At KONE, our mission is to improve the flow of urban life. As a global leader in the lift and escalator industry, KONE provides lifts, escalators, and automatic doors, as well as solutions for maintenance and modernisation to add value to buildings throughout their life cycle.
Within its People & Communications teams, KONE is currently looking for a People (HR) Adviser who is passionate about people and would like to contribute to creating an exceptional working environment. In this role you will work closely with People Business Partners and Employee Relations Specialists to provide support with employee relations cases, employee performance, employee engagement and retention, data analytics and general administration.
The job is based in West Yorkshire (Keighley), and reports to our People Operations Manager.
This is a permanent role.
Key accountabilities:
*Advise and coach line managers on employee relations processes and legislation.
*Preparation for and participation in investigations, disciplinary, capability, grievance meetings, and appeals; ensuring cases are managed promptly, professionally and in line with procedures. To keep accurate recordings of cases including minutes and letters.
*Management of short-term sickness absence cases, with involvement in meetings.
*Provide end-to-end support on maternity, paternity, shared parental leave and flexible working requests.
*Advice on, and participate in, probationary review meetings.
*Support offboarding of employees, conduct exit interviews and analyse feedback to help improve the employee experience and retention.
*Help respond to HR queries throughout the business.
*Support with implementing and delivering HR initiatives, projects and programmes related to our people strategy.
*Work closely with the People & Communications Business Partners, Employee Relations specialists, and our People Operations team, providing support as necessary.
We would like to speak to candidates who have:
*Good HR experience with a focus on employee relations.
*CIPD completed or ongoing.
*Ability to build relationships and communicate positively at all levels of the organisation.
*Good attention to detail.
*Proactive and positive ’can do’ approach.
*Good IT skills. (Workday) systems knowledge is beneficial.
*Flexibility for occasional travel to support with ER cases in other locations such as (but not limited to) Woking (Surrey) and Clapham (London) offices.
Beyond competitive salary and broad training and progression opportunities, KONE offers other elements of reward including:
*Annual bonus
*KONE pension scheme
*25 days of holiday + 8 bank holidays
*Employee assistance program
*Life assurance
*Cycle to work scheme
We are committed to making KONE a great place to work, where we aim to inspire, engage, and develop our employees to deliver great results. Join KONE to make the difference and thrive together!