HR Officer

About IRM

As of 2017, IRM became part of the Altran Group. Altran is a global leader in Research and Development and Engineering services, offering clients a new way to innovate by developing the products and services of tomorrow. IRM is at the core of Altran’s Cybersecurity World Class Center, offering clients across a wide breadth of sectors expert consultancy and software solutions to their cybersecurity challenges.

We are currently looking to recruit a HR Officer to be based on our IRM Cheltenham office on a permanent, full-time basis. Working closely with local management and the recruitment team, this a standalone HR role on-site backed by an experienced team of HR professionals based throughout the UK.

There is a great opportunity to develop in this role and this will be determined only by the desire to do so and to demonstrate initiative.

The Role

Job title: HR Officer

Reporting to: HR Business Partner (HRBP)

Location: Cheltenham

Role: Permanent, full-time

Salary: £30,000 + benefits

Job description

Purpose of role and key deliverables

To provide a high quality HR service to all staff and support to line managers on their people management responsibilities. To support the HRBP on a range of strategic HR activity and policy work.

Key tasks and responsibilities

1. To support line managers in day to day HR activities where applicable.
2. To undertake the administration and processes necessary to ensure a proactive, customer-focused, high quality and effective HR service. To improve existing procedures where necessary and to ensure these processes remain user friendly and efficient. Ensuring all paperwork and data is accurate and effectively stored in line with GDPR rules.
3. To support people management processes and the collection of HR related data. To produce reports and management information that can be used for strategic consideration with analysis and recommendations as appropriate. Implement the appropriate tracking and data recording framework for the HR service; including absence management.
4. To work with the HRBP to advise managers in the role as line manager and as they carry out people management responsibilities. Support the HRBP to develop their people management abilities through regular meetings, line manager workshops and other initiatives.
5. Support the line managers with the implementation of a new training plan and performance management cycle through the annual appraisal process.
6. Support the Recruitment Manager with offers, referencing and onboarding processes.
7. Support the HRBP in the ongoing review and development of HR policies, procedures and processes. Keep up to date with external developments in HR practice and employment to inform changes to policy and procedure and for use as appropriate when advising line managers.
8. To be able to conduct basic grievance, disciplinary and redundancy meetings to support line managers.
9. Support the HRBP with ongoing work related to staff engagement and services around staff care and benefits.
10. Any other task that is reasonable for such a role and in line with the experience and ability expected of the role.

This role profile is not exhaustive and is subject to review in conjunction with the post holder and according to future changes/developments in the service.

Essential Skill Set

Experience in an HR administrative capacity and initiating, developing or maintaining manual and computerised HR related processes and systems. Must have experience of advising managers on HR policy or procedure

CIPD qualified or working towards this with the overall understanding of the work of modern HR and how to apply the relevant theory and best practice into day to day work. General understanding of key elements of employment law and the way it impacts on day to day HR activity and its implications on broader strategic considerations

Strong organisational skills to manage a varied range of projects and tasks, to prioritise effectively and to ensure deadlines are met whist working accurately in pressured circumstances and using own initiative. Ability to use project management principles and appropriate systems to plan and undertake a wide range of general daily activity, unplanned work and larger ongoing project activity

To be self-motivated, with the ability to work alone, as a flexible member of a team and collaboratively across the organisation to proactively engage colleagues on projects and HR initiatives. To be responsive to colleagues and work with them to interpret mutual needs and deliver expected outcomes for the benefit of the organisation

Effective administrative ability to ensure the paper work generated is accurate and of high quality. Able to ensure that the department has the appropriate systems and procedures in place to provide a smooth and proactive HR service to the business

Core Competencies:

• Excellent IT skills – confident in the use of Microsoft Office (especially Outlook, Word and Excel) and the ability to work with databases
• Professional and discreet – using this approach to maintaining the integrity of the department and the sensitive data and information that are part of HR activity
• Positive – using a customer service-based approach to operational work as well as the ability to act in line with our values: supportive, professional, collaborative, creative and confident
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal presentation and written communication skills – plus the ability to answer complex written and verbal enquiries with clarity, tact and diplomacy.

Benefits

• £30,000 salary
• Any expenses paid second and fourth Friday of every month
• Life assurance
• Medical*
• Dental*
• Pension contribution (increases in line with length of service)*
• 25 days holiday allowance (increasing to 28 days in line with length of service with IRM)

* Offered after probation is passed