HR Advisor

Coleg Cambria; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Great pension package

Discount for on-site gyms/salons/trFr

Job summary

Coleg Cambria is seeking a permanent Human Resources Advisor to join a welcoming and supportive team. The role will be based at Deeside with regular travel to other Coleg Cambria sites, expenses paid. We offer agile and multi-site working with options to work across Wrexham, Ruthin or Northop sites.

You will handle varied HR duties, provide day-to-day HR guidance, and support recruitment and employee relations in a proactive, data-driven environment.

Qualifications

• CIPD professional qualification to Level 5.
• Experience of providing advice and guidance to managers on HR related matters.
• Experience of processing transactional HR procedures.
• Welsh Language skills are an essential requirement for this role.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional HR advice to managers and employees on policies and procedures.
• Support managers with a wide range of HR tasks including absence, disciplinaries, grievances, capability and performance matters.
• Assist with recruitment activities: writing job descriptions, shortlisting and panel support.
• Ensure a high level of customer service and stay up-to-date with employment law and HR best practice.

Skills

CIPD Level 5

HR advisory experience

HR policy & procedures

Data analytics

Job description

At Coleg Cambria, our aim is to be an exceptional institute of education.

We provide a warm welcome to all students and staff to make Coleg Cambria a place you want to be a part of. To ensure our students get the best experience and results they can, we make sure the people employed with us are happy. We nurture a positive work environment, a constantly expanding and improving workforce, and offer the opportunity to challenge yourself. On top of all that we have a wide range of benefits to make sure our employees feel valued, including generous annual leave, a great pension package, discount membership to our on-site gyms, salons, and professional training restaurants.

Our 5 Campuses situated in the stunning North Wales area are constantly expanding and evolving. With strong relationships with multiple companies in the area we help give our students the best start to their careers and help the local economy thrive. Wales has a strong and proud culture we continue to grow these important values by being committed to raising the Welsh language profile. We are very proud of what we have built here and we are now looking for someone to enhance our already exceptional workforce.

Location Coleg Cambria Application Deadline Sunday, October 4, 2026 Scale Point From £33,912 Scale Point To £37,644

Coleg Cambria: An Introduction

At Coleg Cambria, our aim is to be an exceptional institute of education.

We provide a warm welcome to all students and staff to make Coleg Cambria a place you want to be a part of. To ensure our students get the best experience and results they can, we make sure the people employed with us are happy. We nurture a positive work environment, a constantly expanding and improving workforce, and offer the opportunity to challenge yourself. On top of all that we have a wide range of benefits to make sure our employees feel valued, including generous annual leave, a great pension package, discount membership to our on-site gyms, salons, and professional training restaurants.

Our 5 Campuses situated in the stunning North Wales area are constantly expanding and evolving. With strong relationships with multiple companies in the area we help give our students the best start to their careers and help the local economy thrive. Wales has a strong and proud culture we continue to grow these important values by being committed to raising the Welsh language profile. We are very proud of what we have built here and we are now looking for someone to enhance our already exceptional workforce.

Job Summary

Exceeding expectations through education, innovation and inspiration…

Role Title: Human Resource Advisor

Location: Deeside (must be willing to travel across all 5 Coleg Cambria sites)

Contract Type: Permanent / Full Time

Salary: £33,912 - £37,644

We currently have a vacancy for a permanent Human Resources Advisor to join a hugely welcoming and supportive team. The role will primarily be based at our Deeside site, however, candidates must be willing to travel regularly to other sites (expenses can be claimed).

If you're a HR Advisor looking for a role that offers genuine flexibility, we are keen to hear from you. Whilst this role is based at Deeside, we offer agile and multi-site working with the opportunity to work from our Wrexham, Ruthin or Northop sites.

We are looking for candidates who are equipped with the skills to work in an extremely varied, fast-paced role. You will bring a proactive approach to solving complex people challenges, be naturally inquisitive and confident building effective relationships across the College. You will provide professional advice on day-to-day queries on HR matters from managers and employees, while delivering HR-related activities for a specified area within the College.

You will work across a wide range of HR tasks and priorities including providing advice and guidance to managers and employees on HR-related policies and procedures. A key part of this role will involve supporting managers with a varied employee relations caseload, including absence, disciplinary, grievance, capability and performance matters, ensuring advice is legally compliant, pragmatic and solutions focused. Supporting managers with recruitment associated activities, including writing new job descriptions, shortlisting, providing panel support at interviews and a wide variety of employment activities while ensuring an excellent candidate experience throughout the recruitment process.

You will be dedicated to providing a high level of customer service and will be committed to keeping up to date with employment legislation and HR best practice. You will build trusted relationships with managers and employees, providing confident, credible and professional HR advice.

This position will require you to work proactively as part of a wider team, and be flexible and adaptable when required. You will also be confident asking the right questions, analysing information objectively and constructively challenging where appropriate to support informed decision-making.

As an HR Advisor you will contribute to and support the development and implementation of policies, processes and projects that support the College's wider vision and promote a culture of equality, diversity and inclusion.

It is important that you are comfortable working with data and will be able to use data and analytics to understand and identify opportunities for further improvement, identify trends and support evidence-based decision making to continuously improve our people practices.

Essential Requirements

• CIPD professional qualification to Level 5
• Experience of providing advice and guidance to managers on HR related matters
• Experience of processing transactional HR procedures

Welsh Language skills are an essential requirement for this role.

However, applicantsare also encouraged to apply on a "need-to-learn" basis, provided they