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Cameron James Professional Recruitment are working with a Essex based engineering organisation who are looking to appoint a HR Advisor to provide a customer focused comprehensive, and generalist Human Resources service to support managers and staff throughout the organisation.

This is a new opportunity in a growing company and the successful candidate will have a generalist HR Officer/Advisor background ideally within Engineering, Manufacturing, Logistics or FMCG sector.

The main purpose of this position is to offer generalist HR administration and guidance to managers and team leaders on ER, Policy and Procedure, Holiday, Sickness and Talent. A key area will be to business partner with the company on the growth the organisation in the area of Recruitment, Talent and employee engagement.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who wants to develop their career in a growing organisation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Recruitment: responsible for organising recruitment activities, liaison with advertising agency and / or recruitment agencies in order to generate applicants, issuing and processing application forms, producing correspondence / communication from acknowledging applications to job offer and conducting interviews where necessary
• Ensuring all elements of recruitment process are completed correctly and in line with Company policy
• Complete offers of employment and contract packages, starters’ and leavers’ documentation to enable employees to commence or leave employment. This requires attention to detail and awareness of Company terms and conditions.
• Payroll and Benefit Administration: responsible for producing the monthly payroll data for all staff and administering benefits.
• To coordinate casework relating to sickness absence. This includes making recommendations, giving advice and support to managers, liaising with occupational health and supporting line managers with absence meetings.
• To support the Manager on disciplinary and grievance casework.
• Deliver timely and effective recruitment solutions in accordance with recruitment plan.
• Advice on the most appropriate ways to source candidates for position, from direct adverts in print media and online, to use of agencies, to employee referral schemes.
• Manage business relationships with recruitment agencies and other third parties to develop preferred supplier partnerships. Maintain professional communication and conduct at all times.
• Undertake short listing, first and second stage interviewing for posts (dependant on role).
• Continuously improve the effectiveness of the recruitment process working in conjunction with Managers.
• Develop/update job descriptions and develop/update structured interview formats taking into account desired core competencies and key selection criteria.



Person Specification:

• CIPD or equivalent
• Practical knowledge of employment law and policy and procedure.
• Experience of Recruitment and Talent Management
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including ability to influence and persuade.
• Experience recruiting for a wide variety of roles and disciplines at all levels within an organisation
• Experience developing and managing relationships with third party agencies
• Ability to deal with sensitive and confidential issues.
• Understanding of the workings of departments from across the organisation.
• I.T. skills including a working knowledge of Word, Excel and knowledge of HR database systems .