Regional HR Coordinator - Maternity Cover

Recruiter
Creative Support
Location
North East England
Salary
Competitive
Posted
23 May 2017
Closes
26 May 2017
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Creative Support is a national provider of care and support services and a registered provider of social housing. We have a reputation for providing excellent person-centred services and for being a social care employer of choice. We employ over 5,000 permanent and relief staff working in 58 local authorities in England.

We have an opportunity for a highly motivated HR professional to undertake a 12 month maternity contract leading a strong Regional HR advice and support team. The team is focused on advising and supporting our managers and staff across the organisation to maximise the performance and positive impact of our people. You will ensure that the Regional HR service is highly responsive to current and future corporate and regional business needs and priorities. You will be based in our highly regarded HR team in Creative Support's friendly and accessible Head Office located in Stockport town centre.

You will promote the highest levels of internal and external customer care, positive person-centred values and a respectful, confidential approach. This job will offer great job satisfaction to people who enjoy hard work and achieving great outcomes for our business and our people. A commitment to continuous improvement is essential.

You will lead a small team of staff to deliver high quality, holistic HR advice and support aligned to our core values, business needs and priorities in the areas of:

Employee engagement

Employee communications

Competence, capability and performance management

Conduct and discipline at work

Attendance and sickness management

Welfare support and stress prevention/management

Employee health and wellbeing

People motivation, satisfaction and retention

Employee career development and upskilling

Workplace inclusion and diversity

Relationships with workplace representatives/trade unions

Promoting a positive and productive working culture

You will need to demonstrate significant HR experience and demonstrable expertise in at least one or more of the areas listed above. You will be able to lead and motivate a team and to empower each team member to flourish and develop in skills and confidence. Applicants should be personable, solution and outcome-focused and able to engage positively with staff and managers at all levels. You will need to be able to communicate clearly and professionally and you will demonstrate your people focused values in your practice.

You will have excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and manage a busy personal caseload. You will have a good eye for detail, be able to manage data and produce KPIs derived from spreadsheets and databases. A good standard of written English is required. A degree or comparable level of education is desirable. You must have gained, or be working towards a recognised accredited HR qualification. We can offer opportunities to develop your professional career in HR by offering support for further professional training as well as investment in soft skills.

The willingness to travel to any of our sites and offices across the country is essential, but it is not necessary to be a car driver. Your duties may be carried out mainly in office hours from Monday to Friday but some flexibility in working hours is required. You will be expected to contribute to our out of hours rota which supports all our staff to provide safe and responsive services.

We do not accept CV's as a form of application, applicants must submit a completed Creative Support application form which can be requested or downloaded via the listed methods. An enhanced DBS check is required for which we pay for. Creative Support is not a recruitment sourcing agency, all employees are directly employed by our organisation. We do not accept cold calls or sales/marketing contact from recruitment candidate sourcing/advertising agencies. Upon receipt of your application we will email you a confirmation of receipt. If you do not receive this confirmation email please contact us via telephone or email. Contact information can be found on our company website.

Closing Date: 16 June 2017