HR Advisor

TLT LLP; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading law firm in Bristol is seeking an experienced HR Advisor. The role involves supporting managers across the UK and providing guidance on various HR matters. Ideal candidates will have strong interpersonal skills, a CIPD qualification, and experience in a generalist HR role. This position offers a competitive salary, shows commitment to work/life balance, and supports hybrid working.

Benefits

25 days holiday (increases to 30 with service)

Private medical insurance

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a generalist HR Advisor role, ideally within a fast-paced, multi-site organisation.
• Ability to handle sensitive issues and build trust.
• Excellent planning and organisational capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Advise managers on employment legislation, HR policies, and procedures.
• Support employee relations matters like performance management.
• Assist with cyclical HR processes, including salary reviews.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Attention to detail

Microsoft Office proficiency

Communication skills

Education

CIPD qualification or working towards one

Tools

Microsoft Excel

iTrent

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HR Advisor – Bristol Head Office (National Travel Required)

We’re seeking an experienced and proactive HR Advisor to join our dynamic team at our Bristol Head Office. This is a fantastic opportunity to play a pivotal role in supporting our managers across the UK and Northern Ireland, with occasional travel to regional offices.

Your Role

As an HR Advisor, you’ll be a trusted partner to our managers, offering expert guidance across the full employee lifecycle. You’ll collaborate closely with Senior HR Business Partners, helping shape people strategies and championing a consistent, fair, and engaging employee experience. Your key responsibilities include:

• Serving as the first point of contact for managers, advising on employment legislation, HR policies, and procedures.
• Supporting a wide range of employee relations matters—performance management, disciplinary and grievance cases, absence management, capability issues, and flexible working.
• Partnering with our occupational health provider and advising on wellbeing initiatives, family-friendly policies, and implementing recommendations.
• Maintaining and analysing the Employee Relations Tracker to identify and report trends.
• Collaborating with HR Business Partners to highlight and escalate high-risk cases.
• Advising managers on contractual changes, including secondments, promotions, and amendments to terms and conditions.
• Supporting with colleagues returning to work ensuring reasonable adjustments are implemented smoothly.
• Coordinating TUPE processes and ensuring legal and procedural compliance.
• Assisting with cyclical HR processes, including performance grading, promotions, and salary reviews.
• Managing exit processes including resignations, exit interviews, and resource planning.
• Running HR data reports and producing the monthly dashboard to inform strategic decisions.

Your Skills and Experience

We’re looking for a confident HR professional who can build strong relationships and influence across different levels of the business. To thrive in this role, you’ll need:

• Proven experience in a generalist HR Advisor role, ideally within a fast-paced, multi-site organisation.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate clearly, handle sensitive issues, and build trust.
• Meticulous attention to detail with excellent planning and organisational capabilities.
• Competence in Microsoft Office (particularly Excel and Word); experience with iTrent is desirable.
• CIPD qualification or working towards one.

Your Team

The HR team consists of the HR Business Partners, Reward, Recruitment and Organisational Development, with specialists in Learning and Development, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing and Sustainability. Making sure everyone thrives during their time at TLT is the focus of our HR team’s work every day. We provide strategic and operational support to our leaders and teams and our HR specialists make sure our people are skilled, creative, valued, motivated, flexible and committed, working in a culture that enables them to perform at their very best.

The HR Business Partner team consists of Senior HR Business Partners, HR Business Partners, HR Advisors and a HR Operations team.

About TLT

Fast paced, fast growing and forward thinking, TLT is the law firm that helps clients stay one step ahead, and we do the same for our people.

We work with high profile clients in innovative sectors. With local, national and international reach, we have over 1,800 people in offices across the UK and a network of partner firms across Europe, India and the US. TLT was named Law Firm of the Year at the Legal Business Awards 2023. This marks the third year in a row the firm has taken away this accolade in industry awards - having previously been named Law Firm of the Year at The Lawyer Awards in 2021 and the British Legal Awards in 2022.

Our purpose is to protect, prepare and progress our clients for what comes next and it’s essential that we do the same for our people, our planet and our communities too. In our open and collaborative culture, we encourage everyone to be their whole self, to have a voice and to contribute.

We value our employees highly and we want you to feel valued. You’ll receive a competitive salary with an annual pay review. You will also have access to an extensive range of benefits via our flexible benefits scheme including 25 days holiday (which will increase to 30 days based upon length of service) and private medical insurance.

At TLT we have a progressive fully flexible working approach. We empower our people to work in a place and at a time that meets their needs, those of their clients and of the wider team and firm. Part of this agile approach is a focus on hybrid working and supporting the work/life balance of our people. We’re happy to talk about how flexible working can work for you and this role.