HR / ER Advisor

Personnel Today Awards; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 42,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent benefits

Pension

Holiday entitlement

Job summary

Personnel Today Awards is seeking an HR / ER Advisor for 28.8 hours per week, spread over 4 or 5 days with two office days. The role is based in Swindon or Bristol, with hybrid working and a pro-rata FTE salary to £38,400 plus excellent benefits and pension.

The successful candidate will deliver proactive HR operational support, advise managers and staff, handle casework, and collaborate with HR Shared Services to manage the employee lifecycle. CIPD study or equivalent is preferred.

Qualifications

• Provide HR operational support to managers and staff.
• Advise on the full range of HR/ER issues and policies.
• Build strong relationships with client groups to support objectives.

Responsibilities

• Support managers to develop diverse, high-performing teams.
• Provide guidance on HR/ER issues and policies to line managers.
• Coach managers and employees in casework such as sickness, discipline and grievances.
• Engage with staff representatives or TU officials on local people issues.
• Coordinate with HR Shared Services to manage employee lifecycle processes.
• Assist in recruitment by advising managers and participating in shortlisting and selection.

Skills

HR advice

Employee relations

Coaching managers

Policy compliance

Education

CIPD study

Job description

HR / ER Advisor

• Part time – 28.8 hours over 4 or 5 days - reasonable flexibility considered
• Permanent
• Swindon or Bristol with 2 office days per week (both locations near the train station)
• FTE salary to £38,400 pro-rata + excellent benefits / pension / holiday

Henlee Resourcing is working in partnership with this fabulous niche organisation with a base in Swindon and Bristol, to recruit an experienced permanent HR Advisor for 28.8 hours per week which can be spread over 4 or 5 days with 2 office days per week. The hours can be moulded to suit school hours or indeed any reasonable requirement.

The purpose of the roles is to deliver a proactive, customer focused HR operational support to managers and staff, providing advice and guidance on the full range of HR services. You will develop and maintain strong working relationships with your client group, supporting them to achieve their corporate objectives and ensure HR’s contribution and impact in those groups.

Main duties and responsibilities

• Through challenging and coaching, support managers to be effective leaders and to help them develop diverse, high-performing teams
• Provide advice and guidance on the whole range of HR / ER issues; enhancing line managers’ confidence and ability as people managers and ensuring adherence to policies and procedures
• Advise, support and coach line managers and employees involved in all casework (including complex) such as sickness absence, disciplinary and grievance cases, agreeing service levels with clients on an individual basis per case/project so that both parties have clarity about support needed/to be given
• Engage with staff representatives and/or TU officials regarding local people issues
• Work in partnership with HR Shared Services to ensure all processes connected with the employee lifecycle (including new starter, reward and recognition, employment changes, absence and leavers) are managed effectively and properly recorded
• Assist in the management and delivery of the recruitment process: advising managers on recruitment and selection, participating in the recruitment process as appropriate, including short-listing and selection, and ensuring the best candidate is selected
• Contribute to the overall development and promotion of the HR function, by being an active member of the wider HR team, supporting colleagues, and working on the development of HR processes, policies and procedures and HR projects as required

We are looking for you to possess equivalent experience to the above and /or be studying towards your CIPD qualification. You will have the ability to build strong relationships with individuals at all levels, have good critical reasoning skills, sound judgement, excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to prioritise, plan and organise efficiently.

If you are looking for an interesting and highly diverse opportunity on a part-time basis and can demonstrate the above capabilities, we are keen to hear from you ASAP.

Henlee Resourcing is a specialist full service human resources recruitment consultancy operating across the South West, M3, M4 and M5 corridors.