HR Manager

This is an exciting opportunity to join a significant organisation as a HR Manager.  You will have the opportunity to work with directors and other senior managers in service departments honing your skills to support the wider transformational agenda.

The role will involve :

Using your skill, experience and influencing skills to achieve the right outcomes for service departments. You will work with services to help them diagnose issues and enable them to focus on outcomes, brokering the necessary support to achieve these. You will also help them to navigate what might be complex employee relations matters dealing personally with these where required.

You will require the following:

Have significant experience as a HR Manager within a public sector environment (at least 250 employees)

That you have a clear understanding of the HR Manager role and the importance of relationship building / management and the potential to develop these skills at the highest level.

An understanding of the principles of change management and how these can be applied to achieve successful outcomes, with evidence of having done so at an operational level.

Have a relevant HR qualification and be a member of the CIPD.

That you have credibility as an HR professional, with experience of working at a Managerial HR level, with the ability to quickly attain the trust and confidence of others and work effectively as a team player.

That you have extensive experience and knowledge of HR practice and employment law and have a track record of having worked successfully with trade unions.

That you possess negotiation skills with the ability to effectively influence your audience to a positive outcome.

That you have a solid business & financial understanding that will allow you to function at any level, bringing value to the decision making process.

That you have a self-belief that inspires others around you in the value of HR and the value that you and HR can bring in driving effective business results

That you have independence and are confident to stand alone, and express your own views even if unpopular or confrontational and manage the process of common understanding and agreement which results in strong, equal and challenging relationships.

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