HR Advisor

Payroll Elite; England; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading HR consultancy in the United Kingdom is looking for an HR Advisor with a minimum of 4 years of generalist experience at Advisor level. The successful candidate will build and maintain effective relationships across the Firm, manage HR queries, and support employee relations. A strong understanding of current legislation along with excellent interpersonal and communication skills is essential. The role requires a proactive approach to drive business performance in alignment with the Firm’s objectives.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 4 years HR generalist experience at Advisor level or above.
• Ability to manage and utilize various HR database systems.
• Persuasive communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain effective working relationships across the Firm.
• Manage HR queries and support the senior team on employee relations.
• Drive business performance in relation to Firm objectives.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Analytical skills

Strong organisational skills

Problem-solving skills

Communication skills

Education

CIPD level 5

Tools

HR database systems

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Responsibilities

• Build, nurture and maintain effective working relationships across the Firm.
• Offer advice to employees, Managers and Partners related to all aspects of people management.
• Manage various HR queries throughout the business.
• Support and update the senior team on all employee relation matters.
• Proactively deliver commercial HR solutions through our Firm wide processes, policies and procedures.
• Support the senior team in enhancing positive business performance.
• Monitor, review and update HR policies in line with current legislation.
• Successfully support on processes such as family friendly policies, welfare, flexible working and absence management.
• Update the HR database as appropriate.
• Coach and mentor junior members of the team.
• Work with all parts of the National People team to deliver the above and communicate initiatives / issues as appropriate.
• Deal with various HR queries throughout the business.
• Managing employee and Manager relationships, responding to any queries or problems that they have and managing their expectations.
• Drive the business performance in relation to the Firm’s objectives.

Technical Skills, Experience & Knowledge

• Support Managers through the Firm’s disciplinary and grievance process.
• Strong and sound knowledge of current legislation and proposed future changes.
• Advise the Partners and Managers on best practice around people matters.
• To manage day-to-day work in conjunction with colleagues, on strategic HR projects.
• To work with the National Recruitment team on known upcoming vacancies / resource issues.
• To work with the National People Development team on known training needs.
• Develop and support on all aspects of the Firm’s people related policies.
• Support the senior team on restructure, reorganisations and redundancies.
• Support the senior team on cultural change and manage change programmes.
• Previous experience in using HR database systems.
• Able to manage and utilise the full Microsoft package.
• Sound Judgement and problem-solving skills.
• Patience and the ability to remain calm in stressful situations.
• Ability to work well under pressure, to juggle multiple tasks and to prioritise your workload.
• Strong organisational, planning and administration skills.
• The ability to motivate and manage staff.

Professionalism and an overall positive attitude.

Interpersonal skills to form effective working relationships with people at all levels in the organisation.

Analytical skills for interpreting employment-related data.

Integrity and approachability, as Managers and employees must feel able to discuss sensitive and confidential issues with you.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Minimum of 4 years generalist HR experience at Advisor level or above.
• CIPD level 5, working towards level 7.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Able to make a persuasive, clear presentation of ideas both in writing and verbally, to influence others and gain acceptance; creating a positive impression on others.
• An ability to measure commercial risk ensuring that the correct decisions are made for the business in line with current legislation.
• An ability to promote the People department positively to the Firm