Human Resources Advisor

Bevan Brittan LLP; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Bevan Brittan LLP is seeking an HR Advisor to join their growing HR team in the UK, with opportunities for flexible hybrid working across Bristol, Birmingham, or Leeds offices. The role involves providing a high-quality HR service, coaching managers on policies, and ensuring compliance with GDPR.

The ideal candidate will be CIPD qualified with experience in professional services, possess strong relationship-building skills, and be knowledgeable in employment law. Be part of a team that values collaboration and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Experience in a professional services environment preferred.
• Ability to advise on HR processes and manage data accurately.

Responsibilities

• Provide a proactive and solutions-focused HR service.
• Coach managers in HR policies and procedures.
• Develop strong relationships with department managers.
• Monitor attendance and advise on HR processes.
• Assist in project work for the Responsible Business Programme.

Skills

CIPD qualified or equivalent experience

Ability to build relationships

Experience in performance management

Excellent planning and organisation skills

Attention to detail

Team-focused and collaborative

Knowledge of employment law and HR best practices

Tools

AdvancedHR

Job description

Join a team of experts and progressive thinkers

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, proactive and highly organised HR Advisor to join our HR team. This is a fantastic time to join Bevan Brittan's HR team. The business is growing and there will be plenty of opportunity to make a difference for someone who is flexible, keen to learn, support and work collaboratively with colleagues across the entire employee life cycle.

The role will report to our Senior HR Business Partner (SHRBP) and can be based in our Bristol, Birmingham or Leeds offices. We work in a hybrid way across the firm and, in line with the needs of the role, can offer a high level of flexibility in terms of how you want to split your working week.

The role

• Work closely with the HR team to provide a high quality, proactive and solutions‑focussed generalist HR service to the firm, with a focus on supporting our Business Services teams.
• Coach, support and challenge managers across our Business Services teams in the application of HR policies and procedures, providing advice and guidance on a range of HR issues to drive best practice.
• Supporting and advising managers on a wide variety of HR and employee relations matters in a way that builds management capability. Acting as their first point of contact and demonstrating excellent knowledge of their teams.
• Developing strong and trusted relationships with managers to effectively support their departments.
• Inputting data onto the firm's HR database (AdvancedHR).
• Producing ad‑hoc data reports from the HR database as required.
• Maintaining an efficient, accurate electronic filing and archiving system in compliance with GDPR.
• Updating the firm's intranet and website.
• Together with more senior members of the HR team, identify and implement process improvements.
• Actively monitoring and analysing attendance, and coaching managers to manage attendance, including Occupational Health referrals. Identifying cases of potential concern with the team and managers.
• Managing and assisting with HR processes such as disciplinary and capability, providing appropriate support and advice and escalating to the wider HR team where necessary.
• Holding maternity meetings and managing maternity checklists. Supporting managers and the HR team on both strategic and cyclical projects. These include but are not limited to the performance review and pay review processes and implementation of a new HR system.
• Carrying out regular HR inductions and exit interviews.
• Assisting with queries that are sent to our HR inbox.
• Management of IT systems we use to support process across the firm such as business continuity (Everbridge). Full training on these will be provided.
• Working with others in the HR team to maintain systems and processes in line with best practice and employment law changes.
• Assist in project work for the Responsible Business Programme, which encompasses Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, Wellbeing, Community Engagement and Environmental Sustainability.

What we are looking for from you

• CIPD qualified (or have equivalent experience) with experience of operating within a HR team, ideally gained within a professional services environment or similar large complex organisation
• Ability to build relationships across all levels of the business
• Experience of advising on core HR processes e.g. performance management, absence related queries
• Excellent planning, organisation and administration skills, able to prioritise and manage multiple and sometimes conflicting priorities
• High degree of accuracy and attention to detail
• Team focused with a desire to work collaboratively to achieve shared goals and improve processes
• Up to date knowledge of current legislation, employment law and HR best practice.