HR Business Partner

• Exciting opportunity for HR BP to join Jewish non-profit institution
• Hybrid working, 2 days in north London office

About Our Client

Our client is a non-profit Jewish institution in North London.

Job Description

The role of HR Business Partner will be responsible for:

1. Providing advice to management and staff on a wide range of employment matters.
2. Assisting managers in managing their staff in accordance with policies and procedures including coaching managers to help them improve their people management skills.
3. Supporting managers in the recruitment of staff (whether permanent, fixed term or temporary) through advising on job descriptions and advertisements, responding to applicants, and conducting interviews where required in line with the Recruitment Guidelines.
4. Advising on pay and other remuneration issues, including promotion and benefits.
5. Drafting and updating HR policies and procedures and the employee handbook as required.
6. Preparing appointment letters and contracts of employment for permanent, temporary, and casual staff as required and ensuring that DBS and other checks are carried out by the HR Administrators as necessary.
7. Monitoring employee sickness and absence levels, working with line managers to ensure levels are kept to a minimum, including preparing reports and extracting data from the CoreHR computerised personnel system.
8. Working with the Head of HR to manage change projects, supporting managers and employees for restructuring, redundancy and TUPE issues.
9. Assisting the HR Director to devise and monitor HR planning strategies that take into account immediate and long-term employee requirements.
10. Improving capability and effectiveness across designated parts of the organisation including assisting the L&D and OD Manager in the delivery of induction training to new employees; designing and delivering on management development programs/people management courses; analysing training and development needs in conjunction with managers and other colleagues or external training providers; providing appropriate solutions or interventions; managing and monitoring the annual appraisal system including coaching and managers to help them improve their people management skills.
11. Typing correspondence; drafting response letters; responding to requests for references from other employers and mortgage companies etc.
12. Monitoring and inputting information onto the HR database to ensure that employee records are up to date and maintaining relevant paper filing systems for the designated parts of the organisation that he/she is responsible for.
13. Collating and preparing the payroll documentation ready for each monthly payroll.
14. Promoting equality and diversity as part of the culture of the organisation.
15. The job holder will work as a team with the other HR Business Partners and will cover for them in their absence.

The Successful Applicant

A successful HR Business Partner should have:

• CIPD qualification.
• Previous position as a HR BP role within a non-profit organisation.
• Knowledge in dealing with and resolving a range of complex employment issues.
• Managing professional relationships with managers and employees at all levels.
• Knowledge analysing learning and development needs, designing and delivering training sessions.
• Driving licence.
• To be available for appropriate training as required.
• Knowledge of the Jewish community.

What's on Offer

• A salary of up to £51,000 (increasing to £53,000 following successful probation).
• 20 days holiday, plus Statutory Bank Holidays plus Jewish festivals when they fall on a normal working day.
• Auto Enrolment Pension.
• Birthday leave.
• Hybrid working, 2 days per week in North London office.