Fixed Period Contract HR Support Services

Description

Applications are invited from service providers with expertise and knowledge to provide HR Support services. Some onsite presence in Stornoway and Glasgow will be required and should be factored into pricing. Bidders will be expected to: - Advise the Chief Executive, senior management team and line managers on employee matters such as remuneration, redundancy, recruitment, employment best practice, workforce/succession planning and employee matters requiring remedy or action. - Manage formal correspondence between line managers and employees on matters of terms and conditions, salary, joining and exit events. - Deal with correspondence and processes in relation to new starts, leavers, absence, maternity and paternity leave, secondments or placements to other organisations, entitlements etc as they arise. - Oversee recruitment processes, including contributing to job descriptions, job adverts and attraction strategies as well as ensuring due process. -To review, manage and keep up to date: - Employee contracts - Employee files - Staff handbook (twice yearly) - Recruitment policy and procedures - Employment practices and procedures. - Advise in relation to disciplinary, grievance or other matters in which employee rights are in point (although this may also be sourced from legal advisers). - Produce quarterly HR reports on specific topics for management and board.