Reporting to the Senior HR Business Partner for Processing, you will operate flexibly as part of a team with responsibility for ensuring the effective and efficient delivery of a range of HR support services to management and employees in the Athlone Mail Centre (AMC). With a strong emphasis on customer service, you will act to ensure that the provision of HR support to the leadership team and employees is consistently to a high standard.
You will have a day to day working relationship with the Plant Manager and will be part of the senior leadership team in Athlone Mail Centre.
PLEASE NOTE: This is a one-year specific purpose contract.
The principal responsibilities associated with this role include, but are not limited to the following:
* Support the delivery of strategic and local initiatives by ensuring the relevant stakeholders are included in the conversation.
* Work collaboratively with the Plant Manager and the AMC leadership team to ensure the staffing requirements of the Plant are understood, and met, through a combination recruitment and / or resource reallocation in line with Company policies and procedures.
* Undertake selection activity, including shortlisting, chairing selection boards and providing candidate feedback, as required.
* Handle retirements, career break applications, resignations and extension requests promptly, in consultation with line management and address resulting staffing implications.
* Coordinate employee exits under the Company Exit Scheme with line management and HR ensuring procedures are followed all necessary partners are briefed.
* Support, train and advise line managers on Company HR policies including Grievance Management, Discipline, Dignity at Work and Company/Union agreements, ensuring compliance and efficiency.
* Prepare casework and support Employee Relations team with the presentation of cases at third party bodies (e.g. Work Relations Commission, Labour Court).
* Support line management in applying Company processes to manage and reduce sick absence (e.g. the Attendance Support & Management Process - ASMP, Return to Work Discussions, Occupational Health referrals).
* Engage with employees on matters relating to their employment and address and matters promptly.
* Collaborate with our HR colleagues to integrate HR processes to enable effective service delivery to internal customers.
* Undertake monitoring, analysis and reporting of activity in AMC and support the HR Manager - West in addressing Internal Audit requirements.
* Carry out such duties as assigned from time to time by the Senior HR Business Partner.
* Demonstrate An Post values and behaviours in your day to day work and address behaviour that supports/conflicts with them.