Head of HR
Closing date: May 3rd, 2024
Job Title:
Head of HR
Responsible to:
Director of HR
Responsible for:
HR Officer, L&D Officer and Staffing and Resources Manager
Hours of Work:
37.5 hours per week
Location:
YMCA Together, based in Highpoint office, but required to work across all services, home working available 40% of working week.
Salary and benefits:
- £45,000 per annum
- 35 days annual leave including bank holidays per annum
- Paid Medicash support
- Birthday day off
- Charity day of your choice
- Well-being Hours
- Cycle To Work Scheme
- Refer a Friend Scheme
- Company Pension Scheme 4%
- Funded Training Opportunities
Shortlisting and Interview Dates
Shortlisting 3rd May
Assessment day 7th May 2024
Interviews 8th May 2024
YMCA Together is a registered charity and company Limited by Guarantee. We were founded in 1846 and so we build on a long history of providing a place for people experiencing challenging times in their lives.
YMCA Together is a truly value driven organisation.
Our vision is that everyone should feel safe, understood, empowered and positive for their future. We meet our vision by working within our values of Strength, Humility, Respect, Empathy and Kindness. These SHREK values run through all that we do from recruitment to how we work alongside people in our services to our partnership approach with other providers.
Our clear vision and values come together to help us in our mission to inspire and support people to change their lives by instilling hope, valuing the person and maximising potential.
Over the past couple of years we have seen significant growth within the organisation and as a result we are recruiting for this brand new role
Job Purpose
The Head of HR is a brand newly created role following on from a senior leadership restructure. The new role is a blended senior operational and strategic role which will lead the HR and payroll teams as well as working with the HR Director on the strategic people plan for the organisation.
Hours of Work
The hours of work are 9-5 Monday-Friday with home working available.
Main Responsibilities
- Lead, motivate and develop the HR team and function including our staffing and resources manager, Staffing and Resources Manager, HR officer and L&D Officer.
- Lead on all HR operational functions including payroll, benefits, administration, HR management system, hr compliance, and employee relations.
- Work with the Director of HR to deliver the aims of the Strategic Equality Plan, ensuring that all areas of the organisation embrace diversity and inclusion initiatives.
- Develop, implement, and update new HR policies and procedures in line with organisational values and employment law.
- Provide one to one guidance and support alongside managers and the HR team within complex attendance management, performance management, flexible working requests, maternity and paternity requests, investigations, disciplinary and grievances and conflict resolution.
- Lead on TUPE processes alongside the senior leadership team, ensuring smooth transitions during mergers, acquisitions and business transfers complying with TUPE processes.
- Working alongside employees and their Trade Union representatives to negotiate and consult changes to terms and conditions.
- Be able to develop excellent communication and interpersonal skills and be able to work within a diverse workforce with a range of stakeholders.
- To work alongside the HR team to complete and authorise monthly payroll reports.
- Provide quarterly hr assurance metric reports for the senior leadership team and people committee.
- Be able to confidentially manage and lead on settle agreements.
- Lead on individual and group consultations in respect of changes to employee terms and conditions.
- Lead at risk of redundancy consultations with employees and providing at risk of redundancy business reports.
- Provide coaching, training, and mentoring as required for Managers and Team Leaders and employees as required.
- Support the delivery of key HR processes, well-being, benefits and compensation packages.
- Attend and chair leadership meetings when required.
- Lead and support the learning and development strategy for the organisation.
- To support and deputise for the HR Director as and when required in meetings.
Professional Practice and Development
- Attend regular supervision sessions with the Line Manger in accordance with the supervision contract.
- Maintain good professional practice and ensure ongoing development, through use of supervision and training.
- Respect the confidentiality of service users using the service and be responsible for the security of personal and confidential information.
- Carry out all these duties within the organisation’s safety guidelines
Person Specification – Head of HR
Qualifications
Essential
- Minimum Level 5 HR qualification / relevant degree
- CIPD Associate Membership
Desirable
- Level 7 HR qualification
- MCIPD Membership
Experiences
Essential
- Significant experience working as an HR Professional in a senior role for at least 1 year.
- Experience of delivering support/advice and management of HR processes including attendance management, disciplinary, capability, conflict resolution and performance management.
- Experience of managing the payroll function.
- Experience of managing electronic HR records and databases.
- Line management experience developing and coaching a HR team.
- Experience with writing at risk of redundancy business plans and conducting at risk consultations.
- Experience of working with Trade Unions through consultations and negotiations.
Desirable
- Experience of implementation of new HRIS system
- Experience of redundancy consultations
- Experience of managing TUPE transfer and negotiations
- Develop and promote HR People activities such as staff forums and EDI steering groups.
Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent and up to date knowledge of employment law and its application within HR processes.
- Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the principles of best HR Practice and employee engagement.
- Knowledge and understanding of the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) and how it relates to roles at YMCA Together
- Expertise in writing and developing policies and procedures.
Desirable
- Knowledge of GDPR
- Knowledge of work-based Health and Safety issues
- Knowledge and understanding of the principles of safeguarding children and young people and vulnerable adults.
Skills
Essential
- Confident communicator with well-developed verbal and written skills including persuasion, persistence, encouragement, negotiation, influencing skills, report writing and presentation.
- Well-developed IT skills using Microsoft Office, Excel, bespoke HR packages, email, shared drive and the HR database
- Line management ability to coach professional colleagues, delegate effectively and ensure quality standards
- Ability to collate data and manage HR database packages.
- Ability to produce and analyse hr. metric reports.
- Ability to work autonomously and make decisions.
Desirable
- Ability to deliver training.
- Ability to work with a conflicting set of priorities and to tight deadlines, whilst maintaining attention to detail.
Behaviour/ Attributes
Essential
- Develop a strong culture in accordance YMCA Together values
- Develop and sustain excellent working relationships with system users, partners, the city council officers and commissioners.
- Enthusiastic, self motivated and passionate about their work.
- Flexibility, adaptability and ability to work as part of a team.
- Ability to work within the ethos and philosophy of the YMCA and to work to our SHREK values (strength, humility, respect, empathy, and kindness)
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