HR Advisor

Macildowie Recruitment and Retention; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free on-site parking with EV charging

Job summary

Macildowie are recruiting a People Operations Advisor for Annesley, Nottinghamshire. The role is a permanent, full-time position in a large manufacturing and operational environment, predominantly on-site with some flexibility.

You will provide pragmatic HR advice, coaching and guidance across operational and strategic people matters, focusing on employee relations, absence management and workforce planning. Excellent knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience as HR generalist or HR advisory within manufacturing/operational environments
• Solid employee relations experience
• Knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice
• Experience coaching and influencing operational managers
• Proactive approach and data-driven mindset
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Experience working with HR data/MI and Excel
• Experience supporting employee engagement initiatives and change projects
• CIPD Level 5 or progress towards qualification advantageous
• Experience in a unionised environment advantageous

Responsibilities

• Provide pragmatic HR advice, coaching and guidance across operational and strategic people matters
• Advise on absence, investigations and employee relations issues
• Coach managers to confidently manage their teams and people responsibilities
• Support delivery of People policies, procedures and process improvements
• Drive effective absence management and identify trends/opportunities
• Support engagement, reward, culture initiatives and wider people projects
• Contribute to talent development, succession planning and workforce planning
• Support organisational change and HR projects
• Produce and interpret HR data/MI including absence reporting
• Work collaboratively within a unionised environment
• Ensure HR activity remains compliant with employment legislation and best practice
• Support apprenticeship and employee development initiatives

Skills

Employee relations

Absence management

Investigations

Coaching managers

UK employment law

HR data & MI

Excel

Employee engagement

Change management

Stakeholder management

Union awareness

Education

CIPD Level 5 or equivalent

Job description

People Operations Advisor

Annesley, Nottinghamshire
Salary: £35,000 - £42,000pa DOE
Permanent Full-time Predominately On-site however, some flexibility

Macildowie are working exclusively with this client based in Nottinghamshire, to recruit a People Operations Advisor into an established People team within a large, fast-paced manufacturing and operational environment.

This is a genuinely varied generalist opportunity for an experienced HR Advisor who enjoys being visible within the business, partnering closely with managers and getting involved in far more than purely reactive employee relations.

With a sizeable operational and shopfloor population, 24/7 operations and plenty of organisational change taking place, you'll be joining an environment where HR has a genuine impact on day-to-day performance and the wider people agenda.

The Role

Working closely with managers and the wider People team, you will provide pragmatic HR advice, coaching and guidance across a broad range of operational and strategic people matters.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing and advising on employee relations matters including absence, investigations, performance and other people issues
• Coaching managers to confidently manage their teams and people responsibilities
• Supporting the delivery of People policies, procedures and process improvements
• Driving effective absence management and helping identify trends and opportunities for improvement
• Supporting employee engagement, reward and recognition and wider culture initiatives
• Contributing to talent development, succession planning and workforce planning activity
• Supporting organisational change and wider People projects
• Producing and interpreting HR data and management information, including absence reporting
• Working collaboratively within a unionised environment
• Ensuring HR activity remains compliant with current employment legislation and best practice
• Supporting apprenticeship and employee development initiatives

What Are We Looking For?

You’ll already have solid HR generalist or HR Advisory experience, ideally gained within a manufacturing, engineering, logistics or similarly operational environment.

You’ll also bring:

• Strong employee relations experience
• Confidence handling absence management and investigations
• Experience coaching and influencing operational managers
• A proactive approach - you’ll spot what needs doing rather than waiting to be asked
• Good knowledge of UK employment legislation and HR best practice
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Commercial awareness and the ability to balance employee and business requirements
• Confidence working with HR data and management information
• Good Excel skills
• Experience supporting employee engagement initiatives
• Change management experience
• CIPD Level 5, Chartered membership or progress towards a professional HR qualification would be advantageous
• Experience within a unionised environment would also be useful.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

This is a strong opportunity for someone who wants genuine breadth.

Alongside ER and manager support, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to employee engagement programmes, policy development, organisational change, reporting, apprenticeships and wider People projects.

The business also offers free on-site parking including EV charging.