HR Advisor

We’re delighted to be recruiting on behalf of an established company, who are looking for a skilled HR Advisor with strong commercial acumen and a process driven mind-set.

The successful candidate will provide effective, solution-focused generalist HR support, as well as assisting the Senior Leadership Team in developing the annual HR Plan through involvement of key strategic projects.

This is a fantastic opportunity to gain valuable experience working within a fast-moving environment, with key involvement in a wide variety of HR related issues.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Providing advice, guidance, and support on a full breadth of HR related matters, ensuring policy and legal compliance
• Building strong collaborative relationships with line managers and providing administrative and advisory support through the employee lifecycle
• Liaising with the payroll to guarantee adherence with all relevant legislation, HMRC guidelines and salary changes
• Advising, coaching, and supporting line managers on a full range of employee relation matters, such as absence management, disciplinary, grievance, performance management and organisational change
• Coordinating all recruitment activities across the business
• Conducting formal meetings
• Coordination of the new starter processes and onboarding new employees
• Responsible for employee engagement
• Helping managers / supervisors to identify and satisfy training and development needs for their direct reports through performance appraisals
• Liaising with external stakeholders, such as occupational health, recruitment agencies, pensions providers and any others as deemed suitable

Skills and experience required:

• CIPD qualification to level 3 or above or Degree level education in HR
• Experience of working in a similar HR role, ideally within the industrial or manufacturing sectors
• A sound working knowledge of employment law and its practical application in operational situations is advantageous
• Experience of advising on a range of HR matters such as absence management, coaching, performance management, and recruitment and selection
• Proven organization and prioritization skills to balance multiple ER matters and HR activities
• Proactive and skilled communicator who can achieve desired understanding and results through writing and/or talking to internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to drive change forward using best practices
• Team worker with experience at all levels of management
• Able to deal with sensitive and private information with strict confidentiality

Salary and benefits:

• £28,000 – £35,000