People & Organization (HR) Advisor.

<b> Overview / Responsibilities </b><br><br>Wood has an opportunity for a People & Organisation(HR) Advisor. <br><br> The People & Organisation (P&O) advisor will ensure a positive customer experience and take accountability for managing queries effectively and closing out each in a timely manner, by providing advice, support, and guidance across the full P&O spectrum. <br><br> The role provides a variety of generalist HR services necessary for the entire employee life cycle including recruitment, selection, assignment, motivation, training, and development of qualified employees for their area of the business. <br><ul><li> Provision of advice and support to key stakeholders on P&O policies, procedures, and employment legislation, including performance management, capability, discipline, and grievance </li><li> Act as a focal point for all stakeholders regarding any issues relating to conditions of employment, salary, benefits, and employee relations </li><li> Proactively case manage more complex live employee relations issues </li><li> Provide guidance and assist with redeployment and layoff/redundancy projects </li><li> Conduct payroll investigations, manage overpayments/underpayments in line with the requirements of applicable processes </li><li> Conduct exit interviews </li><li> Support and assist all P&O projects </li><li> Undertake on-call and emergency response duties as and when required </li><li> Participates in the resourcing process, discussing requirements with line managers, and conducting interviews for priority/key roles </li><li> Assists in career development, discussing career paths with line managers and recommending suitable candidates for promotion. </li><li> Supports proactive people development, discussing career paths and development needs with line managers, providing guidance on development and performance interventions, and recommending suitable candidates for promotion or training. </li><li> Investigates and resolves day-to-day employee relations problems, either directly or through advice to line management. </li><li> Investigates and advises both management and employees on personnel matters, preparing briefing papers as required </li><li> Collect and manipulate data sets and analyze trends and arising issues </li><li> Supervises the preparation of supporting paperwork and subsequent filing. </li></ul> <br><br><b> Skills / Qualifications </b><br><br>Job specific experience: <br><ul><li> Knowledge of people practices and applicable legislative frameworks </li><li> Experience in dealing with industrial and employee relations issues </li><li> Experience in HR Business Partnering environment preferred </li><li> Degree qualified in HR related or business management qualification </li></ul><br><br>Ability to: <br><ul><li> Generate trust and credibility </li><li> Deliver a customer-focused climate </li><li> Focus on improving safety standards and behaviors </li><li> Deal with a high-volume workload and priorities </li><li> Manipulate data sets and analyze to spot trends and arising issues </li><li> Influence and obtain buy-in from local teams </li><li> Understand and represent alternate views ensuring the recommended solution support the Group approach/view </li></ul><br> Personal attributes: <br><ul><li> Excellent interpersonal skills </li><li> Consistently model the group's values </li><li> Energy and compassion to connect and establish effective working relationships </li><li> Is service orientated to manage internal clients, and effectively manage expectations </li><li> Strong verbal and written communication skills </li><li> Work effectively across different cultures </li><li> Agile and receptive to change </li></ul> <br><br><b> Company Overview </b><br><br>Wood is a global leader in engineering and consultancy across energy and the built environment, helping to unlock solutions to some of the world's most critical challenges. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in more than 60 countries, employing around 40,000 people. www.woodplc.com <br><br><b> Diversity Statement </b><br><br>We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.