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Part Time HR Business Advisor (12 month FTC)

Employer
DLA Piper
Location
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
26 Nov 2019

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THE OPPORTUNITY

Part Time HR Business Advisor (21 hrs per week)

Our success, your opportunity. 

We don't follow trends. We start them. We drive change and deliver more to make a tangible difference for our clients and communities. 

We've created a culture that encourages and values individual choice and opportunity, combined with inclusion and teamwork. Bring your ambition, initiative and entrepreneurial mindset to a global business that's redefining the expectations of a law firm.

Your opportunity to succeed, please apply now.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • To support the achievement of business and people objectives within the Firm, by providing professional, commercial and pragmatic HR advice and support. Providing a client focused service in assisting line managers and our people on HR related policies and practices.
  • Provides line manager advice and guidance on HR related policies and practices
  • Coaching line managers encouraging effective communication and problem resolution
  • Partners with line managers to manage employee relations casework including dispute resolutions, disciplinaries, grievances, absence, retirement and redundancy to drive resolutions in line with legislation and internal policies
  • Keeps HR Business Partners updated with case work activity within their practice groups/offices, highlighting risks and issues
  • Supports HR Business Partners in the delivery of people projects and HR calendar activities
  • Proactively identifies theme/trends arising from casework and operational activities, completes root cause analysis and develops solutions
  • Monitors and reviews HR policies and processes and proposes changes where necessary, working with specialist areas and our Global Service Centre.

ABOUT YOU

  • Able to demonstrate stakeholder management, influencing and communication skills
  • Have good working knowledge of UK employment law, procedures and processes
  • Proven experience in managing cases through to conclusion
  • Have an understanding and experience in Human Resources Management across all core areas of HR - recruitment, reward, performance management, learning & development, talent management
  • Good organisational skills and ability to multi-task
  • Professional qualification (CIPD or equivalent) is desirable

ABOUT US

DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Our global reach ensures that we can help businesses with their legal needs anywhere in the world. We strive to be the leading global business law firm by delivering quality, service excellence and value to our clients and offering practical and innovative legal solutions to help them succeed. Our clients range from multinational, Global 1000, and Fortune 500 enterprises to emerging companies developing industry-leading technologies, as well as government and public sector bodies.

OUR VALUES

In everything we do connected with our People, our Clients and our Communities, we live by these values:

  • Be Supportive - we care about others, value diversity and act thoughtfully
  • Be Collaborative - we give, we share and we join in
  • Be Bold - we stand tall and challenge ourselves to think big
  • Be Exceptional - we exceed standards and expectations

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

At DLA Piper we are working hard to ensure that our talent pool is diverse. For us, diversity isn't just about visible differences, it's the unique blend of talents, skills, experiences and perspectives that makes each of us an individual.

We know it's crucial to have a culture and environment where those differences are genuinely valued and that's why we strive to be a business where everyone can thrive, develop and succeed based on their talent. Our aim is to build an inclusive and supportive culture where all our people feel they belong and can achieve their best.

We support anyone with a disability or long term health condition to ensure they have the opportunity to perform at their best.

If you have not done so already, please let us know if you require any support so we can make the right adjustments and considerations, should they be required.

AGILE WORKING

We recognise that people have responsibilities and interests outside of their career and that as a business, we all benefit from working flexibly. That's why we are open to discussing with candidates the different ways in which we are able to support requests for agile working arrangements.

PRE-ENGAGEMENT SCREENING

In the event that we make an offer to you, and where local legislation permits, we will conduct pre-engagement screening checks that may include but are not limited to your professional and academic qualifications, your eligibility to work in the relevant jurisdiction, any criminal records, your financial stability and references from previous employers.

Company

DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, positioning us to help clients with their legal needs around the world.

We strive to be the leading global business law firm by delivering quality and value to our clients, and we achieve this through practical and innovative legal solutions that help our clients succeed.

We’re proud to serve an international client base that includes more than half of the Fortune 250 and nearly half of the FTSE 350 companies. We help the world's top companies with their business-critical issues. Many of the deals we work on are complex and challenging – transcending not just practice areas, but borders, languages and legal systems. With offices throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, we represent more clients in a broader range of geographies and practice disciplines than virtually any other law firm in the world. Our lawyers have wide experience in arbitration, banking, competition and trade, as well as corporate crime and corporate finance. We have strong practices in employment, energy, hospitality and leisure, insurance, intellectual property, litigation, mergers and acquisitions and have developed key teams in pensions, private equity, real estate, tax, and technology

As a firm we are committed to diversity and to building an inclusive culture for all of our people, where differences are genuinely valued. For us, diversity isn't just about visible differences, it's the unique blend of talents, skills, experiences and perspectives that makes each of us an individual and we know it's crucial to have a culture and environment where those differences are genuinely valued.

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+44 (0)20 7349 0296
Location
160 Aldersgate Street
London
EC1A 4HT
GB

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