HR Advisor - Watford Mencap

Watford & District Mencap is an organisation based in Watford, Hertfordshire who are committed to supporting local individuals with learning disabilities and their families.
We are passionate about supporting people to make the most of life, fulfilling their life's ambition, helping people to live more independently, learn new skills and support them to have choice and control over their own lives.

We are recruiting a HR Advisor to work with the HR Manager to support the HR service in all aspects of the employee lifecycle, from recruitment and onboarding to retention and exit processes.

Key Responsibilities:

1. To deliver timely and accurate advice and administration across all aspects of the employee lifecycle, from recruitment and onboarding to retention and exit processes.
2. To support the HR Manager in the smooth delivery of a high-quality HR service.
3. To be the first point of contact in HR, responding to employees, line managers and recruitment candidates in a timely manner.
4. To support and maintain HR systems and processes ensuring efficiency and effectiveness. Suggesting improvements for streamlining.
5. To build effective working relationships with stakeholders.
6. To provide advice and support to managers on application of policies and procedures, grievances, disciplinaries, absence management and performance issues.
7. To attract and recruit staff, ensuring their recruitment meets safe recruitment guidelines.
8. To organise training and support onboarding, support the maintenance of the online training system and records.
9. To undertake HR audits to ensure compliance with contractual requirements, organisational policies and legislation.
10. To maintain employee records, contracts, and HR systems accurately and support payroll processing through the collation of departmental information.

You will be level 5 CIPD qualified, or working towards it, with experience in HR, including working with and maintaining HR and payroll databases. You have good communication skills to give practical advice to managers and the confidence to be the first point of contact with enquiries. You can build excellent relationships with people both internally and externally. You are highly organised and have good time management. You have strong attention to detail and are able to deal with confidential matters sensitively and professionally. You can work independently and as part of a team. You will have some knowledge of the health and social care sector.

You are flexible and motivated to help the charity achieve its aims: supporting many local individuals and families to make the most of life, learning and enjoying new skills and independence. You have an inclusive and welcoming approach.

You will be joining a committed team. Ideally you will work full time in the office but we will consider 30 hours per week for the right candidate. You will receive a good induction with training and support from your manager and lots of opportunity to get involved in a variety of HR work.