HR Advisor - @One Alliance

JN Bentley; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure firm in Peterborough is seeking an HR Advisor to support business objectives and provide HR services. The role involves engagement strategies, managing employee relations, and project implementation. The ideal candidate will possess strong HR generalist experience, adaptability, and the ability to build effective relationships. This position offers a collaborative environment to contribute to meaningful change.

Qualifications

• Proven capability in employee engagement and resourcing strategies.
• Experience in managing organisational change initiatives.
• Ability to build effective relationships across diverse teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide HR services that align with business objectives.
• Act as the first point of contact for employee relations cases.
• Manage KPI reporting and identify development opportunities.

Skills

Employee engagement

Resourcing strategies

Organisational change

Emotional resilience

Adaptable approach

Tools

SharePoint

Workday

Job description

Mott MacDonald Bentley are recruiting for a HR Advisor to join the Anglian Water @One Alliance.

As part of Anglian Water’s @one Alliance, we are on a mission to create a sustainable and resilient future for water. With an ambitious £2.3 billion capital investment in AMP8, we are revolutionising infrastructure, sustainability, and digital transformation to protect the environment and support growing communities.

Why join us?

Our purpose is simple but powerful — to bring environmental and social prosperity to our region through our commitment to Love Every Drop. Guided by our values — Do the Right Thing, Always Exploring, and Build Trust — you’ll be part of a team that’s shaping a sustainable future while driving real business impact.

As HR Advisor you'll balance business and employee needs in a nurturing, caring and inclusive workplace. You’ll provide leaders with consistent and valued HR support and challenge to deliver a complete and effective HR service. Working with the relevant HRBPs you’ll ensure all activities are aligned to the relevant Business Units’ people strategies to enable business objectives to be met.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Provide a HR Service that enables the delivery of people outcomes that add value and help deliver the business objectives.
• Work with the alliance people and business unit teams to deliver HR services to employees and leaders.
• Act as the first point of contact for advice managing employee relations cases in conjunction with partner companies.
• Work with Managers and the people team to plan, advise and support implementation of people projects as appropriate.
• Manage the reporting of KPI and people performance metrics identifying trends and opportunities to develop solution to current and future business problems.
• Work with the people team to bring the resource plan to life ensuring we are manging talent needs in line with business demands.
• Work with the HR Coordinator to upskill leaders in self-service people solutions utilising SharePoint and Workday to manage HR transactional work

What You’ll Bring

• Proven capability in employee engagement, together with either resourcing strategies or total reward programmes or learning and development practices.
• Proven exposure to significant organisational change initiatives and a strong generalist HR experience.
• Capability to build effective and influential relationships with a diverse range of managers across a range of BUs with different cultures and a wide variety of people requires an adaptable but organised approach.
• Able to deal with a constant flow of demanding situations requires emotional resilience.
• Highly adaptable.

At @one Alliance, you’ll be part of a dynamic, forward-thinking team that is shaping the future of the UK’s water infrastructure. We offer a collaborative and innovative working environment, where your expertise will be valued and your ideas will drive meaningful change.

JN Bentley benefits can be found in the booklet attached.