People Partner – Permanent – County Antrim – Up to £45,000
MCS Group is partnering with a leading manufacturing organisation as they seek to appoint a People Partner to support their workforce, including finance, IT and other professional and support functions.
The role:
Supporting a large workforce, you’ll combine hands-on employee relations support with day-to-day business partnering, building strong relationships with managers and helping them manage their teams confidently and consistently.
Working closely with senior People colleagues and a shared services team, you’ll support the introduction of a new HR operating model. Your focus will be on practical advice, effective case management and delivering agreed people priorities across your business area.
The main responsibilities:
Provide practical advice and support on day-to-day employee relations matters, including disciplinary, grievance, attendance and performance issues.
Support disciplinary hearings and subsequent stages of casework, working alongside shared services colleagues who manage initial case intake and investigations.
Coach managers on people policies, procedures and performance improvement plans.
Build effective relationships with stakeholders across professional and support functions.
Support workforce planning and help managers identify and address people priorities.
Work with senior People colleagues to put agreed plans into practice and support consistent ways of working.
The successful candidate:
Will have experience in an HR advisory or partnering role, combining employee relations casework with manager support.
Will be confident supporting disciplinary, grievance, attendance and performance management processes.
Will possess a sound understanding of Northern Ireland employment legislation and its practical application.
Can build credible relationships with managers and provide clear, pragmatic advice.
Will be organised, proactive and comfortable taking ownership of their workload.
Experience within manufacturing or an organisation operating a shared services model would be advantageous.
What’s on offer:
Base salary of up to £45,000, dependent on experience.
Permanent opportunity supporting a varied professional and support workforce.
Flexible start and finish times, including scope to start at 9:30am.
Early Friday finish, with standard hours finishing at 1:00pm.
This role is based on-site five days per week.
To speak in absolute confidence about this opportunity, please send an up-to-date CV via the link provided or contact Ryan Calvert, Divisional Head of Recruitment at MCS Group, on .
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Skills:People Operations HR Manager Employee relations HR Business Partner ER Shared service
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