Interim HR Manager

We have a 12 month fixed term contract available for an experienced Senior HR Manager to join our team for Maternity cover in Swindon.

Position Summary

The HR Manager/Senior HR Manager will work in partnership with leaders, key stakeholders and HR colleagues to shape, develop and deliver people plans and solutions in line with the needs and priorities of SIRVA BGRS.

They will advise, guide and support staff and managers by providing high level people management and development support across designated directorates. They will be responsible for delivering key HR initiatives across the HR partnership spectrum, including workforce planning, restructuring, resourcing, talent development, succession planning, skill development, reward and recognition, employee relations, employee engagement and performance management.

35% Business Partnership

• Provide Strategic Business Partnership to the executive management team by participating in management meetings, evaluating business needs and recommendation of people strategies
• Support the implementation of the company's people plans by pro–actively working with employees and people leaders to develop a culture that reflects SIRVA BGRS's People Competencies
• Partner and coach managers to support the delivery of people plans
• Proactively lead, manage and successfully deliver complex cross functional people projects across the organization
• Partner closely with HR Operations to ensure that people policies and framework are tailored and reflective of our business framework, employee brand and value proposition.

30% Talent Management, Succession Planning & People Development

• Diagnose (gap analysis) and provide recommendation on talent management (quality, diversity, depth and skill) against business needs through the organisations TMS and ODR process.
• Provide guidance on succession plans, taking accountability to support leaders in final resourcing decisions, ensuring high performing talent pipelines in are place
• Develop depth and breadth of Management Capability to build our leadership talent for the future.
• Coach the Leadership team ensuring that they are delivering on their purpose and inspiring their teams.
• In the case of underperformance, supporting, developing managers via corrective action to mitigate all people and/or performance issues

20% Employee Engagement, Reward & Recognition

• Measure organizational health and lead/provide insight to appropriate employee engagement and reward and recognition strategies.
• Identify engagement challenge trends and provide proposal/solutions to increase overall employee satisfaction.
• Partner with CoE to Leverage internal and external best practice to ensure competitiveness and consistency of reward strategy.
• Diagnose and deliver reward and recognition interventions to drive business performance and aid staff retention.

10% Resource Planning & Organizational Design

• Provide leadership support and recommendation in managing workforce/headcount planning utilizing key HR MI Data to support proposals and decision–making process. Actively participates in annual budget planning/labor forecasting process with business leaders.
• Support in the development of organizational design, encouraging/challenging the rationale for change to ensure SIRVA BGRS' success. Provide recommendation to enable the creation and development of high performing teams by identifying skills development as part of the process.
• Provide guidance and create detailed job descriptions/ person specifications factoring in SIRVA BGRS' core competencies to align skill and behavior positioning with resource requirements. Support the need to recruit where required.
• Where the need arises, lead in reduction programs, and provide sound guidance and project plans to enable the overall delivery of the RIF, detailing cost efficiencies and possible risks to the organization. Maximize on employee engagement initiatives during any restructuring exercise and implement processes to mitigate further attrition.

5% Other

• Assist with and undertake tasks associated with a diverse range of projects as reasonably required. Identifies additional tasks and/or responsibilities.

QUALIFICATIONS AND PREFERRED SKILLS

• 6–8 years of HR at experience (partnership or Manager) gained in large complex organization(s) with multiple stakeholders required
• Knowledge of current thinking in Human Resources issues and trends and evidence of Continuing Professional Development
• Strong ability to build effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders at all levels, to work collaboratively to achieve objectives.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and the ability to effectively communicate complex ideas and information to a range of audiences and stakeholders.
• Skilled analytical thinker with ability to critically assess requirements and select 'best fit' approach to meeting business needs
• Able to effectively manage people and resources, and/or project teams, to achieve complex or high priority objectives, and develop others personally and professionally.
• Strong ability to work flexibly – managing changing and competing priorities and absorbing new information rapidly to address complex issues.
• Able to apply judgement, creativity and flexibility to generate new and innovative ideas and approaches
• Ability to identify, analyze and take action to effectively manage risk to meet strategic objectives.
• Able to challenge and influence others to ensure that the right outcomes are achieved.