HR Advisor - Hybrid - FTC

Mission Search; Harrogate; Hybrid; GBP 29,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits

Job summary

Mission Search is seeking an experienced HR Advisor on a fixed-term basis for a social care provider in Harrogate. You will bring expert employee relations and generalist HR skills to support managers across allocated areas.

You will base in Harrogate with three days in the office and two from home, and you will line manage an HR Assistant with support from the HR Manager. The role offers a salary of £32,000pa plus benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience handling HR casework with practical advice to managers.
• Knowledge of disciplinary, grievance, capability, and absence processes.
• Experience supporting investigations, hearings, and case documentation.
• Experience line-managing an HR Assistant and coordinating workloads.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day advice on disciplinary, grievance, capability and absence matters.
• Support managers with investigations, hearings, formal correspondence and case documentation.
• Oversee recruitment and onboarding, ensuring checks are completed.
• Support probation reviews, flexible working, family leave and reasonable adjustments.
• Monitor right-to-work, visa expiry dates and workforce compliance activity.
• Maintain accurate case records and prepare workforce trend reports.
• Manage HR Assistant’s workload and quality of work.

Skills

Employee relations

HR casework

Management support

Regulatory compliance

Investigations

Job description

Are you an experienced HR Advisor available for your next contract?

Mission Search is recruiting an HR Advisor on a fixed-term basis for a superb social care company. This is an opportunity to bring your employee relations and generalist HR experience to a varied role, providing practical support to managers across allocated areas of the business.

You’ll take ownership of your workload, build relationships quickly and help keep essential people processes moving. You’ll also line manage an HR Assistant, with support available from the HR Manager.

The role

Your responsibilities will include:

• Providing day-to-day advice on disciplinary, grievance, capability and absence matters.
• Supporting managers with investigations, hearings, formal correspondence and case documentation.
• Overseeing recruitment and onboarding, addressing delays and ensuring appropriate checks are completed.
• Supporting probation reviews, flexible working, family leave and reasonable adjustments.
• Monitoring right-to-work requirements, visa expiry dates and other workforce compliance activity.
• Maintaining accurate case records and preparing reports on workforce trends.
• Managing the HR Assistant’s workload, providing guidance and checking the quality of their work.

About you

You’ll be confident handling HR casework and giving managers clear, practical advice. You’ll be able to get up to speed quickly, organise competing priorities and build credibility with colleagues across different locations.

Experience in social care or another regulated environment would be helpful, alongside a calm, supportive and practical approach.

Working arrangements

Based in Harrogate, with approximately three days in the office and two from home. More office attendance will be needed initially to support your induction and relationship building.

The role comes with a salary of £32,000pa Plus Benefits