Senior HR Business Partner

• Location: Devon
• Reporting to: HR Manager
• Salary: up to £34k per annum
• Type: Full-time

Dovetail and Slate are recruiting on behalf of a leading education provider based in Devon.

This role offers hybrid, working from home one day per week

Job Purpose

• Partner with managers to ensure that staff are treated in an equitable and consistent manner.
• Lead and resolve people matters in a timely manner, supporting all aspects of any process and deliver excellent people management practices.
• Manage, guide, advise and support employee relations casework.

Main Duties

• Work with managers to develop strategies that assist with staff retention.
• Support with strategies to promote employment opportunities, identifying succession planning and developing talent pools.
• Provide accurate, valued, and timely employment relations advice regarding people matters.
• Establish and maintain valued and respected relationships across all areas to include staff, stakeholders, and colleagues.
• Coach and advise managers and staff in all HR related matters in line with best practice, legal policies, and procedures.
• Develop and deliver timely training programmes on people practices including wellbeing and mental health.
• Help identify areas for support to help them develop strategies for their managers and teams.
• Advise and guide on employment relation issues, investigations, hearing and appeals alongside the Head of People Services.
• Support any internal processes that ensure a delivery of the best learning experience.

Requirements

• CIPD L5
• Experience in all aspects of people matters and managing employee relations processes.
• Five GCSEs at grade C or above (or equivalent)
• Level 2 qualification in Mathematics and English
• Numeracy & Literacy qualifications to Level 2
• Excellent IT skills using the MS Office package, particularly Excel and Word.

If this role is of interest, please send your CV through to James Grace at Dovetail & Slate

Because education matters. Dovetail and Slate Limited (11351060) acts as an Employment Agency.