HR Advisor(4 months)

Personnel Today Awards; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Personnel Today Awards is recruiting an HR Advisor in London to join a Higher Education organisation undergoing significant transformation. The role focuses on providing pragmatic, generalist HR support across ER, absence, performance, recruitment and broader change activities.

You will partner with managers and HR colleagues, advise on stakeholders, and help navigate a fast-paced environment as priorities evolve.

Qualifications

• Solid HR Advisor/generalist experience, ideally in a large/complex organisation.
• Hands-on ER, change and performance management experience.
• Positive, resilient and solutions-focused attitude.

Responsibilities

• Provide pragmatic HR advice across a broad generalist remit to managers and HR colleagues.
• Support ER casework including disciplinary, grievance and capability.
• Advise on absence and performance management.
• Support recruitment and the wider employee lifecycle.
• Contribute to HR projects and change initiatives.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across the organisation.
• Manage competing priorities in a busy, evolving environment.

Skills

HR Generalist

ER management

Change management

Performance management

Recruitment

Stakeholder management

Job description

We are recruiting within a Higher Education organisation in London to recruit an experienced HR Advisor for an initial 4-month assignment. This is an exciting time to join the organisation as it goes through a period of significant change and transformation. We’re looking for someone with a positive, solutions-focused attitude who is agile, adaptable and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment where priorities can change.

You’ll work closely with managers and HR colleagues, providing pragmatic HR advice across a broad generalist remit. The role will include employee relations, absence, performance management, recruitment and wider HR projects/change activity.

Key areas will include:

• Providing confident, practical advice to managers
• Supporting ER casework including disciplinary, grievance and capability
• Advising on absence and performance management
• Supporting recruitment and the wider employee lifecycle
• Contributing to HR projects and change initiatives
• Building strong relationships with stakeholders across the organisation
• Managing competing priorities in a busy, evolving environment

We’re looking for someone who:

• Has solid HR Advisor/generalist experience, ideally gained within a large or complex organisation
• Has hands‑on experience of ER, change and performance management
• Is positive, resilient and solutions-focused
• Can be agile and adaptable as priorities evolve
• Is comfortable managing challenging situations and advising a range of stakeholders
• Can hit the ground running and work both independently and collaboratively
• Has experience of a unionised or Higher Education environment, which would be advantageous rather than essential

This is a great opportunity for an HR professional who genuinely enjoys change, variety and working at pace, and wants to make an impact during an important period for the organisation.