HR Advisor - Fixed Term

Acteon; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Acteon is recruiting a HR Advisor for a six-month fixed-term contract, based at our Bridge of Don facility in Aberdeen. The role is the first point of contact for employees and line managers, delivering guidance on HR issues and ensuring policy compliance.

You will work with the Senior HR Business Partner to attract, develop, and retain staff and support onboarding, payroll changes, and employment variations.

Qualifications

• Experience of working within a fast-paced HR Advisor role.
• Full UK Driving Licence.
• Experience of working in the Oil and Gas industry.
• Bachelor's degree in Human Resource Management.
• Ideally CIPD qualified or part qualified.

Responsibilities

• Provide advice, support, information and guidance to employees and managers on HR and employee relations issues, ensuring HR policies and management practices comply with regulatory requirements and mitigate legal exposure.
• Empower, coach, and enable Managers to take full responsibility for the leadership and management of their teams.
• Quickly respond to requests for help from employees and managers, coaching where possible such that repeat requests are avoided.
• Working with the Senior HRBP to manage the attraction, acquisition, development, and retention of all employees.
• Working with the Senior HRBP and HR specialist teams with the development and implementation of employee recruitment, development, reward, and retention programmes.
• Support roll out of group initiatives.
• Responsible for running the monthly pay flow files, ensuring all new start information and contractual and benefit changes are captured, before sending to Finance for processing.
• Provide HR support in confidential meetings including investigations, disciplinaries, absence, probation, and performance discussions.
• Monitor and manage sickness absence levels monthly, escalating if required any potential issues to the Senior HRBP.
• Responsible for administrating employee changes, ensuring APP and personnel files are up to date, and any changes are communicated to required parties e.g. Finance and benefits providers.
• Onboarding paperwork including offer letter, employment contract and completing any pre-employment screening requirements including right to work checks.
• Administration of benefit schemes and maintenance including ensuring accurate data is recorded in APP for all employees.
• Employee inductions and onboarding activities
• Probationary outcomes
• Amendment to terms and conditions
• Absence management
• Family Friendly matters including maternity and paternity leave
• Leaver administration and conducting Exit-Interviews
• Monitoring visa expiration dates and advising in a timely manner
• Monthly data cleanse from APP
• Drafting letters, reports, briefing notes, and presentation materials as required in support of the regional HR team
• Annual HR activities and processes including Salary Review, Bonus Scheme, and renewal exercises
• Working with line managers to ensure up to date job descriptions exist for all roles
• Occasional travel to other Acteon worksites may be required

Skills

HR Advisory

Employee relations

Coaching managers

Talent development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Human Resource Management

Job description

From seabed to surface, Acteon develops solutions to the energy industry's most complex problems. We harness data, engineering knowledge, and operational expertise to efficiently design, install, maintain, extend the life of, and decommission offshore energy assets to ensure they deliver maximum economic value.

We are sourcing a HR Advisor on a full time, 6 months fixed term basis. Based at our facility in Bridge on Don, Aberdeen, the HR Advisor will report into the Senior HR Business Partner the main purpose of this role is to be the first point of contact to employees and line managers to provide advice, support, information and guidance on HR and employee relations issues, ensuring HR policies are followed, and any issues are escalated to the Senior HRBP in a timely manner.

Duties & Main Responsibilities

• Provide advice, support, information and guidance to employees and managers on HR and employee relations issues, ensuring HR policies and management practices comply with regulatory requirements and mitigate legal exposure
• Empower, coach, and enable Managers to take full responsibility for the leadership and management of their teams
• Quickly respond to requests for help from employees and managers, coaching where possible such that repeat requests are avoided
• Working with the Senior HRBP to manage the attraction, acquisition, development, and retention of all employees
• Working with the Senior HRBP and HR specialist teams with the development and implementation of employee recruitment, development, reward, and retention programmes
• Support roll out of group initiatives
• Responsible for running the monthly pay flow files, ensuring all new start information and contractual and benefit changes are captured, before sending to Finance for processing
• Provide HR support in confidential meetings including investigations, disciplinaries, absence, probation, and performance discussions
• Monitor and manage sickness absence levels monthly, escalating if required any potential issues to the Senior HRBP
• Responsible for administrating employee changes, ensuring APP and personnel files are up to date, and any changes are communicated to required parties e.g. Finance and benefits providers
• Onboarding paperwork including offer letter, employment contract and completing any pre-employment screening requirements including right to work checks
• Administration of benefit schemes and maintenance including ensuring accurate data is recorded in APP for all employees
• Employee inductions and onboarding activities
• Probationary outcomes
• Amendment to terms and conditions
• Absence management
• Family Friendly matters including maternity and paternity leave
• Leaver administration and conducting Exit-Interviews
• Monitoring visa expiration dates and advising in a timely manner
• Monthly data cleanse from APP
• Drafting letters, reports, briefing notes, and presentation materials as required in support of the regional HR team
• Annual HR activities and processes including Salary Review, Bonus Scheme, and renewal exercises
• Working with line managers to ensure up to date job descriptions exist for all roles
• Occasional travel to other Acteon worksites may be required

Required

• Experience of working within a fast-paced HR Advisor role
• Full UK Driving Licence
• Experience of working in the Oil and Gas industry
• Bachelor's degree in Human Resource Management
• Ideally CIPD qualified or part qualified