HR Officer

Main Responsibilities

HR Officer

HM Prison Birmingham

Salary : £26,260.05 per annum

Full Time - 40 hours per week

As the world’s leading security solutions group with operations in over 120 countries and more than 625,000 employees worldwide, G4S is a truly unique company. We’re bigger, more diverse and involved in more fascinating, cutting-edge projects than many people would imagine and we now have an opportunity for a HR Officer to join our team at HMP Birmingham. 

At HMP Birmingham we are extremely proud of our long history, heritage and the wealth of experience that comes with a prison that has been open since 1849.  HMP Birmingham was also the first ever public sector prison to be transferred into the private sector estate.

We are currently looking for a motivated individual to join our team as a HR Officer. The ideal candidate will require basic generalist HR experience and must be able to work in a fast paced envrionment whilst providing high quality service. They will be required to support the HR team in the provision of professional advice, guidance and support to operational and line management to meet the needs of the business in line with legislation and best practice.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan, recruit and select front line and administrative staff and junior management to meet the business unit requirements including the organisation of assessment days.
• Produce a daily absence report and liaise with managers to ensure effective management of absence, assisting in home visits, retention interviews and provision of occupational health reports where required.
• Assist Management in responding to flexible working applications to ensure compliance with legislation and consistency within the establishment.
• Co-ordinate exit interviews and ensure all leaver documentation is produced in a timely manner and forwarded to payroll for processing.
• Provide professional HR support and accurate and appropriate advice, including advice on HR policy and procedures, to line management.
• Provide accurate data and support in the provision of management information, in order to inform line management of trends and statistics, in accordance with company requirements.
• Support where necessary, the requirement to check and validate the accuracy of monthly payroll, ensuring that Terms and Conditions, pay rules and deadlines are met.
• Act in accordance with security and operational instructions at all times to ensure the maintenance of security within the secure environment. (As required by secure establishments).
• Support the HR Advisor and HRBP with ad-hoc projects as required.

The Ideal Candidate

Essential Skills

• Basic generalist HR experience
• IT literacy
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Organisational and planning skills

Desirable Skills

• Experience of project/ work planning, monitoring and reviewing
• Partly qualified professional

At G4S, the philosophy of our prisons is to rehabilitate offenders and equip them to re-integrate into mainstream society on release. We seek to normalise prison conditions as far as possible to reflect life in the outside community. Our aim is to create an environment in which staff and prisoners feel safe and causes of prison stress are minimised. Central to our philosophy is the relationship between staff and prisoners. Our training and operational practices emphasise the need to treat prisoners with dignity and respect and G4S staff build positive and supportive relationships with the prisoners in their care. We are seeking to recruit a caring, pro-active and confident professional to help make a real difference to their lives.

If you join us, you can be sure that you’ll find a secure, friendly and professional working environment and be given all the support, training and encouragement you need to build and develop a successful career with us. Our benefits are as you would expect from a large global organisation and include a company pension, comprehensive training, career development, generous holiday entitlement, uniform and access to our on-site gym.

Please note that these vacancies are subject to a 5 year checkable history and the strict vetting standards set by G4S and the Secretary of State for the Home Office and are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.

You must be eligible to work in the UK and must have been resident in the UK for a minimum period of 5 years. You will also need to provide full details of your employment and education history for the last 10 years as part of the security screening process for this role.