HR Advisor

GB Recruitment (England, Scotland, Wales); City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free confidential 24/7 GP service

Hundreds of discounts

Enhanced pension scheme

24/7 employee support service

Job summary

DHL is seeking an HR Advisor for a permanent, site-based role in London. The role provides proactive HR support to managers, guidance on policies, recruitment, and project delivery.

Occasional travel to Oxford is required, with a strong focus on employee relations and data-driven HR processes. The ideal candidate will have prior HR experience and case management skills, excellent organisational abilities, and the CIPD level 3 qualification or equivalent.

Qualifications

• Previous HR experience essential.
• Case management experience essential.
• Strong organisational skills essential.
• Trade union experience desirable.
• Ability to communicate with multiple stakeholder groups.
• Looking to develop in a fast-paced site-based environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide HR support to contribute to the overall success of the HR agenda, advising managers on HR matters.
• Coach managers on policy interpretation and employment legislation to ensure consistency and best practice.
• Support workforce planning including organisation design, forecasting resourcing needs and talent requirements.
• Manage employee cases related to disciplinary, grievance and sickness absence with adviser support.
• Collaborate with managers on sickness management and redeployment to reduce absence.
• Provide accurate, timely data to the HRBP and managers to deliver HR processes.

Skills

Previous HR experience

Case management

Organisational skills

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Education

CIPD level 3 qualification or equivalent

Job description

HR Advisor Contract Type: Permanent Location: London (EN3 4NQ) Grade: RCS M Site-based working Occasional travel to Oxford required. With 37,000 employees in 400 operations across the UK & Ireland, we're part of an exciting and varied business. The HR function works with our managers to attract, develop and retain our people so that we have the very best team in the industry. From HR Business Partners to Compensation and Benefits and from Employee Relations to People Services, we've set ourselves up to serve our people, our customers and our business in the best way possible.

WHAT DOES THE ROLE ENTAIL?

• Provide HR support to contribute to the overall success of the HR agenda in delivering a proactive and customer-focused HR service by providing effective support, guidance and advice to managers and colleagues on a wide variety of HR matters, such as employee relations, policy and process, recruitment and the delivery of key projects
• Advise and coach managers on the application and interpretation of HR policies and procedures in accordance with current and proposed employment legislation and local arrangements, to ensure consistency, accuracy and best practice
• Support managers to develop and deliver solutions for workforce planning and management, including organisation design, forecasting resourcing needs, agency and identifying future talent requirements
• Support the management of employee cases relating to disciplinary, grievance and sickness absence. This includes providing advice to managers on policy/procedure and legislation, support managers with Occupational Health, supporting formal investigations and hearings.
• Work in collaboration with managers on managing sickness, managing redeployment where appropriate, assisting colleagues back to work and working with managers to reduce sickness absence across the organisation.
• Provide accurate and timely data to the HRBP and managers to successfully deliver HR processes

WHAT DO WE NEED FROM YOU?

• Previous HR experience (Essential)
• Case management experience (Essential)
• Strong organisational skills (Essential)
• Experience within a logistics business (Desirable)
• A CIPD level 3 qualification or equivalent (Desirable)
• Trade union experience
• Ability to communicate with multiple stakeholder groups
• Looking to develop in a fast-paced site-based environment

WHY CHOOSE US?

• Free confidential 24/7 GP service
• Hundreds of discounts (including retail, childcare + gym)
• Affordable loans & enhanced pension scheme
• 24/7 employee support service for you (+ family) with access to free counselling and much more: https://careers.dhl.com/global/en/dsc-benefits

OUR APPROACH TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

We will ensure that all our resourcing activities are fair, transparent and consistent across the UK. Find out more about our global approach to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging: https://careers.dhl.com/global/en/diversity