Job Description

HR Generalist - County Westmeath

Ref No: AM18561

County Westmeath, Republic of Ireland

Competitive salary

HR Generalist - County Westmeath.

The purpose of this role is to provide an efficient and effective support service to all managers, supervisors and employees within the company.
The role has a core focus also on compliance to ensure the organisation is fully aligned to meet the legislative requirements within this field.
To role model company values and act as a culture ambassador, fostering diversity and inclusion.

Key Responsibilities:
• Ongoing review, implementation & maintenance of the full range of policies required to ensure HR best practice in conjunction with HR Manager.
• Provide support to Managers in the implementation of Company policies and procedures and carry out training where necessary.
• Establish, monitor and analyse HR metrics and performance indicators and report on frequent basis – headcount, absence, turnover, working time directive, ESG reporting requirements and others identified for compliance.
• Responsible for ownership of the personnel HR master data and Bamboo system – HR personal data, Job Architecture, org structure, rosters, compensation and benefits, Talent/Performance management, Recruitment, Integrations.
• Management of leave entitlements to include sickness, holidays, protective leave to ensure delivery of accurate payroll run with minimal queries. Ensure all systems and master data is updated accordingly.
• Maintenance of all records and forms for employees including external training records in line with compliance.
• Support with administration of employee benefits and benchmarking activities in conjunction with the HR Manager.
• Support relevant manager in handling routine employee relations issues including grievance and disciplinary issues, ensuring cases are addressed and resolved in a timely manner, following best practice.
• Work with the HR Manager and Wellness team to execute plans for employee involvement and engagement initiatives across the organisation.
• Act as a culture ambassador, fostering diversity and inclusion.
• Providing Site Management with best HR support, advice, mentoring and sourcing information for them to manage and/or perform as required.
• Providing generalist HR support across the full employee lifecycle – from recruitment to off-boarding. Support the business to ensure that key resources are recruited, trained and developed to meet the business needs in a timely manner.
• Co-ordinate the New Starter process including preparation of contracts of employment, new starter packs, and assisting with initial induction and orientation.
• Monitoring of all contracts in line with termination, renewals etc and probation management process.
• Support Managers in their adherence to performance management process ensuring reviews, probations and performance are conducted in line with company policy.
• To carry out all tasks associated with the HR role in a confidential and sensitive manner.

Skills, Knowledge and Experience requirements:

• Third level qualification in Human Resources, Business or related field along with a minimum of 3 years’ experience working in HR in a Generalist position. ideally within a manufacturing environment.
• CIPD qualification is an advantage.
• Strong working knowledge of Irish employment legislation
• Excellent communication skills – both written and verbal.
• Attention to detail is extremely important along with strong organisational and administrative skills
• Full proficiency in HRIS systems and MS Office suite.
• The ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a team

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