • Develop and maintain strong relationships with all stakeholders to proactively address people focused requirements in the achievement of business objectives.

 

  • Act as a single point of contact for employees and managers advising on Company policies and procedures.

 

  • Maintaining visibility amongst client group which includes regular travel within the UK area.

 

  • Actively identify gaps, propose and implement necessary changes to reduce risk by influencing managers to bring forward best solutions, for example challenge organisational structures.
  • Provide advice and support to employees as required.
  • Provide a systematic recruitment and selection service in order to meet the Company’s resourcing needs by managing the end-to-end recruitment process ensuring vacancies are filled with individuals who have the required skill-set and competence for the business area.
  • Assist in the creation of accurate job descriptions and person specifications.
  • Advise managers on the various methods for filling vacancies and make recommendations for which to use.
  • Provide advice on selection tools such as personality profiling, aptitude and skills testing.

 

  • Have a full oversight, whilst advising and supporting managers with employee relation issues (capability and performance, disciplinary issues, grievance, incapacity and long term sickness) in order to maintain a cooperative climate of employee relations in the Company. Ensure compliance with legislation.
  • Manage employee relation formalities ensuring processes are timely, fair and consistent.  Be involved in hearings as HR and Company representative and minute taker. Ensure accurate documentation is maintained and records kept.
  • Remain up to date on employment legislation and ensure that any changes in legislation are updated or amended in the Company’s policies and procedures and communicated as required.

 

  • Act as the performance improvement driver and provoke positive changes in people management.
  • Coach and where necessary carry out training sessions with line managers on HR related issues including appraisals, performance management, recruitment and selection.
  • Assist managers in identifying training needs and arrange in-house or external training as requested as per training and development procedures.
  • Evaluate training courses for effectiveness for future use. Deliver in-house training when appropriate.

 

  • Manage HR projects cross functionally including complex and challenging initiatives.

 

  • Ad-hoc duties as required.

 

Key Skills

 

  • CIPD Qualified or equivalent
  • Generalist HR professional
  • Recruitment experience
  • Solid ER / Employment law experience 
  • Excellent organisational skills to manage own workload
  • Must have good communications skills both written and oral