HR Advisor — Hybrid, Flexible Hours

hyperiongrp; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Howden is a global insurance group listing a strong focus on people and culture in the heart of its HR operation. This role sits within the HR function supporting the Specialty business, delivering day-to-day HR advisory and operational support across the employee lifecycle.

You will act as a key contact for managers and colleagues, ensuring consistent application of HR policies, handling employee relations, onboarding, and data reporting, while supporting growth, change initiatives and

Qualifications

• Experience in HR Advisory or HR Operations within a fast-paced organisation.
• Experience managing employee relations cases and advising on people matters.
• Experience supporting organisational change, growth or transformation initiatives.
• Strong working knowledge of HR policies and employment legislation.
• Experience using HR systems, ideally Workday, to manage employee data and reporting.
• Demonstrated ability to analyse data and provide insights to support business decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Act as the first point of contact for HR generalist and advisory queries, providing guidance on absence, performance, conduct and probation matters.
• Support managers with day-to-day people matters, building capability and ensuring consistent application of HR policies and best practice.
• Manage employee relations cases from initial query through to resolution, escalating more complex matters where required.
• Maintain HR documentation, templates and trackers, ensuring accuracy, completeness and appropriate record keeping.
• Support HR Business Partners on organisational changes, projects and business initiatives, including acquisitions and growth activity.
• Deliver onboarding and offboarding processes, ensuring a smooth and consistent experience for colleagues.
• Conduct exit interviews, capture feedback and identify trends to inform improvements and retention strategies.
• Produce and analyse HR data and reports (e.g. absence, performance, headcount), providing insights to support decision-making.
• Manage and update employee data within Workday, ensuring accuracy across job changes, organisational structures and contingent workforce records.
• Work closely with recruitment, payroll and HR systems teams to ensure efficient processing of requisitions, employee changes and pay-related queries.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, driving greater efficiency, automation and consistency across HR operations.
• Support training activity, including induction programmes and system-related learning.

Skills

HR Advisory

Employee relations

Data analysis

Workday

Stakeholder management

Policy knowledge

Change management

English communication

Education

CIPD qualification

Tools

Workday

HRIS

Job description

Howden is a global insurance group listing a strong focus on people and culture in the heart of its HR operation. This role sits within the HR function supporting the Specialty business, delivering day-to-day HR advisory and operational support across the employee lifecycle.

You will act as a key contact for managers and colleagues, ensuring consistent application of HR policies, handling employee relations, onboarding, and data reporting, while supporting growth, change initiatives and