HR Advisor, Essential Home

Reckitt Benckiser LLC; Gillingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A global consumer goods company is seeking an adaptable HR Advisor to join their Essential Home team in Gillingham. This role focuses on day-to-day HR operations, employee engagement, and strategic projects, offering a chance to shape the future of the business. Candidates with strong HR experience, data literacy, and excellent communication skills are encouraged to apply. A supportive work environment with various employee benefits is included.

Benefits

Parental benefits

Employee Assistance Program

Life insurance

Global share plans

Qualifications

• Experience in multiple HR areas including employee relations and operations.
• Strong understanding of employment legislation applicable in the workplace.
• Proficient with HR systems and data analytics.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day HR support and policy guidance.
• Implement HR initiatives aligned with business goals.
• Maintain and improve HR practices for compliance and efficiency.

Skills

Data and Analytics

HR Process Improvement

HR Operations

Strong Communication

Job description

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City: Slough

With a trusted portfolio of world-class Air Care, Surface, Laundry and Pest Control products, the Essential Home team’s purpose is to Make a House Your Home. Fuelling this newly formed business and leadership team is a diverse and inclusive culture for all. Together, we’re shaping a team with a founder mentality: that listens and learns, and that is entrepreneurial, agile, and action oriented.

With high-quality brands such as Air Wick, Cillit Bang, Calgon and Mortein, now is an exciting time to join a dynamic company full of purpose, pace and energy, that will create a truly unique learning and career opportunity for all.

Human Resources

Our HR Team are the force for good that bring Essential Home's ambition to life. We work together to ensure the delivery of sustained profitable growth by unleashing the power of our purpose, people and performance.

Now is an exciting time to be part of shaping the future of HR, influencing an exciting global organisation, while developing business and functional leadership skills, all at the same time.

Whatever your role in our HR community, you'll take ownership of your projects and workstreams. We focus on developing our leaders to spearhead our culture and growth, so you'll be supported and mentored to deliver the right plans to drive business performance - and we'll celebrate the results with you along the way.

About the role

We’re looking for a proactive and adaptableHR Advisor to support our dynamic and growing Essential Home business unit. This is a unique opportunity to be part of something new — shaping the way we work, supporting teams across the business, and contributing to meaningful people initiatives.

You’ll be deeply involved in the day-to-day HR operations, employee interactions, and strategic projects that make a real impact. From handling employee discussions and supporting HR processes to analysing data and improving how we work, this role offers variety, responsibility, and the chance to help build the future of Essential Home with us.

Your responsibilities

• Deliver day-to-day HR support, including policy guidance, employee discussions, and issue resolution, ensuring a consistent and fair approach across the business.
• Contribute to the implementation of people strategies and HR initiatives aligned with the Essential Home business goals.
• Maintain and improve HR systems and processes to ensure accuracy, compliance, and efficiency.
• Leverage HR data and analytics to identify trends, provide insights, and support decision-making across the people agenda.
• Support performance, development, and engagement initiatives that drive individual and team growth.
• Actively participate in projects focused on organisational development, employee wellbeing, and culture.
• Partner with managers and teams to help build an inclusive, supportive, and high-performing work environment.

The experience we're looking for

• Broad experience across multiple areas of HR, including employee relations, operations, and project work.
• Strong understanding of employment legislation and the ability to apply it in practical situations.
  
• Confidence working with HR systems, data, and digital tools — you enjoy streamlining processes and using insights to drive action.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to handle sensitive issues with discretion and empathy.
• A proactive, solution-focused mindset and a strong sense of ownership.
• Organisational skills with strong attention to detail and a hands-on approach to getting things done.
  
  

The skills for success

Data and Analytics, HR Process Improvement; Process management; HR Process improvement, Storytelling; Data led storytelling, Strategic mindset, Digital literacy, HR Data Analsyis; Data management; Employee data management, Commercial acumen, Solutioning.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way.

We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.