HR Advisor - Part time

Sitka Recruitment Ltd; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a dynamic HR team in Bristol as an HR Advisor, where you'll play a crucial role in fostering a people-centric culture. This part-time position offers the chance to work alongside HR Business Partners, providing expert advice on employee relations and supporting managers across various sites. You'll be instrumental in navigating complex HR matters, ensuring compliance with employment legislation, and enhancing the overall colleague experience. With hybrid working options and a commitment to professional development, this role is perfect for those passionate about making a positive impact in the workplace.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Training & Development opportunities

Free on-site parking

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• CIPD Level 5 or equivalent experience required.
• Strong understanding of employment legislation and employee relations.

Responsibilities

• Provide HR advice and support to managers and colleagues.
• Manage employee relations cases and coach managers on HR policies.
• Collaborate with HRBPs to improve people policies and processes.

Skills

Employee Relations

CIPD Level 5

Employment Legislation

Coaching and Development

Data Analysis

Mediation Skills

Stakeholder Management

Education

CIPD qualification level 5

Equivalent Experience

Job description

We are supporting a Bristol based client to find their new HR Advisor to be part of a HR team who are focused creating a people-centric approach in an established business.

The role will work alongside the HR Business Partners and wider team to deliver the people strategy and embed a positive culture in line with company values, which include working together, communication and doing what’s right. Working for a collaborative and driven Director of People with clear vision of success, this role offers the chance to be part of HR team which is focused on excellence.

A key focus of the role is to work alongside managers to navigate a broad range of employee relations issues and other HR matters, providing quality specialist HR advice and support.
You will provide guidance to colleagues and managers based at several sites across the city, so flexibility to travel to various locations is required.

The role is offered on a part-time basis – 3 days a week (Monday, Tuesday and Thursday). Hybrid and flexible working arrangements are also on offer.

The job

• Provide timely and accurate advice and support to managers and colleagues, in line with Company policy and in turn employment legislation.
• Coach, support and develop managers through informal and formal employee relations cases including sickness/ absence, investigations, disciplinaries, grievances, performance improvement and appeals.
• Guide managers in dealing with colleague health and wellbeing matters in a sensitive manner, liaising with SHEQ (Safety, Health, Environment, Quality) Occupational Health and other wellbeing providers.
• Ensure employee relations cases are logged, and relevant documents are recorded and filed appropriately. Providing managers with periodic management information, to assist them in monitoring the performance of their teams.
• Proactively manage potential risks with the support of the HRBPs.
• Work with the HRBPs to identify improvements to people policies, processes and systems.
• Work collaboratively with the HRBPs and wider people team to deliver the people team objectives, supporting organisational change projects and initiatives.
• Coach, deliver briefings and facilitate training on HR policy and procedures.
• Support and develop the people service assistants (PSAs) to respond to contractual queries and low-level employee relations queries.
• Liaise with a range of stakeholders at all levels, including Trade Union representatives.
• Ensure to maintain and encourage a safe working environment.

The Person Specification

• CIPD qualification level 5 and above or equivalent experience.
• A good understanding of employment legislation and uses initiative to keep on top of legal updates.
• Experience of complex employee relations casework and dealing with a range of difficult issues.
• Comfortable facilitating and mediating difficult and sensitive conversations.
• Committed to doing the right thing and passionate about providing a great colleague experience.
• Ability to proactively manage risks and follow escalation procedures.
• Ability to collate, analyse and interpret data.
• Excellent diary management, working to deadlines even when under pressure having a range of priorities. Able to balance proactive tasks against reactive tasks.
• Ability to build strong working relationships with key stakeholders with a proven ability to influence.

Salary and benefits

• Salary on offer – up to £36,000 pa depending on experience FTE
• Hybrid working - approx 50/50 office and WFH with flexibility
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays.
• Training & Development opportunities.
• Free on-site parking at each office/site location.
• Plus additional benefits – provided with role profile

The next step

To apply please submit your CV, salary details and a brief supporting statement outlining the reasons why you would like to be considered for the post and how you meet these requirements. Please email this to [e-mail].