HR Advisor

Churchill Estates Management; Ringwood; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

24 days holiday

Birthday off

Company pension

Wellbeing support

Health screening

Discretionary sick pay

Group life assurance

Charity fund matching

Long service awards

Peer to peer recognition

Job summary

Churchill Estates Management is expanding its HR team and seeking an HR Advisor to support managers and colleagues with expert, pragmatic people management across the business. The role focuses on complex employee relations, employment law alignment, and driving fair, inclusive practices.

The position is based at our Ringwood head office, requiring on-site presence five days a week, with travel as needed to support national operations. We value a practical, business-minded HR approach.

Qualifications

• Experience of managing complex and sensitive ER cases independently.
• Strong working knowledge of employment law.
• Excellent influencing, coaching and stakeholder management skills.
• Confident communicator with strong written and verbal communication skills.
• CIPD Level 5 qualification or equivalent experience.
• Experience using HRIS systems.

Responsibilities

• Acting as the lead advisor on a range of employee relations cases.
• Providing timely, commercially sound advice to managers on ER issues.
• Managing escalated or high-risk ER cases with balance of legal risk, wellbeing and business priorities.
• Supporting organisational change initiatives including restructures, TUPE, and consultation processes.
• Identifying ER trends and providing insights to reduce risk and improve engagement.
• Reviewing and applying HR policies consistently across the organisation.
• Supporting development and implementation of HR policies, procedures, and toolkits.
• Coaching and developing manager capability in ER matters.
• Producing ER metrics and reports to inform decision-making.
• Contributing to continuous improvement of HR processes and employee experience.

Skills

Employee relations

Employment law

Stakeholder management

Coaching

MS Office (Excel)

HRIS experience

Education

CIPD Level 5 or equivalent

Tools

HRIS

MS Excel

Job description

• Location:Ringwood, Hampshire BH24 3FA (Onsite)
• Contract / Hours:Permanent position, 37 hours per week Monday to Friday
• Package:Competitive salary with excellent Colleague benefits

About the role

Its exciting times at Churchill Estates Management as we enter a new phase of growth. As we continue to expand, we’re creating a new HR team to specifically support CEM, and the role of HR Advisor will play an important role in supporting our Managers and Colleagues during their career with us.

AsHR Advisor you willprovide expert, pragmaticadvicetomanagers and colleaguesacross thebusiness, ensuring fair,consistentand legally compliantpeople management practices.You will play a keyrolein managing complexemployee relations matters, supportingorganisational change,and promotinga positiveand inclusiveemployee experience.

This role will involve:

• Actingas the lead advisor on a range of employee relationscases
• Providingtimely, commercially sound advice to managers on ER issues, ensuringalignmentwith employment law, internal policies, and best practice
• Managingescalated or high-riskERcases, balancing legal risk, employee wellbeing, and business priorities
• Supportingorganisational change initiatives, including restructures, TUPE, and consultation processes
• IdentifyingER trends and root causes, providing insights and recommendations to reduce risk and improve engagement
• Reviewing,interpretingand applyingHR policies consistently across the organisation
• Supportingthe development and implementation of HR policies, procedures, andmanagertoolkits
• Buildingmanager capability through coaching, guidance, and delivery of ER-related training
• Sharing ER knowledge and best practice
• ProducingER metrics and reports to inform decision-making
• Contributingto continuous improvement of HR processes and employee experience

The role is based at our head office in Ringwood, and you are required to be onsite 5 days per week.

About you

It’simportant to us that youare passionate aboutwhat you do andcommitted todeliveringapragmaticHR service thatbalances empathy with commercial and legal considerations.

Our ideal HR Advisor will:

• Demonstrateexperience of managing complex and sensitive ER cases independently
• Havea strong working knowledge of employment law
• Showexcellent influencing,coachingand stakeholder management skills
• Be a confident communicator with strong written and verbal communication skills
• Hold a level 5 CIPD qualificationor have equivalent experience
• Highly competent in MS Office including Excel
• Experience of using HRIS system.

As a national company some travel will berequiredin this role, therefore access to a vehicle and a valid UK driver’s licence isrequired.

How you will be rewarded

• 24 days holiday plus the opportunity to buy more or sell it
• Day off on your birthday
• Company pension contribution
• Wellbeing support including Employee Assistance Programme and Mental Health First Aiders
• Health screening
• Discretionary sick pay
• Group life assurance
• Charity fund matching
• Long service awards and peer to peer recognition scheme
• And much, much more!

About us

We are Churchill Estates Management, a progressive managing agent of privately owned leasehold Retirement Living accommodation.

We manage over 220 developments nationally. That means we oversee more than 9000 apartments, providing property services and customer care to over 11,000 retired people.

However, we are not stopping there, as we are rapidly growing and have ambitious plans for the future.

Join us and be part of a professional, award winning, customer focused team.

Our Company Values TORCH: Trust/Openness/Respect/Communication/Honesty