HR Generalist/Advisor

BSI; Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in certification and standards is seeking an HR Generalist/Advisor on a 12-month fixed-term contract. The role involves providing proactive HR support, managing employee concerns, and collaborating with various teams to enhance workplace culture. This hybrid position demands strong stakeholder management skills and a solid understanding of employment legislation.

Benefits

27-days annual leave

Health insurance

Pension plan with company contribution

Flexible working hours

Ongoing training and development

Qualifications

• Previous experience in HR Advisory/Generalist role.
• Demonstratable experience with complex Employee Relations Cases.
• Sound understanding of employment legislation.

Responsibilities

• Provide people advisory support on employee relations and performance management.
• Collaborate with People Business Partners to implement strategies.
• Manage lifecycle processes like onboarding and transfers.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication

Stakeholder management

Education

CIPD Qualified, ideally Level 5+

Job description

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Job Title: HR Generalist/Advisor (Mat cover)

Location: Milton Keynes - Hybrid Working

12 Months Fixed Term Contract

About the role

We are hiring for a HR Generalist/Advisor to join us on a 12 month fixed term contract. This will be a hybrid working role with the majority of the time the role being home working.

As a HR Generalist/Advisor, you'll play a key role in delivering proactive, high-impact people support across your region. Working closely with HR Business Partners, you’ll provide expert guidance to leaders and employees alike—helping to implement practical people solutions, ensure policy compliance, and support the smooth execution of strategic initiatives. If you're passionate about driving positive change and making a real impact on workplace culture, we want to hear from you.

Responsibilities:

• Provide people advisory support to managers and employees on a wide range of people-related topics including employee relations, performance management, policy interpretation, and other complex people topics.
• Collaborate with People Business Partners to implement people strategies and support organisational goals.
• Partner with the People Services team to ensure seamless delivery of people services, and consistency in people processes.
• Help manage employee lifecycle processes such as onboarding, transfers, promotions, and exits.
• Support workforce planning and talent management activities including performance reviews, succession planning and capability development.
• Contribute to employee engagement efforts and initiatives.
• Assist in investigating and resolving people relations issues, escalating complex matters as appropriate to the People Relations team.
• Collect and analyse people data, preparing reports and insights to support decision-making and to identify trends.
• Participate in people projects, change initiatives and continuous process improvements.

Key Performance Indicators

• Stakeholder satisfaction (pulse surveys from line managers)
• Accuracy and consistency in advice provided.
• Effectiveness of partnership with People Services and People Partners
• Successful delivery of agreed people initiatives
• Audit readiness or participation in successful internal people audits.
• Effective management of people processes in a timely manner.
• Employee engagement and retention
• Timeliness and accuracy of people reports or dashboards.

To be successful in the role, you will have:

• Previous experience within a HR Advisory/Generalist role.
• Demonstratable experience working with complex Employee Relations Cases including redundancy, consultations, attendance and settlements.
• Sound understanding of employment legislation.
• CIPD Qualified, ideally Level 5+
• Experience with Organisational Design.
• Well-organized, with strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities
• Experience working in teams and companies with matrix ways of working and multi-country engagement
• Exceptional senior stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent communication skills
• Additional language skills desirable.

BSI offers a competitive total reward package, an independent and varied job in an international environment, flexible working hours, ongoing training and development including 27-days annual leave, paid sick leave, bank holidays, health insurance, life insurance, pension plan with company contribution, car allowance (dependent on role), income protection, paid maternity leave, paid paternity leave, paid parental leave, adoption leave, compassionate leave, paid bereavement leave, learning and development opportunities,and a wide range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your lifestyle.

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