HR Advisor

Middlemore; Greater London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Middlemore is partnering with a well-established insurance business seeking an HR Advisor on a 6-month fixed-term contract to add immediate capacity to their HR function. This hands-on role is ideal for someone stepping up from administration, taking ownership across advisory, coordination and data.

You will deliver practical HR advice to managers and employees, support ER cases, HR data, reporting and continuous improvement, and help prepare communications for key people discussions.

Qualifications

• Experience as HR Advisor, HR Generalist or senior HR Associate in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong understanding of UK employment legislation and HR best practice.
• Experience with employee relations (disciplinary, grievance, absence, capability).
• Confident with HR data and reporting to support decision-making.
• Advanced Excel skills and familiarity with HRIS platforms.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day HR advisory support to managers and employees on policy, process and employment law matters.
• Support employee relations activity and ensure consistent application of policies.
• Coordinate across the HR team: manage approvals and organise activity.
• Own HR data reporting: extract, cleanse, consolidate and validate data; produce MI and dashboards.
• Analyse workforce metrics and translate findings into insights and recommendations.
• Support HR projects including process improvement and HRIS enhancements.
• Assist with year-end Reward processes and related documentation.
• Support core HR operations: recruitment, onboarding, lifecycle admin, GDPR-compliant records.

Skills

HR advisory

HR data reporting

Advanced Excel

Stakeholder mgmt

Project coordination

UK employment law

Education

CIPD Level 5

Tools

Workday

SuccessFactors

Oracle

SAP

PeopleHR

Job description

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 escalator.
• 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).

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.