Human Resources Advisor

Cathedral Appointments | B Corp™; Exeter; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Private medical insurance

Job summary

Cathedral Appointments is partnering with a well-established professional services organisation in Exeter to recruit an experienced HR Advisor. The role sits in a busy HR team and offers hybrid working (3–4 days in the Exeter office).

You will be the trusted first point of contact for managers and colleagues, handling employee relations, absence management, policies and compliance, plus involvement in recruitment, wellbeing and engagement.

Qualifications

• Three years' HR generalist experience
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law
• CIPD Level 5 or equivalent
• Experience in professional services is desirable
• Hybrid working (3–4 days in Exeter office)

Responsibilities

• Advise managers and employees on a broad range of employee relations and people matters, with balanced, practical guidance
• Manage employee relations cases from first conversation to conclusion, including disciplinaries, grievances and performance
• Oversee absence management, supporting managers to handle short and long-term absence fairly and consistently
• Maintain and apply HR policies and procedures, keeping them compliant with current employment law
• Handle a varied caseload accurately and confidentially, keeping records and HR systems up to date
• Contribute to recruitment, wellbeing and employee engagement initiatives with the wider HR team

Skills

HR advisory

Employee relations

Communication

Organisation

Education

CIPD Level 5

Job description

Competitive Salary + Private Medical Insurance | Hybrid Working | Exeter

Cathedral Appointments is recruiting on behalf of a well-established professional services organisation in Exeter for an experienced HR Advisor. The business has a strong people-focused culture and a real commitment to its employees and local communities, and this permanent, full-time role joins a busy, collaborative HR team.

The Role

This is a varied generalist role in which you will be a trusted first point of contact for managers and colleagues, giving practical, commercially minded advice across the full range of people matters. Employee relations, absence management, policy and compliance will make up the core of your week, alongside involvement in recruitment, wellbeing and engagement. It would suit an HR Advisor who is confident handling cases independently and wants a role with breadth, where good judgement is trusted and development is actively supported.

Responsibilities for the HR Advisor:

• Advise managers and employees on a broad range of employee relations and people matters, with balanced, practical guidance


• Manage employee relations cases from first conversation to conclusion, including disciplinaries, grievances and performance


• Oversee absence management, supporting managers to handle short and long-term absence fairly and consistently


• Maintain and apply HR policies and procedures, keeping them compliant with current employment law


• Handle a varied caseload accurately and confidentially, keeping records and HR systems up to date


• Contribute to recruitment, wellbeing and employee engagement initiatives with the wider HR team

Requirements for the HR Advisor include:

• At least three years' recent experience as an HR Advisor or in a comparable generalist HR role


• Strong, hands-on employee relations experience


• CIPD Level 5 or equivalent


• Up-to-date knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice


• Confident communication and organisation, and comfortable working with HR systems


• Professional services experience is desirable, ideally within a legal environment


• Competitive salary, reflecting experience


• Permanent, full-time role with hybrid working (3 to 4 days per week in the Exeter office)


• 25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays, and your birthday off


• Private medical insurance and group life assurance


• Comprehensive wellbeing support and paid volunteering leave


• Training, mentoring, professional qualifications and ongoing development

If you are an experienced HR Advisor looking for a varied generalist role with a business that invests in its people, we would love to hear from you.

Note on Sponsorship:

We regret to inform you that at this time, we are unable to offer sponsorship for work authorisation for this role. Therefore, candidates must possess valid authorisation to work in the UK without requiring visa sponsorship.