HR Manager
Stoke Climsland, Cornwall (with hybrid working and occasional travel)

The Organisation

Westcountry Rivers Trust (WRT) is an environmental charity dedicated to restoring and protecting the region’s rivers, lakes, estuaries and coastal areas.

We are looking for an HR Manager to join our team on a permanent basis, working 30 hours per week. You can work flexibly over four or five days.

The Benefits

- Salary of £28,000 - £32,000 per annum DOE (£35,000 - £40,000 FTE)
- 25 days’ annual leave per annum, rising with service
- Additional leave covering the Christmas closure period
- 9% Employer Pension, plus Life Assurance cover
- Flexible and hybrid working

Interviews will be held in person at our offices in Stoke Climsland on Monday 17th June 2024.

This is an exciting opportunity for an HR Generalist to join our charity as we continue to develop and strengthen our HR function.

Our aim is to create a positive and supportive work environment, to be an employer of choice whilst adopting a proactive strategic approach to wellbeing, talent, development, retention, and employee relations.

You will work closely with the Head of Resources to develop and continuously improve the HR service provided to the Trust.

The Role

You will report to the Head of Resources and will line manage the HR Officer.

Collaborating with colleagues across our Shared Services team, and working closely with line managers to provide professional and pragmatic advice on all aspects of people management reflecting current employment legislation and good practice.

You will be able to work autonomously using your own initiative with a professional, approachable, manner.

At the Trust, we support hybrid working with the opportunity to work from home. As the HR Manager, you will be expected to come into the office at least one day a week with occasional travel to off-site meetings, employment law updates, team and Trust away days etc. Our office is at Stoke Climsland, Nr Callington.

Additionally, you will:

- Build and maintain relationships with line managers, helping to build confidence and capabilities.
- Manage, develop, and monitor HR processes and support managers throughout the full employee lifecycle.
- Take a proactive approach to reviewing employee data to identify trends, issues, and opportunities to inform discussions with the Head of Resources.
- Maintain CPD to keep up to date with changes to employment law, ACAS guidance and good practice.
- Advise managers on, and manage, employee relations casework including disciplinaries, grievances, absence, effectively, considering business risk at all stages, with support from the Head of Resources where appropriate.
- Develop manager toolkits and resources to support HR policies.

About You

To be considered for this opportunity, you will need:

- Experience of delivering a wide range of HR generalist services in a similar role
- A robust working knowledge of HR processes
- Ability to provide professional HR advice to managers of all levels and supporting managers across a full range of HR activities and employee relations issues
- Experience of proactively identifying HR priorities, future challenges and implementing appropriate solutions
- Up-to-date and thorough knowledge of employment law, ACAS principles and best practice
- An understanding of current trends, challenges and emerging practices in the field of Human Resources
- Commitment to CPD and evidence of an active CPD plan

The closing date for this position is midnight on Sunday 2nd June 2024.

Other organisations may call this role Human Resources Manager, Senior HR Advisor, HR Generalist, HR Business Partner, HRBP, Human Resources Business Partner, Human Resources Generalist, or HR Services Manager.

Webrecruit and Westcountry Rivers Trust are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

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