We are Wales Millennium Centre - Fire for the Imagination
Role Title: Human Resources Business Partner
Salary Bracket: £37,167 - £39,163 per annum
Closing Date: 1 November 2023
Interview Date: 7 & 11 November 2023
About WMC/Our Department:
We are looking for a Human Resources Business Partner to join our exciting and well-recognised organisation. Wales Millennium Centre is a home for the arts in Wales, and a cauldron of creativity for the nation working with artists, young people and communities and we would love to make you a part of our team.
We are an HR team, who are focused on improving the employee experience through automation of our processes, creating an inspiring and engaging work environment and introducing best practice Diversity and Inclusion initiatives. We have a packed full People agenda which you could play a key part in.
About the Role and Responsibilities:
The role will report to the Head of HR and Organisational Development and will support and drive forward the implementation of WMC’s people strategy.
You will lead the HR operations team to provide an excellent service to the organization, motivating, coaching and developing each team member to meet performance levels expected. Implementing initiatives and improvements across all key HR processes including talent acquisition, on and offboarding, payroll processing, system management and effective regular HR reporting.
You will provide expert advice and guidance to WMC leaders in all areas of HR to support the achievement of WMC vision, including but not limited to: absence management, performance management, learning & development, reward and recognition, employee engagement and employee relations.
This role may be performed on a hybrid basis with a minimum of 3 days required on site.
Key Requirements:
- You will possess a strong generalist understanding of all areas of HR, covering talent acquisition and development, employee engagement, employment legislation and employee relations
- Demonstrable experience of leading and developing HR teams
- You will have successfully led on a range of HR improvement initiatives across systems, process automation and improvements, with demonstrable project management skills to effectively deliver HR improvement projects on time and with high level of quality and engagement
- A confident problem-solver who can identify solutions and implement them swiftly
- Ideally, you will have Membership of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development or equivalent
What’s in it for you?
- 33 days of annual leave including bank holidays, plus the opportunity to buy or sell up to 5 days annual leave each year
- 8% Company contributed pension (for your 3% contribution)
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption, and shared parental leave (subject to length of service)
- Health cash plan: receive money towards dental and optical care, complimentary treatments such as chiropractic, osteopathic and acupuncture treatments.
- Medical Assistance membership which includes remote access to GP, counselling, and physiotherapy sessions
- Employee assistance programmes which include access to support services for legal, financial, and family concerns
- Life assurance of 4x annual salary.
- Opportunity to apply for tickets to productions
- CLWB – Our employee social group
- NEWID – our Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion networking group who meet monthly to discuss new ideas and training opportunities to improve all aspects of employment at WMC.
- Free access to learn Welsh online
- £5 all-day parking available on working and non-working days.
- 35-hour working week including a flexitime policy to assist with varying start and finish times around personal commitments (and operational needs)