HR Advisor

Fletchers Solicitors; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

35-hour week

Bonus scheme

35 days holiday

Pension scheme with salary sacrifice

Life Assurance

Medicash policy

Sick pay

Enhanced maternity/paternity/ IVF

Hybrid working

Social events

Training & development

Job summary

Fletchers Solicitors Limited in Reading is seeking an experienced HR Advisor to provide commercially focused HR support across the business. The role focuses on employee relations, policy guidance, and employment law compliance within a fast-paced legal environment.

Hybrid working options are available, with a minimum of one in-office day per week. The package includes a 35-hour week, bonus scheme, generous holiday entitlement, and an array of benefits designed to support wellbeing and

Qualifications

• Proven HR Advisor experience in professional services or legal environments.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law and ER best practices.
• Experience handling end-to-end employee relations cases.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with professional correspondence.
• Ability to manage confidential information with discretion.

Responsibilities

• Manage a varied caseload of employee relations matters, including disciplinaries, grievances, performance management, absence management, and low-level capability cases.
• Provide clear, pragmatic and legally compliant advice to managers on employment law, HR policies, and best practice.
• Support and, where appropriate, lead formal meetings, including disciplinary and grievance hearings, ensuring fair process and accurate documentation.
• Prepare outcome letters, investigation reports, and related correspondence.
• Work closely with HR Business Partners and the Head of HR to support strategic and operational HR initiatives.
• Maintain accurate employee records, ensuring GDPR compliance and internal data protection standards.
• Produce contracts, variations, confirmation letters, and other HR documentation.
• Support onboarding, probation management, and leavers; contribute to policy improvement.
• Ensure activity aligns with UK employment law and firm policies; support audits and reporting.

Skills

UK Employment Law

Employee Relations

HR Policies & Compliance

Communication Skills

Discretion & Integrity

Education

CIPD Level 5

Job description

HR Advisor

Salary: £33,000pa

Location: Reading, Hybrid office based 1 day a week minimum

Hybrid working available – with the flexibility to work from home and collaborate in‑office when needed. We believe we offer our colleagues the best hybrid and flexible working practices, balancing working from home with time collaborating and socialising with colleagues in our modern offices.

Are you a proactive HR professional looking to make a real impact in a fast‑paced and people‑focused environment? We are seeking an experienced HR Advisor to join our team, providing practical, commercially focused and legally compliant HR support across the business.

In this varied role, you will work closely with managers, HR Business Partners and the Head of HR to deliver effective people solutions, with a particular focus on employee relations. You will provide expert guidance on HR policies, procedures and employment law, support managers through complex people matters, and ensure HR processes are delivered accurately and efficiently. As a trusted advisor, you will play a key role in promoting consistency, supporting positive employee experiences, and contributing to the smooth day‑to‑day operation and continuous improvement of the HR function.

In return Fletchers offers:

• 35 hours working week
• Bonus scheme (subject to targets being met)
• 35 days holiday a year including bank holidays and Christmas Closure, you also have an option to purchase up to 3 extra days’ holiday per year, until you long service award the 3 days after your 5th, 7th, and 9th full year of employment
• Pension scheme with NI‑efficient salary sacrifice option
• Life Assurance Policy
• Medicash policy to cover some dental, optical and other medical expenses
• Company sick pay
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and IVF schemes
• Flexible, agile working environment with a positive work‑life balance
• Varied calendar of funded company social events (check out Fletchers Group on LinkedIn)
• Monthly voucher awardsfor winning nominees
• A genuinely supportive and friendly culture
• Ongoing training and professional development opportunities

Main Responsibilities:

Employee Relations

• Manage a varied caseload of employee relations matters, including disciplinaries, grievances, performance management, absence management, and low‑level capability cases.
• Provide clear, pragmatic and legally compliant advice to managers on employment law, HR policies, and best practice.
• Support and, where appropriate, lead formal meetings, including disciplinary and grievance hearings, ensuring fair process and accurate documentation.
• Prepare outcome letters, investigation reports, and related correspondence.

Business Partner Support

• Work closely with HR Business Partners and the Head of HR to support strategic and operational HR initiatives.

HR Administration and Process

• Maintain accurate employee records, ensuring compliance with GDPR and internal data protection standards.
• Produce contracts of employment, variations, confirmation letters, and other HR documentation.
• Support HR processes such as onboarding, probation management, and leavers.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of HR policies, procedures, and templates.

Compliance and Best Practice

• Ensure all HR activity aligns with UK employment law, SRA expectations where relevant, and firm policies.
• Support audits and reporting requirements, including management information on employee relations trends.
• Keep up to date with changes in employment legislation and HR best practice.

Essential qualifications, skills and experience:

Essential

• Proven experience in an HR Advisor or similar role, ideally within a professional services or legal environment.
• Strong working knowledge of UK employment law and employee relations best practice.
• Experience managing employee relations cases from start to finish.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to draft clear, professional correspondence.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to handle confidential and sensitive matters with discretion.

Desirable

• Experience working in a law firm or regulated professional services environment.
• CIPD Level 5 qualification (or working towards).
• Experience supporting HR Business Partners in a matrixed organisation.

Personal Attributes

• Professional, calm, and confident approach when dealing with challenging situations.
• Pragmatic and solutions‑focused, with strong judgement.
• Collaborative team player with the ability to work independently.
• Resilient and able to manage competing priorities in a fast‑paced environment

About Fletchers Group

Fletchers is a fast‑growing, dynamic law firm specialising in personal injury and clinical negligence law, with outstanding rankings in both The Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners. Following several strategic acquisitions, we’ve evolved into the Fletchers Group, with ambitious plans for continued growth and innovation.

We aspire to be the best place to work in the legal sector.

Our workplace culture is inclusive, informal, and supportive, with a strong focus on colleague wellbeing and happiness. We are proud to offer some of the best hybrid and flexible working arrangements in the industry — because we understand that balance drives performance.

At Fletchers, we also value connection and collaboration. We create exciting opportunities for teams to come together and thrive. Whether you’re starting your career or aiming for leadership, you’ll find a clear path to progress and development here — from apprenticeships and professional qualifications to senior roles and Partnership.

We seek out a broad range of challenging, high‑quality legal work, enabling our people to build meaningful and progressive careers. And we don’t just talk about development — we invest in it, with a significant proportion of our colleagues working towards relevant qualifications at any given time.

We reward those who help build our success and live our values. Our benefits package is designed to grow with you, offering real opportunities to share in our long‑term strength. Our base pay and bonus structure is built to recognise and reward high performance.

Join us and be part of a law firm that’s not only growing but redefining what it means to work in legal services.

Fletchers Group is an inclusive employer with a diverse workforce: we welcome applications from all backgrounds. We’re committed to providing a culture and environment where everyone can thrive, understanding and celebrating that no colleague is the same. We’re proud of our work on the Disability Confident scheme, signed up to BITC's Race at Work charter, and working towards Henpicked's Menopause and Menstrual Friendly accreditations.

Fletchers Group is proud to be a Disability Confident Committed scheme member.

If you do require any support or reasonable adjustments during the process, please contact us.