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HR Specialist

Harvey Nash
Edinburgh Contract GBP 78,000 – 91,000
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HR Specialist - 6 month contract - Inside IR35

Harvey Nash's public sector client is seeking a HR professional to support for an initial 6-month period.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Supporting delivery of colleague engagement initiatives and associated action planning

  • Assisting with the design, coordination and implementation of learning and development activity, including management capability and career framework related initiatives

  • Producing and interpreting people data, MI and analytics to support decision-making, workforce insights and reporting

  • Providing pragmatic and commercially balanced employee relations advice across a range of casework and policy matters

  • Supporting organisational change, workforce planning and broader People & Culture projects where required

  • Working collaboratively with leaders and managers across the business

  • Supporting continuous improvement of HR processes, governance and documentation

Key Skills & Experience:
  • Proven experience operating at Senior HR Advisor and/or HR Business Partner level within a complex organisation

  • Generalist HR capability with particular depth in one or more of: • Employee Engagement

  • Learning & Development

  • People Analytics / Workforce MI

  • Employee Relations

  • Ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced and evolving environment

  • Proven stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to build credibility quickly

  • Experience handling sensitive and confidential matters with sound judgement

  • Excellent analytical, organisational and problem-solving capability

  • CIPD qualification (or equivalent experience) preferred

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