People Advisor

Job description

Job responsibilities

Weldmar Hospicecare

Job Description and Person Specification

Job Title: People Services Advisor Attraction & Advice

Location: Weldmar Office, Dorchester/Hybrid working

Hours of work: Full time (37.5 hrs)

Grade: Weldmar Salary Scale

Reports to: People Services Business Partner

Responsible for: N/A

Job Purpose

Work in collaboration with the People Services Team, to support the provision of a professional and efficient People Services provision in line with legislation and Weldmars strategic plans and operational priorities. The main focus for this role will be around recruitment and first line advisory on HR Policy and procedure.

Understanding that our people are our most valuable resource and integral to the success of Weldmars Strategy, working with our People Services Associates and Business Partners, you will be delivering the end to end recruitment service for Weldmar. Working with stakeholders you will use your understanding of labour market trends and recruitment methods, to create effective attraction, assessment and selection approaches for Weldmar and excellent candidate journey.

Scope and Limits of Authority

Reporting to the People Services Business Partner, you will support the People Services function in the coordination and delivery of a professional recruitment and advisory service.

Responsible for:

Be a super user of Weldmar's HRIS

Creation of Contracts and Amendments to Terms and Condition documentation

Provide first line advice on our People Policies and Procedures, escalating to Business Partners or Head of People Services where appropriate,

Job tasks

Recruitment:

Ensuring that we attract the right applicants with the right skills at the right time in order to support the charities strategy.

Proactively engaging with managers and People Services Business Partners to determine recruitment needs and how best to address them

Reviewing job adverts to ensure they attract the best talent in line with employment legislation and Weldmars guidelines

Working with People Services Assistant(s) ensuring an excellent end to end candidate experience including on-boarding all successful applicants efficiently, increasingly enabling this through technology as it develops

Maximising the potential of digital recruitment including back office solutions

Work closely with People Business Partners to develop resourcing plans that reflect workforce needs (short and long term) and translate these into coherent resourcing schedules

To be in tune with the employment market and understand supply, demand and trends in recruitment, employee benefits and any other approaches of interest to Weldmar

Influence and support employment branding initiatives including front end materials, website development etc

Research, organise and/or attend recruitment fairs, assessment centres or other events that present Weldmar as an employer of choice

Create and sustain effective partnerships with Schools, Colleges, Universities and other organisations to enable potential pathways into Weldmar employment

Develop a set of metrics to support the measurement of recruitment success across the organisation, and as a result recommend interventions where necessary.

Advisory:

Provide focussed and professional first line People Services advice on people policies and procedures, including recruitment and onboarding, sickness absence, changes in contract, working closely with staff and managers to ensure a high quality, efficient service provision.

Producing and tracking key People Services performance KPIs i.e. sickness absence, recruitment and retention, equal opportunities data to identify any trends and anomalies for analysis and strategic planning.

Responsibility for employee records, data entry, data validation and retention on the HRIS, electronic folders and paper files in line with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other legislation.

Lead on delegated projects, meeting agreed reporting timelines.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of candidate attraction of both passive and active candidates. This includes reviewing and identifying new ways of candidate attraction
• Experience of collating and drafting information and report writing
• Experience of analysis, compiling and presenting statistical information
• Experience of managing own tasks using judgement when required.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Excellent interpersonal skills, including networking, influencing and persuasion
• Ability to build positive relationships with others built on mutual trust and respect
• Ability to exploit the potential of social media including LinkedIn to support the resourcing aims of the hospice
• Highly organised, able to prioritise a demanding workload and conflicting deadlines, remaining efficient under pressure and flexible to unexpected demands
• An ability to concentrate throughout various interruptions and ensure high levels of accuracy and attention to detail
• Team player and ability to work supportively and collaboratively with colleagues
• Respect for professional boundaries and ability to maintain confidentiality at all times
• Able to identify suitable recruitment solutions to support specific needs of teams.

Qualifications

Essential

• Proven experience as a recruitment specialist, with a level 3 HR qualification, or equivalent experience Knowledgeable and skilled in the full-cycle recruiting and sourcing of people
• Understanding of a comprehensive range of selection methods and techniques
• Good working knowledge in the use of job boards and other main stream resourcing options
• Good working knowledge Microsoft Office applications, Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and HR Information Systems (HRIS)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Weldmar Hospicecare

Address

Herringston Road

Dorchester

Dorset

DT1 2SL

Employer's website

https://www.weld-hospice.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)