HR Advisor

Are you interested in a fantastic opportunity to join our team based at our brand new building, Touchbase Pears in Selly Oak? 

HR Advisor
Reference number: 41963
Hours: Full and part time hours available
Location: Selly Oak, Birmingham
Contract type: Temporary, Permanent
Salary: £24,346 - £25,855 per annum
Sense salary points: 30 - 32

About the role

We are seeking two self-motivated and organised HR Advisors to provide comprehensive HR advice and guidance to our managers and staff; one role is offered on a permanent contract whilst the other is a maternity cover.

As an HR Advisor you will act as the first point of contact for our committed managers and staff.  You will be based within a busy team that provide generalist HR support and ensures operational delivery of the full range of HR services. In your new role, you will manage a full range of employee relations cases, including sickness absence, performance management, capability, disciplinary and grievance cases. 

This could be your chance to make an impact and positively influence our newly formed HR Advice team.

About you

To be the right person for our team, you will be Level 5 CIPID qualified with a good working knowledge of employment law. You will have dealt with a high volume of cases including experience of managing a wide range of employee relations cases. Additionally, you will have good relationship building skills, in conjunction with the ability to coach and challenge managers to influence behaviour and thinking.

We are a really flexible organisation and welcome interest from you if you would like to work part time in these roles. The full time hours are 37.5 hours per week. However, you will need to have a willingness to occasionally travel to support the manager based within our services.  

About Sense

Sense is a national charity that supports people who are deafblind, those with sensory impairments and those with complex needs, to enjoy more independent lives.

Working at Sense can be incredibly rewarding; Sense makes a unique and vital contribution to social care, supporting some of the most marginalised people in our society. Few providers really understand, or can meet, the particular support needs of people who face tough communication barriers, especially those who are deafblind, have sensory impairments or complex needs.  Sense are best placed to do this and strive to provide the highest quality service to individuals we support.

We have great employee benefits and offer you the chance to develop in a supportive and flexible environment. In addition, there is generous annual leave and the opportunity for you to join our Group Personal Pension scheme.

Closing date: Wednesday 24 May 2017
Interview date: Monday 5 June 2017
To start: To be discussed an interview

TO APPLY AND FOR MORE INFORMATION:

If you would like to find out more about this position and to apply, please click the button to be directed to our website to download the information pack and application form. 

Sense is an Equal Opportunities Employer and is committed to ensuring that all staff are motivated, skilled and rewarded by their work. Sense is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. 

No agencies please.