HR Advisor

Full-time 35 hours per week (Part-Time 25 hours per week minimum will be considered) Join the great HR Team at our Milton Keynes Head Office, supporting a national charity As an HR Advisor, you will be responsible for a business area and related casework, with the focus on supporting our managers with effective performance management and resolving employee relations cases. You'll be a source of support for managers and our employees who are at the heart of everything we do to deliver the best service to the people who draw on our support. We are looking for a person with ER experience including disciplinary, grievances, absence management, flexible working, and performance management. You will be the first point of contact for all employee relations queries from both employees and Line Managers. You'll give proactive and professional employee relations advice, supporting good management practices, fair and consistent application of our policies and process - always with a commitment to staff well-being, equality, diversity and inclusion. Following your probation period, we are happy to consider hybrid working arrangements (1 to 2 days per week) and supporting your further professional learning or relevant qualifications. We will support your in-work learning so you have the opportunity to be involved in HR projects, HR training, reviewing and drafting HR policy and guidance, as well as supporting more complex matters such as TUPE and restructures. This is a great opportunity to further your HR experience, working within a friendly and supportive team., As a HR Advisor you will :

• Support, advise and coach managers on performance and conduct issues, disciplinary, grievances, sickness absence management, and health and wellbeing, to enable managers to resolve matters effectively and consistently through informal and formal processes
• Manage to conclusion a volume and variety of casework in line with our policies
• Provide all related documentation to required legal / policy standards and record all casework on the HR System
• Provide regular case updates, escalate cases of concern and support the HR Team's reporting to the Senior Leadership Team
• Support the delivery of HR Training
• Attend meetings (virtual and in person) with national travel as required
• Support engagement initiatives which could include staff surveys, focus groups, and attending the employee representative forum (Staff Council)
• Work collaboratively to support various projects and focus areas / teams as required including Diversity Advisory Group, Safeguarding and Compliance
• Work collaboratively with your colleagues in the HR Team to maintain and improve our service to operational colleagues
  
  You'll need significant experience as an HR Advisor with a strong emphasis on employee relations work. Ideally with a CIPD Level 5 qualification or significant, relevant and demonstrable experience.
You must be able to understand and interpret HR policies and procedures in order to provide appropriate practical advice for managers, training and coaching them to gain confidence and experience in people management. You should have an excellent knowledge of employment law and regulatory requirements. You'll be strong on building relationships at all levels with good coaching skills. You will need to be able to understand the wider implications of any issues, to appreciate and flag any potential risks and impact on the charity, and in order to consider appropriate solutions. Ideally, your experience will include multi-site working. We have locations across England and Wales so you must be a driver with your own transport to travel as needed to meetings across the country.

MacIntyre is a national charity which supports over 1,200 people with a learning disability and / or autism. We were founded in 1966 by the visionary parent of a child with disabilities and have been growing steadily ever since. We celebrate and develop everyone's unique gifts, talents and contributions., MacIntyre safeguards and promotes the welfare of the children, young people and adults we support. Therefore we work with successful candidates to complete appropriate checks prior to joining. MacIntyre is committed to promoting equality, encouraging diversity and embracing inclusion among our workforce. We want our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and the people we support. As part of this commitment, our accessibility toolbar allows you a number of options : read adverts in another language (including Welsh for our Services located in Wales), change the font to Open Dyslexia, change the colours, and many others.

We provide a range of benefits to reward and thank our staff which includes :
• Six weeks' annual leave including statutory public holidays
• Workplace Pension scheme MacIntyre will contribute 3% of your salary to all eligible employees
• MacIntyre Staff Savings Scheme
• Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) to support your health and wellbeing
• Health Cash Plan which provides money back on core health treatments such as : optical, dental, physiotherapy, chiropody (at reduced cost)
• MacIntyre Sick Pay (qualifying period)
• Life assurance scheme offering valuable benefits to your dependents
• MacIntyre Rewards Scheme which recognises and rewards staff
• MacIntyre Perks which offers up to 6% discount off leading retailers including Tesco, Curry / PC World, Costa and many more
• Access to the Blue Light Card which offers thousands of amazing discounts online and on the high street for emergency and social care staff.
• Enhanced DBS Certificate (cost paid by MacIntyre)