Hr Advisor

The Recruitment Duo; Coventry; Hybrid; GBP 33,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

38 days holiday inc Bank Holidays

BUPA cash plan

Employee assistance programme

Onsite parking

Enhanced pension scheme

Job summary

The Recruitment Duo in Coventry (CV4) is seeking an experienced HR Advisor to join a team focused on delivering a new 5-year HR strategy across colleagues and stakeholders. The role is hybrid with office and home working, and a 35-hour week within core hours, with flexibility to meet business needs.

You will handle complex ER casework, provide pragmatic HR guidance, and support a wide range of HR processes from recruitment to training, reporting to and collaborating with the HR Business Partner.

Qualifications

• Previous demonstrable experience as a HR Advisor, HR Officer or People Advisor.
• Proven demonstrable experience handling complex employee relations casework.
• CIPD qualification (Level 5 or above) or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality, timely HR advice to managers and colleagues through in-person, online, and telephone interactions.
• Manage a range of employee relations casework, including absence management, disciplinary, grievance, capability, performance management, and probation reviews.
• Act as a deputy for the HR Business Partner in formal meetings such as disciplinaries, grievances, and absence reviews, providing procedural guidance and professional advice.
• Prepare formal HR documentation, including disciplinary and grievance correspondence, absence review letters, maternity documentation, and other ER-related materials, ensuring compliance with policy, employment law and best practice.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date case files, ensuring confidentiality and compliance with GDPR and ACAS best practice.
• Oversee effective recruitment end to end including advertising, shortlisting, interview schedules, completing right to work checks, prepare contracts and onboarding.
• Support the design and delivery of training, particularly on employee relations and HR management topics.

Skills

HR knowledge

Employee relations

Stakeholder management

Communication

Team collaboration

Diplomacy

Education

CIPD Level 5+

Job description

HR Advisor

Location: Coventry CV4 and home working

Salary: Up to £37,000

Benefits: Hybrid working, 38 days holiday inc Bank Holidays, BUPA, employee assistance programme, onsite parking and enhanced pension scheme

In this role you will be joining a team of 5, which will be focused on delivering the new 5-year HR strategy to empower and engage with all colleagues and stakeholders.

As a HR Advisor, you will be expected to hit the ground running and work independently to take ownership of the role and managing complex casework. You will be responsible for providing advice on all HR matters with colleagues. As part of your role, you will be able to quickly build strong relationships with managers and employees and be the key point of contact for guidance. You will provide professional, pragmatic employee relations advice, supporting fair and consistent HR management practices across the organisation. You will be able to think on your feet, be solutions focused and results driven whilst also balancing long term thinking with delivering everyday operational excellence. You will provide support to the HR Business Partner.

You will manage a varied ER caseload, recruitment activity, coach and guide managers through complex matters, and work closely with the HR Business Partner and HR Advisor to deliver a high-quality, compliant HR service.

The working hours for this role are full time Monday to Thursday 8.30am until 4.30pm and Friday 8.30am until 3.30pm. The role is hybrid working which will typically be 3 days office based and 2 days home based, this can be flexible dependent on business needs.

This role has a 35 hour working week. The business core hours are 10-3 each day, with working hours agreed in advance with line subject to operational needs (operational hours are start-time between 8:30 to 9:00 with finish time 4:00 to 4:30. The business has a hybrid working policy with flexibility to work 1 or 2 days a week from home dependent on operational requirements.

This is a 2 year fixed term contract!

Role and responsibilities:

• As a HR Advisor, you will be responsible for providing high-quality, timely HR advice to managers and colleagues through in-person, online, and telephone interactions
• Manage a range of employee relations casework, including absence management, disciplinary, grievance, capability, performance management, and probation reviews.
• Manage all aspects of case work, including complex cases
• Work closely with coaching, guiding and training managers, empowering them to make decisions, enabling them to manage their people effectively and support with handling sensitive conversations.
• Act as a deputy for the HR Business Partner in formal meetings such as disciplinaries, grievances, and absence reviews, providing procedural guidance and professional advice.
• Prepare formal HR documentation, including disciplinary and grievance correspondence, absence review letters, maternity documentation, and other ER-related materials, ensuring compliance with policy, employment law and best practice.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date case files, ensuring confidentiality and compliance with GDPR and ACAS best practice.
• Demonstrate daily competent working knowledge of employment law, ensuring you remain up to date with all legislative changes
• Analyse ER casework trends and provide insights from employee data to improve processes
• Oversee effective recruitment end to end including advertising, shortlisting, interview schedules, completing right to work checks, prepare contracts and onboarding.
• Support the design and delivery of training, particularly on employee relations and HR management topics.
• Conduct medical discussion meetings with managers and colleagues to explore reasonable adjustments and support needs.
• Prepare Occupational Health referrals and follow up on recommendations as required.
• Working with key stakeholders internally and externally

Skills and experience required:

• Previous demonstrable experience as a HR Advisor, HR Officer or People Advisor essential
• Proven demonstrable experience handing complex employee relations casework essential
• CIPD qualified (Level 5 or above) or equivalent experience
• Exceptional relationship building, communication, influencing and diplomacy skills
• Ability to work collaboratively as a team
• Solutions orientated mind-set
• Ability to work accurately at pace and cope with ambiguity
• Strong stakeholder management experience and the ability to deliver difficult messages

Benefits:

• 38 days annual leave including Bank Holidays
• Enhanced pension scheme
• Onsite parking
• BUPA cash plan
• Hybrid working
• Employee assistance programme