Working as the Senior HR Officer within a busy and dynamic HR team, you will support people managers to build their people capability and give advice and guidance on current or recurring people challenges as well as developing and deploying expertise and advice that helps shape positive change.

Responsibilities & Success Factors:

Reporting to an HR Business Partner, the Senior HR Officer role is a generalist role, however the successful candidate will lead and develop our resourcing strategy, while rising to the challenge of recruiting in a competitive market.

Success in this role includes:

• To lead on the recruitment process in accordance with the Recruitment Policy and Safer Recruitment guidelines.
• Provide HR advice and support to managers on a range of HR issues, such as disciplinary, grievance and absence management.
• To support with HR data management.
• To support with areas of compliance within the organisation
• Support the development of our HR systems.
• Lead on, or working closely with the HR team, on organisational projects aligned to Carr Gomm’s strategic plan.
• Having an awareness of the aims of the organisation and actively working towards supporting these to be achieved through working groups and supportive actions.
• Effective communication within the HR team, wider organisation, external partners and interested parties.
• Strong administrative and organisational skills, including effective use of Office 365 and HRIS platforms to maintain accurate employee records, support reporting requirements and ensure compliant HR service delivery.

What we are looking for…

In our eyes, the best Senior HR Officers are proactive with a logical and organised mind whilst also being focused and flexible in both their outlook and approach. We expect that you will hold a professional HR qualification or be qualified by experience. We are particularly interested in applicants with experience of working in the social care sector.