Senior HR Assistant
Posted 2 weeks ago by Hays
Negotiable
Undetermined
Undetermined
Belfast, UK
Summary: The role of Senior HR Assistant focuses on employee relations and absence management within a leading manufacturing organization for a temporary period of 6 months. The position involves monitoring absence, liaising with Occupational Health, and supporting managers with return-to-work plans. The ideal candidate will have significant HR experience and be proficient in handling sensitive information while fostering positive relationships with stakeholders. This role offers a competitive salary and the potential for extension.
Key Responsibilities:
- Monitor, report and analyse absence by area
- Liaise with Occupational Health
- Liaise and coach managers in relation to the sickness absence procedures and improving attendance
- Develop Occupational Health referral reports
- Conduct welfare meetings with employees and managers to support return to work or follow medical capability process
- Assist Managers with return-to-work plans - phased returns and temporary medical restrictions
- Liaise with wider HR teams - Payroll, Compensation and Benefits and HR Business Partners to move absence cases forward
- Ensure employees comply with company policy eg sicklines, OH appts and return to work dates
- Present absence reporting to senior management showing trend analysis and action plans
- Escalate complex long-term sick cases to HR Business Partner
- Support HR Business Partners by arranging a range of meetings and issuing letters/emails in a timely manner
- Update relevant absence information onto HR system
Key Skills:
- At least 4 years' experience within an HR function
- Ideally working towards CIPD qualification
- Experience of absence monitoring
- Experience of SAP or similar system
- Ability to develop working relations with key stakeholders at all levels
- Ability to have sensitive confidential conversations
- Work on own initiative and drive absence cases to resolution
- Foster a positive attendance culture and working relations with the local trade union
- Proficient IT Literacy (MS Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
Salary (Rate): £38,120 yearly
City: Belfast
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: HR
6 months HR Assistant with focus on employee relations and absence management
Your new company
Hays are working with a leading manufacturing organisation to appoint a Senior HR Assistant on a temporary 6-month basis.
Your new role
- Monitor, report and analyse absence by area
- Liaise with Occupational Health
- Liaise and coach managers in relation to the sickness absence procedures and improving attendance.
- Develop Occupational Health referral reports
- Conduct welfare meetings with employees and managers to support return to work or follow medical capability process.
- Assist Managers with return-to-work plans - phased returns and temporary medical restrictions
- Liaise with wider HR teams - Payroll, Compensation and Benefits and HR Business Partners to move absence cases forward.
- Ensure employees comply with company policy eg sicklines, OH appts and return to work dates.
- Present absence reporting to senior management showing trend analysis and action plans.
- Escalate complex long-term sick cases to HR Business Partner.
- Support HR Business Partners by arranging a range of meetings and issuing letters/emails in a timely manner.
- Update relevant absence information onto HR system
- Job holders should have at least 4 years' experience within an HR function
- Ideally working towards CIPD qualification
- Experience of absence monitoring would be ideal
- Experience of SAP or similar system
- Ability to develop working relations with key stakeholders at all levels.
- Ability to have sensitive confidential conversations due to the nature of personal and confidential information
- Work on own initiative and drive absence cases to resolution within our procedures.
- Foster a positive attendance culture and working relations with the local trade union.
- Proficient IT Literacy (MS Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
- 6 months with possibility of extension
- £38,120 per annum
- East Belfast location
- Weekly pay
- Start ASAP.
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