HR Team Lead

Morson are delighted to be hiring into their HR team with this brand new role available for a HR Lead. 

This is a full-time permanent position offering a salary of up to £45,000 + car allowance + company performance bonus. You will be joining a supportive and collaborative HR function within Morson and leading a small HR team for the outsourced function, reporting directly into the Head of HR. Morson offer a hybrid working arrangement which is 3 days in the HQ in Eccles, Manchester, and 2 days working from home per week. 

About Morson: 

Ranking nationally as one of the Best Big Companies™ to work for, whilst being recognised for excelling in the area of Learning and Development, it has never been a better time to explore career opportunities at Morson Group. With over 50 years of experience, and as a family-run business, our independence and depth of offer means that we think and operate differently; giving you access to the right people at the right time; we listen, understand and develop solutions for you. It's our specialist expertise people come for and it's the personal experience that they stay for.

About the Role:

As the HR Lead you will build trusting relationships with key stakeholders both internally and in the client, business building strategic partnerships with clients through the provision of insight from the analysis of key data trends. You will act as a key point of contact for client's internal HR team and managers and a point of escalation to your own team to ensure successful delivery of the HR outsource service provision.

The role requires a broad understanding of employment law and employee relations as well as experience in managing high performing HR operational teams. Experience in managing a broad range of employee relations cases including but not limited to disciplinary, grievances and consultation processes is essential.

The HR Lead will be ultimately responsible or the successful, timely completion of project initiatives adopting a proactive approach to problem identification, ways to improve the service delivery and enhance the client employee experience.

Within the outsource team you will act as a key point of escalation for colleagues providing guidance on best practice approaches and policy adherence. The HR Lead is also responsible for advisory services for employees and managers on the recruitment of new staff and retention of existing employees. Additionally, you will work with the HR Assistant to provide advice and support to managers on all employee relations issues including, where appropriate supporting with formal meeting.

Key Responsibilities:

Dealing with various HR queries throughout the business
Reviewing and updating job descriptions
Providing advice and playing a major role in work reviews and change processes
Using HR information systems to access, input and compile data and conducting thorough analysis to identify potential areas of improvement
Identifying development needs in both individual team members and the overall service delivery
Conducting absence reviews and working with line managers to proactively reduced absence
Suggesting new HR technology solutions to improve day-to-day operations (e.g. ATS and HRIS software)
Managing staff relationships, responding to any queries or problems that they have and managing their expectations
Supporting line managers with performance appraisals and development plans
Researching and recommending performance evaluation methods (e.g. employee appraisal systems)
Monitoring, reviewing and updating all HR policies and recommending improvements to the HRBP and client stakeholders to ensure these are in line with current legislation and best practice
Advising managers on best practice, policy and employment law in capability investigations, and other ER processes including grievances and disciplinaries
Driving the business performance in relation to the client's objectives
Managing the delivery of Learning and Development initiatives and employee education programmes in line with client strategic objectives
Acting as the point of contact for hiring managers, employees, and other HR team members - Support the outsource HR administration and payroll teams where necessary
Provide support to the Senior HR team on special projects where necessary
Essential Skills:

CIPD Level 5 Minimum
Proven work experience as an HR Operations lead, HR consultant or similar role
Ability to advise and work with senior team members
Hands-on experience with IT programmes and HR systems
Knowledge of employment legislation
Ability to translate data into coherent value adding MI to enable sound decision making
Highly organised and responsive, with ability to work to SLAs and tight deadlines
Experience in creating reporting frameworks
Advanced user of Microsoft Office programmes, especially Excel and PowerPoint
Willingness to learn new change methodology and tools
Personable with strong communication and relationship building capabilities across all levels of the business
Ability to design clear and fair company policies
Driven and determined
Proactive, practical and logical; able to solve problems quickly
Excellent analytical skills
Strong presentation skills
Strong communication skills
Excellent data management skills
Highly resilient and able to work under pressure
Working with us:

Competitive Salary & Rewards structure
26 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
Flexible, hybrid model working (Company policy of 2 days a week to WFH)
A bespoke training, learning and development plan including opportunity to enrol in our tailored employee development programmes with our internal and external trainers
A colleague health and well-being programme
Free access to on site gym and discounted gym membership rates
Rooftop bar & social area access
Access to meritocracy initiative schemes - Our next trip is either Mexico, Barbados, Cuba, or Dubai!
Mental health support via free confidential advice and counselling services
Access to free wellbeing apps
Free parking