HR Generalist & Advisor - Multi-site Manufacturing

Get Staffed Online Recruitment Limited; Wednesbury; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Get Staffed Online Recruitment Limited is seeking an experienced HR Advisor to join its team in Wednesbury, West Midlands. You will provide expert support to employees and managers across three locations and report to the Finance Director.

This generalist role focuses on employee experience, compliance with employment legislation, recruitment, onboarding, payroll liaison and policy development, offering a varied, influential remit across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of UK employment law and HR practices.
• Experience in recruitment, onboarding, and employee relations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• High level of confidentiality and professionalism.

Responsibilities

• Provide first-line HR advice to managers and employees on a wide range of people matters.
• Manage employee relations cases including disciplinary, grievance, absence management, performance management and flexible working requests.
• Coordinate end-to-end recruitment activities, including drafting job adverts, liaising with agencies, screening candidates, arranging interviews and supporting hiring managers throughout the process.
• Delivering a positive onboarding experience for new starters, ensuring all documentation, inductions and compliance checks are completed.
• Maintaining accurate employee records and HR systems, producing reports and supporting HR administration throughout the employee lifecycle.
• Acting as the key liaison with the external payroll provider, preparing payroll information, validating data and resolving payroll-related queries.
• Monitoring attendance, absence and wellbeing trends, providing proactive support and recommendations to managers.
• Supporting learning and development initiatives, including identifying training needs, coordinating training activities and maintaining training records.
• Assisting with the development, review and implementation of HR policies, procedures and best practices.
• Leading and supporting HR projects and continuous improvement initiatives that enhance employee engagement and organisational effectiveness.
• Ensuring HR processes remain compliant with current employment legislation and company standards.
• Managing employee offboarding activities, including exit interviews, documentation and identifying opportunities for organisational improvement.
• Good understanding of UK employment law and HR practices.
• Experience supporting recruitment, onboarding and employee relations activities.
• Strong administrative and organisational skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• High level of confidentiality and professionalism.
• Driving licence and access to a vehicle.
• Experience within a manufacturing, construction or engineering environment.
• Experience supporting disciplinary, grievance and absence management cases.
• Knowledge of payroll administration processes.

Skills

HR advice

Employee relations

Recruitment

Onboarding

Payroll liaison

HR systems

Absence management

Policy implementation

Training coordination

Communication

Job description

Get Staffed Online Recruitment Limited is seeking an experienced HR Advisor to join its team in Wednesbury, West Midlands. You will provide expert support to employees and managers across three locations and report to the Finance Director.

This generalist role focuses on employee experience, compliance with employment legislation, recruitment, onboarding, payroll liaison and policy development, offering a varied, influential remit across the organisation.