HR Advisor

GXO; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading logistics company in Milton Keynes is seeking an experienced HR Advisor. The role involves supporting the management team with HR practices, guiding employee engagement, and resolving employment issues. Ideal candidates will have HR advisory experience, preferably within a logistics background, and excellent communication skills. The position offers a salary of up to £35,000 per annum and multiple benefits.

Benefits

Company car

25 days annual leave

Flexible dental insurance

Company-sponsored pension scheme

24/7 online GP service

Life Assurance

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Proven experience in an HR advisory role within logistics.
• Ability to solve complex employment law issues.
• Desire to work in a collaborative, people-focused environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide HR guidance to management on practice.
• Support engagement initiatives and resolve employee issues.
• Maintain and update employee records.

Skills

HR Advisory experience

Employment law knowledge

Microsoft Office proficiency

Excellent communication skills

Relationship-building

Education

CIPD Level 5 or above

Job description

Overview

Are you looking for a fresh challenge within HR? We’re looking for an experienced HR Advisor to play a key role in supporting our exciting new business win and shaping the success of its start-up phase. If you're ready to bring your expertise, energy, and ideas to a fast-paced environment where HR truly drives the operation, we’d love to hear from you!

Here at GXO, we are currently looking for an HR Advisor to join us at our site in Bracknell (base site). You will provide HR first line guidance to the site management team on HR practice, supporting the HR Manager to deliver the People Plan, support engagement and comms initiatives, resolve employee relations issues, and to develop the correct behaviours and culture according to the GXO Values.

This is a full-time, permanent role working Monday to Friday, covering the hours of 09:00 till 17:00, with some flexibility required as this opportunity involves regular travel across the Southern regions of the UK, so candidates must be comfortable with frequent travel and working across multiple sites.

Pay, benefits and more:

We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £35,000.00 per annum (dependant on experience) and 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays). Your benefits package includes a company car, flexible dental insurance plans, a company sponsored pension scheme, a 24/7 online GP service, life assurance and a fully comprehensive employee assistance programme. You’ll also have access to our MyBenefits platform offering a variety of high street discounts, a cycle to work scheme, cashback cards, a saving scheme and much more!

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Maintain and update employee records on the HR system, ensuring accuracy
• Support, coach and advise key stakeholders on all HR issues, including discipline, grievance, absence management and performance improvement
• Assist in devising and implementing colleague communication and engagement strategies at site level
• Upskill managers and assist with payroll processing
• Contribute to the provision of systematic and effective recruitment, selection and induction processes, involving the recruitment team where appropriate
• Co-ordinate and manage the HR activity required to ensure that TUPE, redundancy, retention and redeployment activities are executed in line with statutory and company requirements
• Support a reduction in the potential for costly litigation by conducting regular and effective site HR reviews

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Previous HR Advisory experience including involvement in solving complex employment law problems, within a logistics background is preferred
• CIPD Level 5 or above, or working towards is desirable
• Good use of Microsoft Office – Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• You\'ll need excellent communication and engagement skills, with the ability to build strong relationships, influence positively, and foster a collaborative, people-focused environment across all levels of the business

We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains.

GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work. GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed. Review GXO\'s candidate privacy statement here.