HR Advisor

Middlemore; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Middlemore is partnering with a well-established insurance business in London to recruit an HR Advisor on a 6-month fixed-term contract. The role combines advisory, coordination and data ownership to support the HR function and free up the Head of HR and HRBPs.

You will advise managers and employees on policy and employment law, manage employee relations activity, and drive HR data quality and reporting. Hybrid working options apply in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in an HR Advisor, HR Generalist or senior HR Associate role within a fast-paced environment.
• Solid understanding of UK employment legislation and HR best practice.
• Exposure to employee relations work (supporting cases, taking notes, drafting communications).
• Confidence with HR data and reporting: validating, manipulating and interpreting data to support decision-making.
• Advanced Excel skills
• Experience working with HRIS platforms (e.g. Workday, SuccessFactors, Oracle, SAP, PeopleHR or similar).

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day HR advisory support to managers and employees on policy, process and employment law matters.
• Support employee relations activity (disciplinary, grievance, absence, capability, performance, flexible working) and ensure consistent application of policies.
• Coordinate across the HR team: manage approvals, organise activity and ensure actions don’t get lost across competing priorities.
• Own HR data and reporting: extract, cleanse, consolidate and validate data from multiple sources/systems; produce accurate MI, dashboards and executive summaries.
• Analyse workforce metrics (headcount, turnover, absence, diversity, recruitment, performance, engagement) and translate findings into insights and recommendations.
• Support HR projects including process improvement, HRIS enhancements, workforce planning, engagement, policy reviews and DEI initiatives.
• Provide close support around the year-end Reward process and broader people discussions, proactively pulling together JDs, contracts, notice periods and employee information.
• Support core HR operations: recruitment, onboarding, probation reviews, lifecycle admin, GDPR-compliant record-keeping and liaison with payroll.

Skills

HR advisory

UK employment law

Employee relations

HR data & reporting

Advanced Excel

HRIS platforms

Stakeholder management

Prioritisation

Education

CIPD Level 5 (or working towards)

Tools

Workday

SuccessFactors

Oracle

SAP

PeopleHR

Excel

Job description

Role: HR Advisor - 6-Month FTC

Location: London (Hybrid)

Package: £40,000 - £50,000

Middlemore have partnered with a well-established insurance business, who are seeking an HR Advisor on a 6-month fixed-term contract to add immediate capacity to their HR function. This hands-on HR Advisor role is ideal for someone ready to step up from pure administration, able to use their judgement and take ownership across advisory, coordination and data.

The opportunity

You will provide practical HR advice and support to managers and employees, help coordinate activity across the HR team, and take genuine ownership of HR data, reporting and continuous improvement. The role is there to create bandwidth for the Head of HR and HRBPs, picking up a broad inbox of queries, preparing communications, and anticipating what will be needed ahead of key people discussions (restructures, reward cycles, ER cases, etc.).

Key responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day HR advisory support to managers and employees on policy, process and employment law matters.
• Support employee relations activity (disciplinary, grievance, absence, capability, performance, flexible working) and ensure consistent application of policies.
• Coordinate across the HR team: manage approvals, organise activity and ensure actions don’t get lost across competing priorities.
• Own HR data and reporting: extract, cleanse, consolidate and validate data from multiple sources/systems; produce accurate MI, dashboards and executive summaries.
• Analyse workforce metrics (headcount, turnover, absence, diversity, recruitment, performance, engagement) and translate findings into insights and recommendations.
• Support HR projects including process improvement, HRIS enhancements, workforce planning, engagement, policy reviews and DEI initiatives.
• Provide close support around the year-end Reward process and broader people discussions, proactively pulling together JDs, contracts, notice periods and employee information.
• Support core HR operations: recruitment, onboarding, probation reviews, lifecycle admin, GDPR-compliant record-keeping and liaison with payroll.

What you’ll bring

• Experience in an HR Advisor, HR Generalist or senior HR Associate role within a fast-paced environment.
• Solid understanding of UK employment legislation and HR best practice.
• Exposure to employee relations work (supporting cases, taking notes, drafting communications)
• Confidence with HR data and reporting: validating, manipulating and interpreting data to support decision-making.
• Advanced Excel skills
• Experience working with HRIS platforms (e.g. Workday, SuccessFactors, Oracle, SAP, PeopleHR or similar)
• Highly organised, accurate and proactive, someone who thinks a couple of steps ahead and recognises when to escape.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with good commercial awareness and the ability to manage multiple priorities.

Nice to have

• CIPD Level 5 (or working towards).
• Experience building HR dashboards (Excel, Power BI or similar).
• Project management experience or qualification.

This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious, curious HR professional who wants broader exposure across advisory, data and projects, while recognising that the role includes a significant amount of coordination and administration.