HR Advisor

Babcock International Group; Wareham; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization as an HR Advisor, where you will play a pivotal role in enhancing employee experience and supporting management with HR best practices. This exciting opportunity involves advising on employment law, coaching first line management, and contributing to various HR projects. With a focus on employee relations and development, you will help shape a positive workplace culture. Enjoy a generous benefits package and the chance to work in a collaborative environment dedicated to making a difference. If you are passionate about HR and want to make an impact, this role is for you.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Matched contribution pension scheme

Access to Digital GP

Employee share scheme

Employee shopping savings portal

Payment of Professional Fees

10-days special paid leave for reservists

Holiday Trading

‘Be Kind Day’ for volunteering

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Experience in providing employee relations advice and employment law guidance.
• Ability to interpret and implement corporate policies.

Responsibilities

• Advise and support management on HR best practices.
• Provide employee relations support for absence and performance management.

Skills

Employee Relations

Employment Law Guidance

Microsoft Applications

Redundancy and TUPE

Education

CIPD Level 5 or equivalent

Job description

Job Title: HR Advisor

Location: Wareham, Dorset

Compensation: Up to £39,235 Dependent on Experience + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF63920

At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a HR Advisor at our Bovington site.

The role

As a HR Advisor, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. This is an exciting opportunity to support various functions within the business from an HR perspective.

Day-to-day, you’ll advise, support and coach first line management and employees in matters relating to HR best practice. You’ll also:

• Provide credible employment law advice in line with best practice and policy
• Provide employee relations support and guidance for first line management and employees in matters relating to absence management, performance management and disciplinary, grievance and employee disputes.
• Support HR Business Partners (HRBP’s) where required in projects and business initiatives to enhance the employee experience
• Identify areas of development within the team and where appropriate deliver coaching and training in HR activity to support line management and employees
  
  
  

This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based on site at Bovington with travel to Lulworth.

Essential experience of the HR Advisor:

• Experience of Employee Relations advice and employment law guidance
• Experience of interpretation and implementation of corporate policies
• Ability to work with Microsoft applications and computer literate
• Experience in Redundancy, TUPE, and organisational change
  
  
  

Qualifications for the HR Advisor:

• CIPD Level 5 or equivalent
  
  
  

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What We Offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually
• ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing
  
  
  

Babcock International

For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [e-mail] with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 08/05/2025