Human Resource Manager

Human Resource Manager

Location: Noak Hill, Billericay (CM12) , CM12 View map Salary: Unspecified Commensurate with experience, bonus and share options Date posted: 20/06/2012 06:00 Job type:Permanent Company: Ground Control Ltd Contact: Celia Peek Ref: Totaljobs/HRM Job ID: 53876469

Company:Ground Control Ltd.

Position :HR Manager

Compensation :Commensurate with Experience

Reporting Line :Development Director

Background

Ground Control is an award-winning commercial landscaping company (14 BALI awards). The company has grown by over 20 every year for nine years running. Turnover now exceeds 40 million annually. Ground Control focuses almost exclusively on national contracts with multi-site operators and currently maintains over 20,000 sites for some of the country's largest retailers, utility companies and local authorities. This highly entrepreneurial business has three major components: Commercial Landscape & Grounds Maintenance, Winter Maintenance and Landscape Construction.

Ground Control will be integrating 158 new employees through TUPE as part of a strategic acquisition and requires a dynamic and highly commercial HR Manager to join the team based in our head office in Billericay, Essex.

Role and Responsibilities

The Human Resources Manager is responsible for managing all the HR functions within the department. Joining our dynamic team, he or she will help manage the administration of all people related matters such as:

recruitmentreward and recognitionsuccession planningtraining and developmentattendance managementcompensation and benefitsemployment lawemployee relationsorganisational developmentperformance management

The HR objectives are originated and led by the Board of Directors. These HR objectives should result in an employee-oriented, high performance culture that emphasizes outstanding customer service, quality, high standards, productivity and the recruitment and ongoing development of a superior workforce.

Background

The candidate will ideally have had some, but not necessarily all, of the following experiences before joining:

At least five years experience in HR management

A professional and commercial approach to HR, with the ability to deliver high employee satisfaction, appropriate development and rewards for individuals

Experience of supervising or managing a team

A CIPD qualification (or working towards one)

Further education (A levels or University degree)

Required Skill-Set

Management

Builds relationships: identifies all concerned parties, involving and engaging them

Responds quickly to requests (immediately when possible), confirms due-by dates

Methodical Work-Style

Plan, do, review approach to work (proactive not reactive, learn from past experience)

Sets goals top-down (create overview then work detail)

Balances own workload so that all stakeholder requirements are met on time

Tracks completed tasks with to-do lists or similar system

Speed & Reliability

Completer/finisher (moves on only when the job is done)

Prioritises work, stays late to complete urgent work

Drive prepared to go beyond what is expected

Focused on achieving goals

Follows up on next steps

Attention to detail

Checks all aspects of completed work

Verifies accuracy of output

Receptive/responsive to feedback

Communication

Superb communication skills

Clear and concise

Simple language

Logical structure in covering subjects and making recommendations

IT-Competency

Uses all MS Office applications without support, especially Excel

E-mail user

Competent in MS Access and basic queries/filtering

Can solve basic operating-system related problems (e.g. how to connect to a printer)