HR Advisor

United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory; Warrington; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension plan

25.5 days leave + Christmas shutdown

Life Assurance

Employee Assistance

Cycle to Work

Job summary

United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory (UKNNL) is seeking an experienced HR Advisor to provide expert advice on people matters and coach line managers in line with UKNNL policies. You will deliver strategic case management, absence handling, and collaborate with the HR Support Team to ensure a high-quality employee experience.

Key requirements include CIPD qualifications or progressing toward and strong knowledge of employment law.

Qualifications

• CIPD qualification or working towards with knowledge of employment legislation.
• Strong team working and relationship-building skills.
• Proven ability to handle complex employee relations matters.
• Ability to prioritise with pragmatic decision making and conflict resolution.
• Excellent verbal and written communication with attention to legal notes and data entry.
• Proficient in MS PowerPoint and Excel; able to drive tasks to completion.
• Ability to obtain SC level security clearance and 5 years UK residency.

Responsibilities

• Provide sound HR advice and coach line managers in line with UKNNL policies.
• Manage efficient case management on employee relations and people management issues.
• Advise on absence management including occupational health referrals and return-to-work cases.
• Collaborate with the HR Support Team to ensure effective advice and support.
• Utilise HR metrics to compile data packs and monitor trends.
• Advise on job design, recruitment and onboarding, restructuring and redeployment.
• Work with HR Centres of Excellence to support cross-functional activities.
• Support and/or lead site or company-wide HR projects and change initiatives.
• Assist HR Business Partners during organisational change and site communications.
• Support governance and assurance processes for HR.

Skills

Employee relations

Stakeholder management

Communication

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Education

CIPD qualification or working towards

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

Job Description for HR Advisor

There’s never been a more exciting time to be part of the nuclear sector. New opportunities are being created all the time. At UKNNL, you’ll be in the ideal place to capitalise on this momentum, face new challenges and develop a long, successful and meaningful career. We’re an organisation that’s here to experiment and push the limits of what’s possible. So, if you’re keen to excel in your chosen field, this is the place to do it. Because at UKNNL, anything is possible.

Main Responsibilities for HR Advisor

• Provide sound HR advice on people matters, support and coach line managers and employees in line with UKNNL HR processes and policies, ensuring compliance with current employment legislation.


• Provide an efficient case management service to the business, including coaching and advising line managers on employee relations and people management issues (in line with UKNNL policy).


• Provide advice and guidance to line managers on absence management issues, including occupational health referrals and return to work cases.


• Partner and work closely with the HR Support Team to ensure efficient and effective provision of advice and support to managers and employees on people related matters.


• Utilise HR metrics to compile data packs and monitor trends in data.


• Provide advice and guidance on job design, recruitment and selection, on-boarding, restructuring and redeployment processes, advising on best practice and appropriate legislation, in line with UKNNL policy.


• Work across the HR Centres of Excellence, supporting cross functional activities by providing HR operational input as and when required.


• Support and/or lead Site or Company-wide HR projects, initiatives or improvement activities.


• Support the HR Business Partners with and during key organisational change, transformation and/or site communication activities.


• Support the risk management, governance and assurance processes in place for the HR function.

Essential Criteria for HR Advisor

• CIPD qualification or working towards, with extensive knowledge of employment legislation.


• Strong team working skills with the ability to proactively build relationships and initiate activities.


• Proven ability to handle complex employee relations matters.


• Able to effectively prioritise with a pragmatic approach to decision making, problem solving and conflict resolution.


• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with a keen attention to detail specifically around legal notes; reports; letters; and data entry.


• Strong planning, organisational and administrative skills (PC Literate and confident in the use of Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel) and the ability to drive things through to completion.


• Able to demonstrate a positive attitude to health, safety and security.


• Ability to obtain SC level security clearance (this includes but is not limited to identity, employment, financial and criminal record checks plus 5 years’ worth of UK residency).

Why join us?

UKNNL isn’t just a place where you can do career-defining work that makes a real-world impact. It’s also a place where you’ll feel appreciated and valued. We’re creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is free to be themselves and feel like they belong. We put your wellbeing first, we push you to reach your potential, and we do everything possible to help you feel safe, supported and inspired.

We also offer a range of employee benefits:

• Sector leading Family-Focused Policies: celebrate life events, including enhanced maternity and paternity leave and a week off for your marriage.


• UKNNL offers attractive pension plans. If you contribute 5%, UKNNL contributes 15%. Alternatively, if you choose not to contribute (0%), UKNNL will still contribute 10%.


• Annual Leave: Benefit from 25.5 days of leave, plus 4 extra days to be taken during Christmas shutdown, plus Bank Holidays.


• Reduced gym membership with discounts of up to 25% from 3,700 gym and leisure providers across the UK.


• Company Bonus: Be rewarded for your contributions.


• Learning Opportunities: Enhance your skills through excellent development programmes.


• Employee Assistance: Access support for personal and professional challenges.


• Cycle to Work: Stay active and eco-friendly.


• Life Assurance: Ensure peace of mind for you and your loved ones.


• Enhanced Sick Pay Benefits: Receive support during illness or injury.


• Access to ‘Mydiscounts’ which has a range of special offers and discounts from more than 200 suppliers, including medical insurance and dental insurance.


• Health Care: Health savings plan which allows you to claim money back on visits to the dentist, optician and/or physiotherapist (limits apply).

About The Company

UKNNL is an incredible place to work. A place where people do things that have never been done before. A place where people push boundaries to further themselves, the business and society as a whole. This is a place where personal and professional opportunities are limitless. If you want to change the world, if you want to tackle climate change, if you want to help advance medical science, if you want to help put things in space, if you want to answer the big questions, if you want to work with extraordinary materials, if you want to meet great people, learn new skills, challenge yourself, work flexibly, and build a long successful career with the power to make a real impact… you can do it all here.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

UKNNL has a vision for Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (ED&IE) where UKNNL aims to be an inclusive workplace that attracts diverse talent through transparent and equal policies and procedures, providing reasonable adjustments as appropriate. We want you and the diverse mix of people that we employ, customers that we service and stakeholders that we influence to feel valued. We encourage a workplace culture where everyone can thrive with a sense of belonging and the ability to access to workplace in a way which works for you.

Recruitment Agency Notice

We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List (PSL) for the provision of recruitment services. Only agencies on our PSL may provide CVs and only when the role is released to them by our recruitment team. We will not accept unsolicited CVs from suppliers not currently on our PSL. We explicitly reserve the right to add candidate details from unsolicited CVs from non-PSL agencies into our own candidate database and to pursue/hire such candidate(s) without any obligation, financial or otherwise, to the agency concerned.