HR Advisor

1st Homecare; Ferrybridge; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days holiday

Pension scheme

Health Cash Plan

2x salary Life cover

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work

Financial wellbeing scheme

Refer a Friend Incentive

Job summary

Real Life Options is seeking an experienced HR Advisor to join our HR team on a fixed-term maternity cover contract. You will provide expert guidance to managers on employee relations, disciplinary and absence matters, while ensuring alignment with policies and legislation.

Working in a multi-site, hybrid environment, you will support managers across services, deliver timely advice, monthly ER reporting and contribute to the development of our people practices within the England region.

Qualifications

• CIPD qualification (Level 5) or working towards it.
• Experience in employee relations and casework.
• Experience in social care or regulated settings is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• ER casework and acting as first point of contact for managers and staff.
• Provide expert advice and coaching to managers on case handling.
• Navigate long-term sickness, return-to-work planning and related guidance.
• Monthly reporting on HR metrics and activities.

Job description

HR Advisor – Fixed-Term Contract (maternity cover)

Location: Knottingley, West Yorkshire

Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum Hours:

Hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week Contract: Fixed-term, approximately 12 months

Working Pattern: Hybrid, with a minimum of 3 days per week in the office

Make a difference with Real Life Options

Are you an experienced HR professional who is passionate about supporting people and making a positive difference? Do you enjoy working in a fast-paced, multi-site environment where employee relations, problem-solving and building strong relationships are at the heart of your role?

Real Life Options is looking for an experienced HR Advisor to join our friendly and professional HR team on a fixed-term contract of approximately 12 months to cover a period of maternity leave.

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a values-driven social care organisation, providing practical, responsive and professional HR support to managers across our services. You will play an important role in helping managers navigate a wide range of people-related matters, ensuring our HR service continues to support both our employees and the people we care for.

About the role

As HR Advisor, you will provide expert advice, guidance and support to managers on a broad range of HR matters, with a particular focus on employee relations. Working closely with the HR Manager, HR Business Partner and wider HR team, you will help ensure the effective delivery of a responsive, consistent and high-quality HR service across the organisation.

You will build positive working relationships with managers and key stakeholders, supporting them to manage people matters confidently, fairly and in line with organisational policies, procedures and employment legislation.

This is a varied and rewarding role where you will have the opportunity to use your HR expertise, contribute to the ongoing development of our people practices and make a meaningful difference across our services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Employee Relations casework, including being the first point of contact for managers and employees on all ER matters including performance management, disciplinary and grievance
• Provide expert advice and coaching to managers, ensuring fair and consistent handling of cases
• Provide guidance and advice to line managers on navigating the complexities of long-term sickness, and return to work plans
• Monthly reporting

Qualifications and Skills:

We’re looking for someone with the skills and experience to hit the ground running. Ideally you’ll be CIPD qualified (Level 5) or working towards this, but it’ll be your experience in supporting and advising managers with employee relations and casework that is key. Experience in social care, or other regulated settings will be an advantage. This role will support the England region, with some of our services located in remote areas, being a driver with access to a vehicle will be advantageous as some ad hoc travel may be required.

Why Join Us?

• A minimum of 28-days paid holiday a year, including bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff)
• Accredited training giving you the knowledge and skills to deliver a first rate job - develop professionally through training, mentoring, and a strong support network
• An employer contributory pension scheme Work in a collaborative, values-led environment
• In addition to the above you also have access to the following great benefits:
• Health Cash Plan
• 2 x salary Life cover
• A free Employee Assistance Programme (including a medical helpline, telephone and face-to-face counselling, debt, financial and legal information)
• A reward gateway with access to discounted goods and services
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• A financial wellbeing scheme
• Refer a Friend Incentive Bonus (terms and conditions apply)

Don’t miss out – Be Part Of Something Bigger – Join a team driven by values, with a mission that matters

We are keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours who can help us to ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do these are:

Respect - Honesty - Responsibility - Excellence

If you can circle 6 or more of the skills below, then you could be the person we are looking for:

Honest - Good Communicator - Strong Values - Flexible - Passionate - Self Motivated - Reliable - Caring - Inclusive

Please note that initial contact with applicants will usually be by email, so please check all of your email folders regularly, including your junk mail folders.

Real Life Options are an equal opportunities employer. We seek to recruit, train and promote the best person for the job, to make full use of the talents and resources of all our people and to craft a working environment free from unlawful discrimination, victimisation and harassment in which all individuals are treated with dignity and respect.

If you have a disability, a learning difficulty, a medical condition or individual need that you believe may affect your performance in selection, we'll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to our processes to enable you to perform at your best so please do let us know.