Deputy Head of Workforce

Venn Group are currently working with one of our well-regarded healthcare clients in Oxfordshire, to source a driven, commercially astute and pragmatic HR practitioner for the following assignment:

Dep. Head of Workforce

Agency Reference: 7142530

Location:        Hybrid working (you must be willing to travel to Oxfordshire 1-2 days per week)

Contract:        Three months +

Hours:             37.5 Hours

Rate:               £29.00 per hour + holiday pay

The main duties of this role will include:

• Effectively managing and distributing the workload amongst a small team (up to three direct reports) to ensure the service runs smoothly
• Acting as a point of escalation for pressing matters, including sickness, absence and dignity at work
• Advising on particularly complex, sensitive or high-risk cases, where expert HR advice is required with an options appraisal and risk assessment of possible courses of action
• Monitoring and analysing employee relations reports, ensuring managers adhere to timescales and policies and that all cases are recorded on the organisation’s ER tracker
• Providing support and guidance to line managers and other key stakeholders in an effort to improve their man management skills
• Providing leaders and line managers with highly specialised, professional, comprehensive and timely HR advice and support on complex, sensitive and contentious HR issues including
• Supervising/handling complex employee relations cases, ensuring that the organisation’s standard operating procedures are followed at all times
• Reviewing and updating organisation-wide HR policies as needed

Essential skills/experience required:

• Experience operating in a unionised environment (ideally public sector)
• Sound generalist HR knowledge
• Excellent communications skills, both verbal and written

If you meet the above criteria and would like to be considered, please submit your CV  below.