DWR Cymru Cyfyngedig Welsh Water Plc
People Advisor
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Job Requisition Number 9145
Work Type Permanent
Job Function Human Resources & Comms
Salary Range £42,786.00 - £48,912.00
Base South East Hub
Closing date 9th September
What you’ll be responsible for
- Advise and coach line managers on HR policies, employment law, and best practices.
- Support and coach managers with employee relations cases including disciplinary, grievance, absence management, capability concerns, flexible working requests etc. Escalates complex cases to the People Partner as required.
- Partner with business area management and HR Service Centre colleagues to ensure data integrity and accurate records are maintained in HR systems.
- Collaborate with HR colleagues and business area leads to support initiatives around wellbeing, diversity, and inclusion.
- Partner with HR Service Centre to ensure the effective processes in relation to the recruitment, onboarding, and offboarding of colleagues.
- Analyse, monitor and report on HR metrics, identifying trends to inform decision-making.
- Support the People Partner with complex case management as required, including preparation for Tribunals.
- Develop, conduct, and manage colleague training interventions (in conjunction with Centres of Expertise), including underpinning processes and guidelines as required.
- Lead or support HR projects initiatives as required, e.g., Policy review and system improvements etc.
- Supporting the People Partner in the effective implementation of agreed organisational design strategies, ensuring effective consultation is in place, liaising with the HR service centre to ensure organisational structures are maintained accurately.
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About you
Qualifications
- CIPD qualified (or nearing completion of studying for qualification) and/or educated to degree level or equivalent
Experience
- Experience in an HR advisory or generalist role in a similar/complex organisation
- Experience of working in a high-pressure environment and working to tight deadlines
- Experience with HRIS systems and case management tools
- Experience working in a shared services or matrixed organisation
- Experience of working with Trade Unions
Knowledge & Skills
- Knowledge of employment law with the ability to implement that knowledge to resolve workplace issues
- Strong influencing and negotiation skills ideally gained within a unionised environment
- Ability to interpret and provide advice on HR policies, terms and conditions
- Effective time management and organisational skills
- Excellent customer service skills, with the ability to develop productive working relationships with a variety of stakeholders
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
- Flexible and adaptable to changing needs and demands
Benefits
- Variable pay schemes (your salary will always stay the same, but depending on the performance of the company you could receive a yearly bonus)
- Enhanced employer pension contributions – Up to 11% employer contributions
- Enhanced family friendly policies
- Progression opportunities, including the ability to apply for funded training and coaching and mentoring programmes
- Reduction on gym memberships and high street shopping
- Cycle to work scheme
- Car-leasing scheme
- Health CashBack scheme
- An employee assistance programme for employees and their immediate family
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Who we are
Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water keep 3 million people healthy each day with safe, reliable water, and take away wastewater to clean, before returning it safely to our beautiful rivers and seas.
To be able to deliver high quality, essential services which help to protect the health of our customers, colleagues and our environment, we need the right people to deliver on our vision. This is achieved by living our core values and demonstrating the core behaviours that underpin them. The security of our people, assets and information is key to us, so we are looking for people who understand and comply with the company’s required security objectives.
We know that the most successful teams are the most diverse teams. Equality, diversity and inclusion provide the very foundation to our culture at Welsh Water. We want every individual to feel confident, proud and able to bring their whole selves to work.
To ensure an improved representation in our workforce, applications are particularly welcome from minority groups including Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people, Females, LGBT+, Non-binary and people with disabilities. Together we continue to build a workplace that not only celebrates the diverse voices of our colleagues but also represents each customer we serve.
In essence, ours is a company based on trust, openness, respect, commitment and honesty. A company that our colleagues are proud to work for.
Dŵr Cymru Cyf, a limited company registered in Wales No. 2366777. Registered office: Linea, Fortran Road, St. Mellons, Cardiff CF3 0LT
© Dŵr Cymru Cyf 2019.
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