Job Description
Job Title: HR Business Partner – Resourcing (HR05)
Reports to: Employee Services Manager
Team: Human Resources
Location: Nelson
Status: Fixed Term Contract for 3 years
Salary: £34k - £38k dependant on experience As a credible member of the Human Resources Team you will: Ensure managers and employees of the business understand the company policies and procedures, applying them fairly and consistently across the organisation Demonstrate professional behaviours, good team work and respect for employee confidentiality at all times working in accordance with DCWW values. As HR Business Partner you will: Provide proactive resourcing HR advice and guidance to Executives and the Leadership Team and colleagues at all levels within DCWW to facilitate Business Plan delivery. Principal Accountabilities
To establish and develop a dialogue and relationship with senior management and other HR Business Partners to understand the key resource issues and associated requirements to meet both current and future organisational challenges.
To lead the activity to translate the resourcing requirements and Talent Management information developed by the Learning and Development Team into achievable resource plans.
To identify and support the business to successfully deliver credible, customer focused, cost-effective and innovative recruitment solutions using a range of techniques.
In collaboration with HR colleagues develop a resourcing strategy and innovative, timely and cost effective best practice solutions to enable the organisation to meet its objectives.
Seek to continuously improve the quality and value of the HR service provided to the organisation.
To measure the success of resourcing solutions and services in contributing to the function/DCWW’s effectiveness and efficiency and attainment of overall objectives.
Development and implementation of recruitment process and policy for DCWW, including the design of associated paperwork.
Management of all administration associated with the recruitment process, via Line Management of administration resource.
Coaching/advising managers in the implementation of robust recruitment and selection processes and legislative requirements, to facilitate shared responsibility for the recruitment of people and ensuring that HR matters are effectively dealt with.
Developing, managing and implementing a range of initiatives and specific projects within agreed timescales and budgets to support the delivery of DCWW objectives.
To manage the recruitment budget, ensuring maximum effectiveness of expenditure within the constraints of the budget.
To guide managers in the optimum utilisation and deployment of resources across the organisation including monitoring of the various categories of temporary employees working for DCWW.
To work with the Procurement Department to ensure effective management of Temporary Labour Suppliers, to ensure cost minimisation and service maximisation.
To represent the HR team at appropriate internal forums.
To undertake any other duties as required to meet the needs of the business.
Experience, Qualifications and Skills Assessment Method
A I T
Significant experience working as a Senior Resourcing Specialist within a complex organisation
X
Proven experience of resource planning at a company wide level X X
Experience and knowledge of Talent Management processes and best practice
X X
Demonstrable experience of managing recruitment campaigns across all organisational levels.
X
Proven experience of negotiating agency fees for recruitment services, as well as managing recruitment budgets within an organisation
X X
Extensive knowledge of employment law relating to recruitment with the ability to implement that knowledge to develop policy and processes, as well as advise others.
X
Line Management experience X X
Excellent influencing and negotiation skills with previous experience of working with Trade Unions and employee representatives
X
Full CIPD membership and educated to degree level or equivalent X
Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills. X
Experience of working in a high-pressure environment and working to tight deadlines
X X
Excellent project management and organisational skills X
Good Coaching, facilitation and consultancy skills X
Minimum intermediate level skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook. Able to manipulate data and create reports in an HR database ideally SAP HR.
X
Ability to travel as job requires X X
Key:
A – Assessed via application form I – Assessed at interview T – Assessed using psychometric / ability test
Key Relationships
Internal
All levels of management within area of business
All employees within area of business
Temporary workers engaged within area of business
Employee representatives within area of business
External
HR representatives from Partner organisations
Recruitment agencies / consultants
Employment lawyers
Competencies Assessment Method
A I T
Achievement Motivation - The drive and energy to produce excellent results and to continually find ways of improving relationships, outputs and processes.
X
Communication skills – The drive and ability to exchange appropriate information with relevant people at the right time. The desire and skills to seek first to understand as well as to be understood. To be as open as confidentiality allows.
X
Creativity/innovation – The ability to look at issues from a broad perspective, to come up with imaginative solutions, and to identify innovative alternatives to typical, unusual or difficult situations or problems.
X
Influencing Skills - The ability to make a clear, persuasive presentation of ideas or facts, verbally or in writing; to convince
X
others; to gain agreement or acceptance of proposals or views.
Initiative - The ability to actively influence events rather than passively accept them. The ability to see opportunities and to act on them, to originate action.
X
Interpersonal Sensitivity - The awareness of other people and the environment and one’s own impact on these. The ability to get on with people in different situations and to work with others to achieve mutual goals.
X
Judgement - The ability to evaluate people and situations and to reach logical, fair decisions. An unbiased, common sense approach
X
Resource / Project Management – The ability to establish an appropriate course of action, either for oneself or for others, and to manage all resources (to include people, budgets, contracts, systems and processes) effectively, in order to achieve an objective.
X X
If you wish to apply please complete an application form and return to [email protected] by 12 noon on Friday 29th July 2011.
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water is an equal opportunities employer.
