HR Advisor

HR Dept; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary £35k–£40k DOE

23 days holiday + BH

Workplace Pension

Health Cash Plan Scheme

Job summary

HR Dept London is seeking an HR Advisor to deliver high-quality, commercial HR advice to a diverse client base. The role focuses on employee relations, policy guidance, and project work with opportunities to lead client training initiatives.

Hybrid London-based role with travel to client sites; salary £35k–£40k DOE, discretionary bonus, 23 days holiday + BH, pension scheme and Health Cash Plan. 9am–5pm, Monday–Friday.

Qualifications

• CIPD qualification or working towards.
• Excellent and up to date UK employment law knowledge.
• Experience in managing a range of complex ER casework.
• Graduate calibre.
• HR experience across multiple sectors desirable.

Responsibilities

• Act as the first point of contact for HR advice and support clients.
• Provide advice on all HR aspects, especially employee relations, by phone and email.
• Advise on disciplinary issues, grievances, performance management, redundancies, and TUPE.
• Create and issue documents supporting specialist advice.
• Attend and chair HR-related meetings for clients.
• Take notes at formal and informal meetings.
• Deliver projects such as staff surveys, salary benchmarking, and client appraisals.
• Support and deliver training to clients and prepare training materials.
• Draft and update client policies, procedures and handbooks to ensure compliance.
• Identify new business opportunities with existing clients (recruitment, projects, surveys).

Skills

HR advisory

Employee relations

Client communication

Policy development

Education

CIPD qualification or working towards

Graduate calibre

Tools

MS Office

Job description

HR Advisor

Salary: £35 - £40k DOE + Discretionary Bonus Location: London/Hybrid- 1 day p/wk at our Newbury Office Holiday: 23 days + BH (3 days to be taken between the festive period) Benefits: Comprehensive benefits package including professional development opportunities, Health Cash Plan, and Pension Scheme.

'HR with a difference' Join our dynamic team at the HR Dept London, where we pride ourselves on delivering exceptional HR consulting services.

We provide high-quality, commercial HR advice and support to a diverse range of clients, helping them navigate complex HR issues with ease. We offer a full HR service offering with a main focus on employee relations issues disciplines, grievances, redundancies, performance management, recruitment, training, and development.

Purpose of the role

The HR Advisor is the first point of contact for our clients. You will be responsible for providing high quality and commercial HR advice and support to clients and navigating through HR processes to provide solutions to people problems. You will also be responsible for undertaking client project work as required.

Main responsibilities

• First point of contact for the HR Advice Line service, ensuring accurate, timely and commercial HR advice and support for clients.
• Providing advice to clients on all aspects of HR, particularly employee relations matters, over the telephone and via email.
• Advising and managing on behalf of clients' disciplinary issues, employee grievances, performance management, redundancies, and TUPE
• Creating and issuing documents that supports the specialist advice provided to clients.
• Attending and chairing formal HR related meetings on behalf of clients.
• Note taking at formal and informal meetings.
• Delivering project work including staff surveys, salary benchmarking and managing client appraisals
• Supporting and delivering training to clients, helping to develop and prepare training materials.
• Creating and updating client policies, procedures, and handbooks to ensure compliance with employment law and good HR practice.
• Identifying new business opportunities with existing clients (such as recruitment, additional project or site work, pulse and staff surveys).

Who are we looking for?

Our people are exceptional HR professionals, with expert employment law knowledge. They also demonstrate a high degree of commercial awareness and an understanding of how HR fits with our client's commercial needs.

Candidate Requirements

• CIPD qualified/working towards, or equivalent demonstrable experience
• Excellent and up to date UK employment law knowledge
• Experience in managing a range of complex ER casework
• Graduate calibre.
• HR experience over various business sectors is desirable.
• Commercially aware of the needs of small/medium businesses
• Excellent communication skills (both oral and written)
• Demonstrates a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to organise own workload to meet targets and deadlines
• Good MS Office skills - Word, PowerPoint, and Excel

Location and Working Hours

The role is hybrid with regular travel in London to client sites. Our clients are based in Clapham, Highbury & Islington. Hours: 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday

Salary and Other Benefits

• We offer a competitive salary between £35K and £40K DOE
• 23 days holiday + BH (with 3 days allocated between Xmas & New Year)
• Workplace Pension
• Health Cash Plan Scheme.

Diversity is key to our success, and we work hard to make sure we're inclusive. We can only accept applications from those who have the right to work in the UK without restrictions. Please note that interviews will be held on a rolling basis.