HR Advisor - Employee Relations (Hybrid, UK)

Fletchers Solicitors Limited; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

35-hour week

Bonus scheme

35 days holiday

Pension scheme with salary sacrifice

Life Assurance

Medicash policy

Sick pay

Enhanced maternity/paternity/ IVF

Hybrid working

Social events

Training & development

Job summary

Fletchers Solicitors Limited in Reading is seeking an experienced HR Advisor to provide commercially focused HR support across the business. The role focuses on employee relations, policy guidance, and employment law compliance within a fast-paced legal environment.

Hybrid working options are available, with a minimum of one in-office day per week. The package includes a 35-hour week, bonus scheme, generous holiday entitlement, and an array of benefits designed to support wellbeing and

Qualifications

• Proven HR Advisor experience in professional services or legal environments.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law and ER best practices.
• Experience handling end-to-end employee relations cases.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with professional correspondence.
• Ability to manage confidential information with discretion.

Responsibilities

• Manage a varied caseload of employee relations matters, including disciplinaries, grievances, performance management, absence management, and low-level capability cases.
• Provide clear, pragmatic and legally compliant advice to managers on employment law, HR policies, and best practice.
• Support and, where appropriate, lead formal meetings, including disciplinary and grievance hearings, ensuring fair process and accurate documentation.
• Prepare outcome letters, investigation reports, and related correspondence.
• Work closely with HR Business Partners and the Head of HR to support strategic and operational HR initiatives.
• Maintain accurate employee records, ensuring GDPR compliance and internal data protection standards.
• Produce contracts, variations, confirmation letters, and other HR documentation.
• Support onboarding, probation management, and leavers; contribute to policy improvement.
• Ensure activity aligns with UK employment law and firm policies; support audits and reporting.

Skills

UK Employment Law

Employee Relations

HR Policies & Compliance

Communication Skills

Discretion & Integrity

Education

CIPD Level 5

Job description

Fletchers Solicitors Limited in Reading is seeking an experienced HR Advisor to provide commercially focused HR support across the business. The role focuses on employee relations, policy guidance, and employment law compliance within a fast-paced legal environment.

Hybrid working options are available, with a minimum of one in-office day per week. The package includes a 35-hour week, bonus scheme, generous holiday entitlement, and an array of benefits designed to support wellbeing and