Human Resources Advisor

JR United Kingdom; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an experienced HR Advisor to join their team in a dynamic production environment. This role offers the chance to significantly impact the HR function, providing essential support across the employee lifecycle, from managing Employee Relations cases to enhancing the people management capabilities of line managers. You will be instrumental in driving strategic HR initiatives while ensuring compliance and confidentiality in all HR activities. If you are passionate about delivering a proactive HR service and thrive in a fast-paced setting, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Several years of HR experience in a manufacturing or operational environment.
• CIPD qualified preferred with strong IT and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide HR support across the employee lifecycle and manage Employee Relations cases.
• Build relationships with stakeholders and support management in HR queries.

Skills

Generalist HR experience

Employee Relations

CIPD qualified

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Multitasking

Relationship building

IT skills (HRIS, Office)

Education

CIPD qualification

Tools

HRIS

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, SharePoint)

Job description

Are you an experienced HR Advisor looking for a new opportunity?

The HR Advisor will work closely with the HR Manager and key stakeholders within the business to provide HR expertise and support in all areas of the employee lifecycle. In this role, you will support the ongoing development of the HR function within a production-driven environment whilst contributing to major change projects across the site.

The role will deliver effective day-to-day support in all areas of the employee lifecycle including disciplinary and grievance, absence and performance management, and consultations (including redundancy, changes to terms and conditions, etc.), along with participating in site/group strategic projects.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Build effective relationships with stakeholders and become a trusted advisor to positively influence approaches and behaviours in line with site/company standards and best practice, escalating any complex queries to the HR manager as necessary.
• Proactively work to build people management capability across the site management team to enable line managers and Supervisors to handle people issues confidently and autonomously.
• Act as the first point of contact for general HR queries, proactively managing HR mailbox on a day-to-day basis.
• Manage Employee Relations cases end-to-end including investigation, disciplinary, grievance, capability, flexible working, absence and performance management, coaching line managers/supervisors and providing pragmatic advice throughout the process.
• Actively monitor daily attendance, contacting unregistered absent employees, engaging with agencies, carrying out sickness absence reviews with managers, highlighting and escalating at relevant trigger points in accordance with the Company’s Attendance Policy.
• Escalate and support with complex Employee Relations cases.
• Chair and promote the Employee Forum.
• Produce weekly and monthly HR metrics, providing commentary and insight, and use them to inform and drive improvements across the business.
• Undertake weekly/monthly/annual checks on absence triggers, probation reviews, length of service awards, etc.
• Ensure that HR information and activity always remains confidential, is recorded accurately and in real time.
• Actively identify opportunities for process improvements and efficiencies within the department/site.
• Lead on assigned ad-hoc projects as required, including data gathering, research and analysis.
• Assist in the review and update of Company/Site Policies and Procedures, keeping up to date on current employment law and legislative changes which may impact the business.
• Manage the document and template library to ensure documents are fit for purpose.
• Work to ensure robust and efficient employee lifecycle processes are in place.
• Produce all correspondence and relevant documentation relating to the employee lifecycle, including employment offers, screening checks, right to work and identity checks, employment and sub-contractor contracts, changes to terms and conditions, job descriptions, etc.
• Support the HR Manager with delivery of annual HR processes such as salary reviews, succession planning and employee surveys.
• Support the Recruiter as required with recruitment activities including utilising the recruitment system, including advertising, responding to applications, scheduling interviews/block tests, and being a member of the interview panel.
• Support the Training Co-ordinator as required with new hire inductions, health surveillance/occupational health appointments and other training needs identified as required.
• Work with the Training Co-ordinator to actively review and update the site induction presentation, recommending improvements and ensuring employment compliance.
• Assist Payroll with data checks and queries, ensuring statutory and contractual compliance with payments.
• Support with HR and employee data collation and arrangements during site audits (planned and unplanned).
• Working with H&S to champion and co-ordinate Healthy Working Lives initiatives.
• Any other duties as required by management and within the competency of the post.

ROLE QUALIFICATION & SKILLS:

• Several years’ experience working in generalist HR at Coordinator level or above essential, ideally in a manufacturing/operational environment.
• CIPD Qualified preferred.
• Passionate about delivering a proactive, operationally focused and value-add HR service to the business.
• Must be discreet, diplomatic and treat information within the department as highly confidential.
• Meticulous attention to detail essential, including proofing and editing.
• Sound understanding of integrity and compliance.
• Communicates well in written and oral form with multi-nationals on all levels.
• Ability to multitask and work under own initiative to deliver to deadlines.
• Resilience when faced with ambiguity and changing priorities whilst maintaining a positive, ‘can-do’ attitude.
• Ability to manage own workload effectively.
• Relationship builder with influencing skills.
• Strong IT skills in HRIS and Office packages (particularly Word, SharePoint, Excel).