HR Advisor

Lucy Walker Recruitment Ltd; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Lucy Walker Recruitment Ltd is recruiting for an experienced HR Advisor to join a Leeds charity on an ongoing temporary basis. The role starts fully office based for a few weeks, with the option to work from home up to two days per week thereafter.

You will provide generalist HR support, coach managers, and handle employee relations, ensuring compliance with employment law and policies while partnering with People teams to drive positive change.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years HR Advisor experience
• CIPD Level 5 qualification held
• Experience coaching and training managers on ER issues
• Experience of latest HR trends and legislation
• Driver with access to a vehicle
• Excellent communication skills

Responsibilities

• Stakeholder management across the business, including Trade Unions
• Coach, guide and mentor managers to grow capability
• Maintain TU relations with consistent, high quality advice
• Ensure compliance with employment law and regulations
• Contribute to development and implementation of employee lifecycle policies
• Use MI to identify root causes and develop targeted interventions
• Provide future-focused advice on change management with People Partners

Skills

Stakeholder management

Coaching managers

Employee relations

Communication skills

MS Office proficiency

Education

CIPD Level 5

Tools

MS Office

Job description

We are working with a great charity in Leeds who are looking for an experienced, HR Advisor to join their team for an ongoing, temporary assignment. This role will be fully office based for the initial few weeks, with flexibility there after to wfh for 2 days a week. The role is initially temporary with a view to being permanent and is an urgent recruit for our client.

As a HR Advisor you will be involved with a generalist and wide ranging HR role coaching, guiding and providing employee relations advice in addition to working with line managers and colleagues to support with all People practices. You will work on compliance with policies, employment law and regulations, ensuring they are consistently adhered too.

Your duties will involve:

• Stakeholder management: As an ambassador you will build positive and professional relationships across the business with all colleagues, including Trade Unions
• Coach, guide, and mentor managers to grow their capability
• Maintain and promote positive TU relations through the provision of consistent, high quality, advice, and guidance to managers
• Ensuring compliance with employment law
• Contribute to the development and implementation of employee lifecycle policies and procedures, enabling managers to take an approach which is person-centred and forward thinking, within a framework of accountable risk management and decision making
• Coach and guide managers and teams to ensure behaviour is aligned
• Use MI, to identify and address the root cause of issues to develop targeted interventions and support decision making.
• Working with the People Partners, provide future-focused advice, guidance, and support to managers on the delivery of innovative and creative change management processes which anticipate and meet changing workforce requirements.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced HR Advisor to join this busy, supportive, and engaging HR team, the successful candidate will have:

• Minimum of 3 years HR Advisor led experience
• CIPD Level 5
• Experience of coaching and training managers on ER issues
• Experience of the latest HR trends and legislation
• Car driver with access to a vehicle
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Proficient in all MS Office packages