HR Advisor

Livin Housing; Tewkesbury; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading housing provider in the UK seeks a dedicated HR Advisor to provide remote HR advisory services across varied employee relations issues. Ideal candidates will hold a CIPD level 3 or above and possess significant experience in HR advisory roles, with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to manage caseloads efficiently. The position offers the potential for hybrid working and comes with generous benefits, aiming to attract motivated and resilient team players.

Benefits

Enhanced maternity/paternity leave

Generous Pension Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Discount voucher scheme

Training and development opportunities

Annual Fun Day

Volunteering Leave

Qualifications

• Experience as a HR Advisor is essential.
• Strong knowledge of HR Employment Law required.
• Experience with high volume, advisory, and investigative projects beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Provide general HR advice on policies and procedures.
• Manage a varied case load including disciplinary and grievance issues.
• Guide and support managers in employee relation issues.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Confidence in HR systems

Customer service orientation

Ability to multitask

Education

CIPD level 3 or above

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Workday

Job description

Overview

You would form part of a dedicated Team who provide accurate, influential, timely advice and guidance through a remote HR Advisory service to the Group, for a wide range of employee relations issues.

We are looking for someone that will bring a great energy and motivation, an already established HR Advisor that wants to progress within a fast-growing and fast paced UK wide organisation. Interpersonal skills are vital for this role, coupled with the ability to work with a number of stakeholders at different levels across the business and previous experience with high numbers of caseload is essential. Alongside a strong knowledge of HR Employment Law, the ideal candidate will be confident in utilising HR systems, have the ability to provide advice remotely and have experience of working across high volume, advisory and investigative projects.

If you need any help with your application process, we are here to support you. We will be accessible every step of the way.

Responsibilities

• Provide general HR advice on our policies and procedures to all employees and managers
• Dealing with a large varied case load which includes disciplinary, absence management, grievance and performance
• Provide detailed, pragmatic employee relations advice across the organisation
• Guide, influence, support and empower managers through advice in order to identify, understand and implement effective and commercial solutions to employee relation issues
• Ability to risk assess and prioritise HR employee relation case work
• Maintaining appropriate recording/updating of all case documentation
• Identify trends, report and escalate as appropriate using in-house HR systems
• Participate in regular case reviews with HR Team Leader to discuss complex cases, share information and best practice
• Work closely with wider HR Group to ensure a joined up seamless service

Requirements

• CIPD level 3 or above is essential to the role
• Previous experience as a HR Advisor is essential to the role
• Experience of working in an environment with TUPE and Trade Unions is desirable but not essential
• A high level of customer service is this is the forefront of our business
• Confident user of Microsoft packages, including Word and Excel
• Previous use of Workday and other HR systems is desirable but not essential
• The ideal candidate must be both robust and resilient and be able to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines, have the ability to multitask and to adapt their own style
• Gloucester based with the option of hybrid working up to 2 days per week, once competent on systems & processes (This to be agreed with management)

About Mears

Mears is a specialist, leading housing provider to both Central and Local Government. We are an organisation with a strong sense of social purpose, tackling issues that matter to people and communities. A career with Mears Group means putting people and customers at the heart of what you do, every day. Our culture is built on what we call our "Red Thread" - the common values we share that make us what we are. Because, as a team and a company, we\'re better when we work together.

Benefits

• Family friendly policy, including enhanced maternity/paternity leave and much more.
• Generous Pension Scheme and sick pay
• Employee Assistance Programme (Access to Free counselling service)
• Mears Rewards - discount voucher scheme for a host of household name retailers, including supermarkets, offering savings on purchases
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Mears Fun Day - Our annual Fun Day is organised as a massive thank you from the Executive team for all the hard work! Previous years include, Alton Towers, Drayton Manor etc
• Volunteering Leave - Mears supports employees to undertake volunteering in the community for two days per year, in support of our social value commitment

All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship. Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant Background, Identity & Security checks before commencement of employment.