HR Generalist

Working Week: 35 hours as a standard working week

Annual Leave: 30 days per leave year

Grade V salary: Remuneration is in accordance with the salary scale approved by the Department of Health. Current salary scale with effect from 1st March 2025: [Grade, Code 0566] and rising annually in increments: €51,206 - €61,253

Location of post Cross site remit requiring regular presence on all Children’s Health Ireland current and future sites.

Reporting Arrangements This post will report to a HR Manager (GVI or above).

Key Working Relationships The post holder will work closely with:

• All Human Resources Managers and teams

• Children’s Health Ireland Managers and Employees

• Finance Department including Payroll

• Children’s Health Ireland Commissioning Team

• HSE, Department of Health and other external partners and stakeholders

Please note that this list is not exhaustive and key working relationships will change as the project moves from service development, construction completion, commissioning & transitioning to steady state.

Purpose of the Role

The Generalist role is an essential role in Human Resources. The role is dynamic, action oriented and task focus, often involving working with HR systems and working as part of a team. As a Generalist, the post holder will be assigned to work in a specific HR team and a requirement of the role is that the post holder will be flexible and move teams depending on career development goals and evolving business requirements. Each team may require slightly different knowledge and expertise. Training and coaching will be provided to ensure generalists develop skills and competencies required for the role.

Current teams in HR are:

• Talent Acquisition

• HR Business Services

• HRIS and Data Analytics

• HR Business Partnering

• Learning and Development

• Superannuation

• Medical HR

Teams in HR may change depending on the Organisation Design process.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

Professional Duties and Responsibilities:

Depending on which HR team the HR Generalist is in, responsibilities may involve but are not limited to the following. Generalists are not responsible for all of the duties below simultaneously as tasks will differ from team to team.

• Responsibility for activities, tasks and projects related to the end-to-end employee lifecycle

• Undertake Workforce Planning, Talent Acquisition and Recruitment activities

• Conduct new employee Onboarding, ensuring compliance with all healthcare regulatory requirements and internal policies such as Garda Vetting, Reference Checking and calculating Pay on Promotion

• Support Consultant recruitment / onboarding and NCHD rotations if working in the Medical HR team

• Be proficient in HR systems and willing to undertake training as appropriate to advance knowledge of HR systems especially as systems evolve and new systems are introduced

• Manage employee transactions across the full employee lifecycle, including all leave types, probation management, employee relations case management, learning and development, superannuation activities and other general duties of the HR function

• Run reports and execute data analytics duties as required

• Create presentations

• Train colleagues and new members of staff

• Lead distribution of work and activity where required

• Provide accurate, efficient and effective administration to support the ongoing delivery of HR Services across Departments and Clinical Directorates

• Work collaboratively with HR colleagues and actively challenge silos and barriers

• Provide advice and support to managers and employees on interpretation and implementation of CHI HR policies and practices. Maintain up to date knowledge of relevant HR policies and participate in HR discussion and review of policy change and updates.

• Process the movement of staff on HR systems (e.g. SAP HR) and maintain up to date records and the integrity of data stored on HR systems

• Supervise the timely and accurate input of data on HR systems (e.g. SAP HR) and develop and implement effective controls and processes (e.g. workflows)

• Assist in HR’s general administration duties and provide support to ensure the overall running of a responsive HR service

• Work intrinsically with the Payroll department and actively manage underpayments and overpayments including liaising directly with employees

• Support CHI HR audit and compliance requests as appropriate, provide reports to external and internal parties

• Participate in HR systems and Business Services change projects and the future introduction of CHI Time and Attendance and e-Rostering systems

• For Medical HR roles, support for Consultant Recruitment and Onboarding, NCHD rotation, Payroll, Induction, Rostering, Regulatory Compliance and Staff Support is required

• The post holder will be expected to live CHI values and be child-centered, compassionate, and progressive and will act with respect, excellence and integrity.

The above is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all duties involved and consequently, the post holder may be required to perform other duties as appropriate to the post which may be assigned to them from time to time and to contribute to the development of the post while in office.

Eligibility criteria, qualifications and experience

Essential Criteria:

• Minimum Diploma level qualification in Human Resource Management or equivalent, or willingness to complete same, or demonstrate an equivalent level of experience of working in HR in an acute health care organisation.

• Minimum 6 months experience of using HR systems (i.e. SAP HR & Formstack)

• Minimum 6 months HR (Medical / Non-Medical) experience

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Word and Excel

Desirable Criteria:

• HR Generalist role experience in a Healthcare environment

• CIPD registered

• Understanding of the key components of HR Business Services

• Management / Supervisor experience