Hr Advisor (Part Time)

Cox Enterprises; Leicester Forest East; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday buy option

Birthday off

Well-Being Day

Charity Day

Career progression

Pension scheme

Job summary

Cox Automotive in the United Kingdom is hiring an HR Advisor to support Dealer Auction with UK employment practice, ER matters, and employee lifecycle coaching. You’ll collaborate with leadership, drive inclusion, and keep policies current while using data to improve engagement and performance.

The role is hybrid across Leicester and Manchester, offering extensive development and opportunities within the Cox Automotive network. Strong advisory and communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in an HR Advisor or HR Generalist role with a strong understanding of UK employment law and HR best practice.
• Experience managing employee relations matters (discipline, grievance, absence, capability, performance) and supporting organisational change.
• Strong coaching, influencing and relationship-building skills to support managers and stakeholders.
• Passion for creating a positive, inclusive workplace culture with focus on engagement, diversity and inclusion.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret people data.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills, able to handle multiple priorities.
• Experience developing and reviewing HR policies and maintaining HR records with GDPR/ confidentiality awareness.
• Proficient using Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and HRIS in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Shape and deliver a people strategy with leadership to support business teams.
• Create a strong recruitment and onboarding experience and capitalise on learning opportunities.
• Keep HR policies up to date, fair and compliant with UK employment law.
• Engage colleagues through surveys and feedback, turning insights into actions.
• Champion diversity and inclusion across the organisation.
• Coach managers through day-to-day people matters and change initiatives.
• Communicate benefits and HR programs effectively to colleagues.
• Ensure accurate employee records and confidentiality in line with GDPR.
• Use data to spot trends and recommend people-focused improvements.

Skills

Coaching

Influencing

Relationship-building

Analytical thinking

Communication

Organisational skills

Recruitment & onboarding

Diversity & inclusion

Tools

Microsoft Office

HR information systems

Job description

HR Advisor

Leicester / Manchester (Hybrid)

Accelerate your career with a company that leads the way

Overview

The HR function plays a pivotal role in shaping and delivering the people strategy that drives performance and growth across the organisation. By aligning HR initiatives with business objectives, the team supports a culture of engagement, development, and continuous improvement.

Why Join Us & What’s In It For You?

As a Cox Automotive team member, you’ll have access to a wide range of benefits, including exclusive discounts, cashback offers and our brilliant peer to peer recognition scheme. And there’s even more to enjoy:

• Option to buy additional holiday days
• Your birthday off every year - paid
• One annual Well-Being Day for you to relax and recharge
• One paid Charity Day to give back and support a cause that matters to you
• Opportunities for career progression across the Cox Automotive network
• Competitive pension scheme

About The Role

You will be supporting our Dealer Auction business which is a digital business leading the way in the transformation of automotive remarketing. A joint venture between Auto Trader and Cox Automotive, Dealer Auction is the UK’s largest online wholesale marketplace.

Dealer Auction’s core purpose is to help automotive businesses buy and sell used vehicles online, faster, and smarter than any other platform. Customers include Manufacturer’s; Fleet & Leasing companies; Franchise and Independent Retailers. Transacting over 120,000 vehicles every year, Dealer Auction attracts over 5500 buyers and 1200 sellers. As buying and selling moves away from traditional methods into online solutions, Dealer Auction is set to grow exponentially.

Working collaboratively with our parent companies and key stakeholders, you will champion an inclusive, engaging culture where everyone feels valued and empowered to be themselves. With a strong understanding of UK employment practices, you will provide trusted, practical HR advice, coach managers through the employee lifecycle, manage employee relations matters and support organisational change. Using people data and insights, you will help drive fair, consistent people practices and identify opportunities to enhance employee engagement and the overall colleague experience.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Working with our leadership team to shape and deliver a people strategy that supports our business and helps our people thrive.
• Creating a great recruitment and onboarding experience, while making the most of learning and development opportunities from our parent companies and external partners.
• Keeping our people policies up to date, fair and engaging, ensuring we meet UK employment legislation and best practice.
• Building on our culture by listening to colleague feedback, running engagement surveys and turning insights into actions that make Dealer Auction a great place to work.
• Championing diversity and inclusion, helping everyone feel welcome, valued and able to be themselves at work.
• Supporting managers with day-to-day people matters, coaching them through challenges and helping develop plans that get the best from their teams.
• Bringing our people communications to life, making sure colleagues know about and can make the most of the benefits, opportunities and support available to them.
• Bringing a good understanding of UK employment law and HR best practice.
• Having experience supporting employee relations matters, including absence, performance, disciplinary and grievance processes.
• Building trusted relationships with managers and providing practical, commercially focused HR advice.
• Staying organised, managing competing priorities and handling confidential information with care.
• Using people data to spot trends, identify opportunities and make recommendations that support business performance.
• Having a keen eye for detail when managing employee records, policies and HR processes.

What We’re Looking For

• Full UK Driving License
• Proven experience in an HR Advisor, People Advisor or HR Generalist role, with a strong understanding of UK employment law and HR best practice, providing practical, commercially focused advice.
• Experience managing a range of employee relations matters, including disciplinary, grievance, absence, capability and performance processes, as well as supporting organisational change and business transformation.
• Strong coaching, influencing and relationship-building skills, with the confidence to support managers, develop their people management capabilities and build trusted relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
• A passion for creating a positive, inclusive workplace culture, with experience in employee engagement, diversity and inclusion, recruitment, onboarding and talent management.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret people data, identify trends and recommend improvements that balance colleague needs with business performance.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, work independently and communicate clearly and confidently.
• Experience developing and reviewing HR policies, maintaining HR systems and employee records accurately, and handling sensitive information in line with GDPR and confidentiality requirements.
• Confident using Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word and PowerPoint, alongside HR information systems, ideally within a fast-paced and evolving business environment

We’re Committed to Inclusion

We are proud to be an inclusive and equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity in all its forms. We are a place where you can be you.