Job Description

Human Resources Operations Manager
Would you like to be part of Vital Energi's Strategy of Growth?
The Opportunity
We have an exciting opportunity for a proactive and dynamic HR Operations Manager to join our People team, based at our Head Office, Blackburn.
As our HR Operations Manager at Vital Energi, reporting to our People & HR Director, you will help deliver a comprehensive, generalist HR operational service across all departments, supporting the entire employee lifecycle.
You will lead a small HR team, where you'll work alongside passionate and talented professionals dedicated to driving people and organisational success. You will support the business to deliver people-related processes, vision, and strategy across the company. Your fundamental focus will be to manage and optimise all HR operational procedures, systems, and services, ensuring seamless execution and providing dependable support to employees and managers.
We recognise that our employees are one of the most valuable assets we can have. Therefore, in line with our strong growth plans, we believe it is crucial to continually review and invest greatly in the development/ enhancement of our workforce. With a strong focusing on growth across all areas of our business, it's a fantastic time to come and join the Vital Energi family.
Who we are?
Vital Energi is a leading provider of renewable energy infrastructure and systems to the public and private sectors. We provide sustainable and viable energy solutions for our clients which not only meet their current energy requirements, but also anticipate their future energy demand. Our approach ensures the best solutions and technologies are adopted to provide significant financial and CO2 savings whilst also complying with policy and planning requirements and government Net-Zero incentives.
Key Responsibilities:

• Manage all core HR departmental areas, including payroll, employee relations, HR admin, internal recruitment and maintaining and improving HR systems.
• Manage and optimise HR operational procedures, systems, and services, ensuring seamless execution and providing dependable support to employees and managers
• To oversee HR operational activities, ensuring adherence to all applicable employment laws and regulations, and minimising organisational risk. Help to ensure employment law, HR policy, best practice and workforce development are applied throughout the organisation.
• To drive operational excellence within the HR function by streamlining procedures, enhancing service provision, and ensuring accurate and timely execution of HR administrative tasks
• Identify HR trends so that attention can be directed to key issues and resources
• Identify staffing needs and manage the creation of job descriptions, handbooks and updates to policies
• Continuously improve engagement and welfare activities, maximising productivity, devolving HR responsibilities to line managers and building leadership capability.
• Control the performance review programme to deliver continuous employee development.
• Advise staff on terms and conditions policies and procedures, including maternity and paternity leave, grievances, pay and any other issues which affect their employment
• Regularly coach, mentor, and support colleagues (including our People team members) to identify individual strengths and development needs
• Actively support and be involved in the preparing and handling of discipline and grievance cases; providing sound guidance in current practice and adherence to policies and procedures
• Ensure internal HR communications, including any issues, initiatives and programmes are well planned, coordinated, relevant, timely and adhere to the company's values.
• Reporting of HR Statistics at board level

Qualifications:

• Successful portfolio in a HR Management role
• Up to date with employment law & practices
• CIPD Level 7 (Desirable)

Attributes:

• Ability to lead a team
• A demonstrated ability to organise and prioritise
• Flexibility to work on other tasks within skill set
• Be able to demonstrate self-motivation
• Able to work to tight deadlines
• Excellent Team player
• Driving license is essential

The Package

• Attractive Salary (dependent upon experience)
• Contributory Company Pension Scheme
• Non-contributory death-in-service insurance
• EAP scheme
• 25 Days Holiday plus 8 days bank holidays. Holiday increasing in line with service
• Flexible working hours
• Cycle to work
• Free Onsite gym
• Hours of work 08:00am-4:30pm Mon- Thurs, Friday 3pm finish. Fundamentally office base in Blackburn, HQ, with the possibility of working from home 1 day per week after probation. We are all about Team collaboration and knowledge exchange/ enhancement so the more we can work together, the better.... Plus, we are a fun team to work with!

The company is opposed to all forms of discrimination and will select for employment, training and promotion on the basis of suitability for the job and/ or merit. It is company policy that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment than another on the grounds of sex, race, colour, age, ethnic or national origins, political affiliations, religious beliefs, marital status, physical disability or is disadvantaged by unjustifiable conditions or requirements.
Notice to Agency and Search Firm Representatives:
Vital Energi Utilities Ltd is not accepting unsolicited CVs from agencies and/or search firms for this job posting. CVs submitted to any Vital Energi Utilities Ltd employee by a third party agency and/or search firm without a valid written & signed search agreement, will become the sole property of Vital Energi Utilities Ltd. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral. Thank you

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