HR Advisor - Absence

Overview / Responsibilities

Wood is currently recruiting for a People & Organisation (P&O) Advisor on a fixed-term contract for 3 months.  The successful candidate will need to have previous experience dealing with absence management. The P&O Advisor will ensure a positive customer experience and take accountability for managing queries effectively and closing out each in a timely manner. The role holder will be required to work autonomously with the assigned task and liaise with the business as required regarding details. Work will be delivered in accordance with functional process,  policy and guidelines.  In particular the role will ensure all tasks associated with Wood’s Absence/ Health Surveillance team are carried out timelessly and to a high standard.

• Assists Team Lead with specific work activities
• Supports Employees through Sickness Absence
• Pro-actively case manage more complex absence management cases
• Supports Business Partners with absence/ duties
• Provides reporting and active case management support to Business Partners
• Validates absence data including matching absence reports to Timewriting and vice versa.
• Engages with employees to ensure that documentation required for the recording and reporting of absence is received and filed in absence recording system.
• Supports the delivery of site medicals and Occupational Health site visits
• Supports employees with relevant queries with regard to sickness absence
• Supports move toward UK Shared Service Business Model

Skills / Qualifications

Qualifications:

• Good standard of education – HR or business related qualification preferred

Job specific experience:

• Strong administrative skills
• Excellent communication and people skills
• Previous experience within an Occupational Health environment would be advantageous

Experience of:

• Supporting the achievement of performance targets

Personal attributes:

• Excellent customer service skills
• Ability to deal with frequent change
• Ability to organise and prioritise
• Consistently model the group’s values
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• A commitment to continuous learning and development

Ability to:

• Deliver a customer-focused climate
• Generate trust and credibility
• Work in a fast paced environment
• Prioritise work and manage day-to-day workload

Company Overview

Wood is a global leader in engineering and consultancy across energy and the built environment, helping to unlock solutions to some of the world’s most critical challenges. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in more than 60 countries, employing around 40,000 people. www.woodplc.com

Diversity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.