HR Advisor - 9 Month Fixed Term Contract

Sedgwick; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading HR service provider in Cardiff is seeking an HR Advisor for a 9-month fixed-term contract. The role involves providing tier 2 HR support, managing employee relations, and improving HR processes. Ideal candidates will have experience using Workday, HR advisory skills, and applicable qualifications. This position offers flexible working, a competitive salary, and comprehensive employee benefits.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Competitive salary

Private healthcare plan

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Experience dealing with queries via a ticket system.
• Demonstrable experience in HR roles.
• General employment law knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Provide tier 2 HR support and advice.
• Liaise with centres of excellence for complex queries.
• Prepare HR reports and documents.

Skills

Experience using Workday

Employee relations management

General HR knowledge

Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Education

CIPD qualification

Job description

HR Advisor - 9 Month Fixed Term Contract

Overview

By joining Sedgwick, you'll be part of something truly meaningful. It’s what our 33,000 colleagues do every day for people around the world who are facing the unexpected. We invite you to grow your career with us, experience our caring culture, and enjoy work-life balance. Here, there’s no limit to what you can achieve.

This role is varied and interesting, with no two days ever the same. You will be responsible for delivering a consistent HR service that provides a positive experience for our colleagues and managers. By partnering with the business, you will understand their needs, specifically focusing on tier 2 front line support and advice, employee relations, performance management, and absence issues. Additionally, you will help managers build their HR knowledge and assist the wider HR team in sharing their expertise to upskill colleagues.

Responsibilities

Tie r 2 support involves responding to complex enquiries, liaising with appropriate centres of excellence, working with business partnering teams to support HR projects, and ensuring payroll actions are completed accurately and on time. Using your experience, you will continuously look for opportunities to improve HR processes and the support we provide to the business, while identifying opportunities for personal development and supporting the development of the team as a whole. The role extends to providing cyclical and ad-hoc reports, preparing HR-related letters and documents, acting as an escalation point for all pre-employment checks to liaise with line managers and CRBPs for swift resolution, guiding managers in the use of Workday, administering benefit schemes including the company car scheme, reporting MI data, and advising people leaders on employee relations cases, including grievances, disciplinary actions, investigations, absences, and other people-related issues.

Join our team and contribute to a dynamic and supportive HR environment.

Qualifications

• Experience using Workday and dealing with queries via a ticket system.
• Demonstrable experience of HR – managing and advising on employee relations matters is required.
• General HR knowledge, employment law and best practice.
• CIPD qualification is desirable
• The ability to work in a fast-paced complex environment.

What we’ll give you for this role

Remuneration & more

• Flexible working, including the ability to work from home
• Competitive salary taking into account skills, experience and qualifications.
• A Self Invested Personal Pension Scheme.
• Holiday allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays.

Health & support

• Private healthcare plan (including pre-existing conditions).
• Life assurance.
• Employee assistance programme for employee wellbeing.
• Group Income Protection.

Other benefits

• Voluntary benefits – dental cover, cycle to work scheme, season ticket loan, wellbeing and digital GP applications.
• Discounts on various products and services.

Next steps

Think we’d be a great match? Apply now—we want to hear from you. If you’re unsure whether you have all the skills needed, please apply as we are looking for all backgrounds from seasoned professionals to those returning to the workforce, and everyone in-between.

Not only that, we are proud to have a zero tolerance policy towards discrimination of any kind regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital/family status, race, religion, sex or sexual orientation.

After the closing date we will review all applications and may select some applicants for an interview (which may be virtual, or in-person).

Sedgwick is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

The statements contained in this document describe the general nature and level of work being performed by a colleague assigned to this description. They are not intended to constitute a comprehensive list of functions, duties, or local variances. Sedgwick retains the discretion to add or to change the duties of the position at any time.