HR Advisor / HEO

Brook Street; England; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A public sector recruitment agency is looking for x2 HR Advisors for a temporary role in Newcastle upon Tyne. You will support the HR team with various operational tasks, including recruitment, advising management, and developing HR policies. Strong HR skills and experience in employment law are essential. This role requires a flexible, detail-oriented individual who can work under pressure. The position offers a hybrid work model with an office requirement of two days a week.

Qualifications

• Experience advising managers on disciplinary and grievance cases.
• Attention to detail with experience in report writing.
• Ability to support management in HR practices.

Responsibilities

• Support the HR team in achieving organizational goals.
• Advise on recruitment and retention of staff.
• Facilitate interview techniques for hiring managers.

Skills

Generalist HR expertise

Relationship management

Analytical skills

Knowledge of UK Employment Law

Flexible adaptability

IT and HR system proficiency

Job description

Brook Street are delighted to be supporting our Public Sector client with recruitment for x2 HR Advisors (HEO's) based in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Role specifics:
Type - Temporary
Start date - ASAP
End date - 31st Dec 2025
Hybrid - Office requirement, 2 days per week
Location - Newcastle - NE4
Hours - 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
Pay rate - TBC

Job specification:
The HR Advisor supports the wider HR team with contributing to the organisations HR goals. Specific duties are varied and can encompass most areas on the operational side of the HR department. The HR Advisor must have strong communication and organisational skills. You must be able to work both with management and non-management individuals, be a team player and possess strong interpersonal skills. You can expect to act as a 'critical friend' and help to provide partnering support to the wider HR Business Partnering team and their business area, and support or lead on specific projects on HR topics, support the HR Officer and Head of HR. The role of the HR Advisor is to advise both employers and clients on the recruitment of new staff and retention of existing employees. You will be involved in helping hiring managers with their interview techniques and writing job descriptions, as well as researching performance evaluation methods and designing company policies.

Further duties will include, supporting management, review of sickness, employee relations, reviews, policy work and further HR generalist duties.

Essential

• Good generalist HR expertise to support the business build good people practices.
• Excellent relationship and stakeholder management - shaping and influencing in wider business context.
• Experience advising managers on disciplinary, grievance and sickness cases, including being the HR lead on supporting investigations and hearings.
• Analytical with a high level of attention to detail - developing insights and trends for evidence-based decisions and report writing.
• Working knowledge and understanding of UK Employment Law.
• Resilient and able to work under pressure.
• Flexible and able to adapt to changing requirements.
• Hands-on experience with IT programmes and HR systems.

Required:

- Must be able to provide full right to work in the UK including photo ID
- Must be able to start at short notice
- Must be able to commute to Newcastle - NE4

Brook Street is proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant and as such, we guarantee to interview all candidates who are veterans or spouses/partners of military personnel, and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy.

As a Disability Confident Leader, and holder of the Gold Award status from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, Brook Street, as a supplier to the Public Sector Resourcing Framework (PSR), will offer you a guaranteed interview with a PSR Sourcer.

Should you identify as a candidate with a disability and/or as a veteran or spouse/partner of military personnel and meet all the essential criteria for the role, we encourage you to reach out to us via the Brook Street website. Here you will find a link to register your interest and state the role that you are interested in. We are committed to engaging with you.

In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates/military spouses/partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, Brook Street will interview the best candidates from within that group.