HR Advisor

Lookers; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Generous annual leave

Maternity leave

Eyecare vouchers

Smart Health

Dental insurance

Critical illness cover

Techscheme discounts

Job summary

Lookers in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, is seeking an HR Advisor for a flexible hybrid role with travel to our head office. This 12-month FTC supports employee relations and policy development.

You will advise line managers on disciplinaries, grievances, performance management, and absence management, ensuring compliant processes and accurate ER records. Level 5 CIPD preferred.

Qualifications

• Prev experience in a similar HR adviser role.
• Experience handling disciplinary, grievances, performance management and absence management.
• Ability to interpret policy and support managers with processes.

Responsibilities

• Provide HR advice to line managers on employee relations issues.
• Support managers with disciplinaries, grievances and absence management.
• Maintain ER tracker and documentation.

Skills

Employee relations

Disciplinary & grievances

Performance management

Policy implementation

Stakeholder management

Education

Level 5 CIPD

Job description

Newcastle upon Tyne, England upon Tyne, United Kingdom

About us: We are one of the top three automotive retailers in the UK, proudly representing 32 manufacturer brands, selling a huge range of new and used vehicles from over 150 dealerships across the UK and Ireland.

We believe our people are our greatest asset, and we’re committed to recognising the valuable contribution each person makes. That’s why we continue to invest in a leading rewards and benefits package designed to support your career, wellbeing, and life outside of work.

HR Advisor, Flexible Hybrid Working UK with travel to Newcastle Head Office, 12 months FTC (Maternity Cover)

Role Purpose:

To provide sound HR advicetolinemanagerson all employee relations mattersand ensure the development and implementation of effective HR policies and processes.

Role Accountabilities:

Support company managers in the management ofallemployee relation matters including disciplinaries, grievances, performancemanagementand absence management.

Providetimelyadvice and support to people managers in line with current policies and procedures.

Refer employees to Occupational Healthwhererequired, and support managers with implementing reasonable adjustments.

Supportthe HR Managerson complex people mattersincludingallegations of gross misconduct.

Ensure that all employee relation matters are recorded on theER trackerand all relating documentation is saved against the employee record.

Identifyand manage any trends in employee relationdata or casesand work with HRManagerto review and reduce concerns.

Ensure the bank of template letters and guidelines are kept up to date in line with legislation and business requirements.

Ensure the company policies are up to date and support in updating them asrequired.

Qualitycheckthe approachpeople managers take to ensure these are in line with currentpolicies andprocedures.

Keep up to date with employment law/legislation changes anddemonstratecontinuous professional development.

Support in any other general project work asrequired.

Skills, Knowledge, Experience:

Previousexperience working in a similar role.

Experience in managing the full range of employee relations casesincluding:disciplinary, grievance, performance management, absence management, flexible working requests.

Ability to influence and challenge whereappropriate.

Confident tomake decisions independently, providing solutions andanticipating/overcoming challenge.

Ability to build relationships with a variety of peopleand an ability to work in a changing & diverse business environment.

Level 5 CIPD

Core Benefits:

• Competitive salaries with structured pay scales and progression as you grow within the business
• Generous annual leave that increases with your length of service
• Enhanced family leave, including 6 months’ full pay for maternity and adoption leave, and 2 weeks’ full pay for paternity leave
• Access to Techscheme for discounted technology purchases with flexible payments
• Eyecare vouchers to help cover vision care needs
• Smart Health – 24/7 access to GP services to support your mental and physical wellbeing
• Dental insurance for everyday dental care and unexpected treatments
• Optional critical illness cover for peace of mind during life's most challenging moments

Financial Wellbeing:

• MyView PayNow – access a portion of your pay as you earn, with features to stream, save, and track your money through a user-friendly app
• Free will writing services to help plan for the future
• Flexible life assurance options and partner life assurance for added protection
• Discounted gym memberships to support an active lifestyle
• Travel insurance to help you explore with confidence
• Access to home and technology vouchers
• bYond card and a wide range of exclusive retail and lifestyle discounts

We strongly believe in nurturing and providing our people with specific manufacturer brand and management training to enhance career development opportunities. We have a great bunch of people, and we like to celebrate and encourage success at all levels.

Lookers and Charles Hurst are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to a working environment that is free from discrimination, is inclusive, and empowers our people to bring their whole self to work and reach their full potential.

If your application issuccessful,we will conduct relevant employment checks prior to you commencing employment with us.Thesewill includeverifying your recent employment, address, credit historyandastandardcriminal recordcheck. For roles that require you to drive, adriving licence checkwill also be carried out.Please note, all offers of employment are made subject to a 6 month probation period commencing from your start date.

We take our data protection responsibilities very seriously and are committed to upholding and respecting your privacy rights. Information about how we will process your data including the types of data we collect, the purposes for which we use it, who we may share it with and how long we keep it are set out in our privacy notice. It also includes information about your individual privacy rights. Please make sure you read our Privacy Notice so that you understand how we may collect and use your data.