HR Generalist
County Monaghan
Permanent full time - Office based role
Exciting opportunity for a HR professional to join a fast paced, growing organisation. Reporting to the HR Manager, you will support daily HR Operations including recruitment, absence management, performance management, employee relations and engagement activities.
Responsibilities:
- Maintain absence trackers
- Identify breaches of absence policy and liaise with Supervisors/Managers to action
- Carry out absence investigations/disciplinaries with Supervisors/Managers
- Produce weekly absence KPI
- Arrange welfare/absence meetings for those who are on long term absence and with prolonged short-term absence.
- Arrange occupational health appointments, complete referrals and confirm with employees.
- Ensure return to work forms are completed and follow up on any missing.
- Support site recruitment and selection processes i.e. preparing and posting adverts internally and externally; maintaining databases of applicants, shortlisting with managers, arranging interviews and interviewing.
- Responsibility for life cycle of all General Operative recruitment & selection.
- Support with on boarding activities i.e. participation in HR induction, paperwork completion, enrolment on clocking system and follow up interviews with employees.
- Preparation and issue of contracts.
- Ensure right to work compliance.
- Represent the Company at careers events and job fairs.
- Promote, develop and implement employee engagement initiatives liaising with marketing department and external stakeholders as necessary.
- Employee relations management, participate in investigation and grievance processes
- Ensure probationary meetings being carried out by Managers and send reminders as necessary
- Provide advice, support and guidance on HR processes, policies and procedures.
- Serve as a point of contact for employee enquiries, generating letters/completing forms as requested.
- Manage and support the various HR/HSE projects.
- Complete KPI’s in the absence of the HR Manager.
- Inform relevant stakeholders of starters & leavers and ensure paperwork
- Complete exit interviews
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Minimum 2 years proven HR Generalist experience.
- Experience of absence management.
- Employee relations experience, carrying out investigations and disciplinaries.
- Good grounding and experience of applying employment law in the workplace
- High standard of accuracy and close attention to detail
- Proficient with MS office suite and HR related software.
- 3rd level qualification in Human Resources/ Business related subject/CIPD qualified desirable.
- Experience in a Food Manufacturing / FMCG environment desirable.
- Ensure compliance with all health and safety regulations, policies, and procedures to maintain a safe and secure work environment.
- Excellent communicator and keen relationship builder
- Highly influential with ability to use initiatives and innovate for continuous improvement.
- Highly organised with ability to meet deadlines
