Human Resources Officer
Posted 6 days ago by Matchtech
£23 Per hour
Inside
Hybrid
Bradford, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The HR & Business Operations Officer role in Bradford involves providing comprehensive HR support across the employee lifecycle within a large public sector organization. The position requires acting as a trusted advisor to managers and employees on various HR matters while ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and policies. The role also includes contributing to service improvement initiatives and supporting workforce change programs. This is a hybrid position with an initial contract of three months.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide professional HR advice and operational support across the employee lifecycle.
- Ensure all advice and guidance aligns with employment law, local policy, and national frameworks.
- Support the development and delivery of HR and OD strategies, policies, and procedures.
- Contribute to service improvement initiatives and policy development.
- Support workforce change programmes, including restructures, redeployment, redundancy, and TUPE.
- Promote a positive, inclusive, and high-performing workplace culture.
- Support recruitment, selection, and onboarding processes to ensure a quality candidate experience.
- Provide advice and support to colleagues on HR processes, systems, and compliance.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience in a generalist HR role covering the full employee lifecycle.
- Sound knowledge of employment law and HR best practice.
- Experience supporting organisational change and workforce planning.
- Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to build effective relationships.
- CIPD qualification (or equivalent professional experience).
- Excellent organisational and problem-solving skills.
Salary (Rate): £23 per hour
City: Bradford
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: HR
HR & Business Operations Officer
Location: Bradford (Hybrid working available)
Rate: £20-£23 per hour (inside IR35)
Contract: 3-month initial
The Opportunity
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced HR professional to join a large, complex public sector organisation as an HR & Business Operations Officer . This role plays a key part in supporting the delivery of a high-quality HR service across the full employee lifecycle, ensuring compliance with employment legislation, organisational policy, and best practice. The postholder will act as a trusted advisor to managers and employees, providing operational support on a range of people-related matters including attendance, capability, performance, employee relations, recruitment, and workforce change.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide professional HR advice and operational support across the employee lifecycle.
- Ensure all advice and guidance aligns with employment law, local policy, and national frameworks.
- Support the development and delivery of HR and OD strategies, policies, and procedures.
- Contribute to service improvement initiatives and policy development.
- Support workforce change programmes, including restructures, redeployment, redundancy, and TUPE.
- Promote a positive, inclusive, and high-performing workplace culture.
- Support recruitment, selection, and onboarding processes to ensure a quality candidate experience.
- Provide advice and support to colleagues on HR processes, systems, and compliance.
About You
You will be an experienced HR generalist with a strong understanding of employee relations and HR operations. You’ll be confident in advising managers, managing multiple priorities, and contributing to service development in a large, fast-paced organisation.
Essential skills and experience:
- Proven experience in a generalist HR role covering the full employee lifecycle.
- Sound knowledge of employment law and HR best practice.
- Experience supporting organisational change and workforce planning.
- Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to build effective relationships.
- CIPD qualification (or equivalent professional experience).
- Excellent organisational and problem-solving skills.