Hybrid HR Advisor - Employee Relations & Policy

Lookers Limited; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Techscheme

Eyecare vouchers

Smart Health

Dental insurance

Critical illness cover

Job summary

Lookers Limited in Newcastle upon Tyne is seeking an HR Advisor to provide sound HR advice to line managers across employee relations and help implement effective HR policies and processes. The role is a flexible hybrid with travel to the Newcastle Head Office and is 12 months FTC (Maternity Cover) with up to £40k per annum.

You will support managers on disciplinary, grievance, performance and absence matters, ensure records are updated, and stay current with employment law.

Qualifications

• Previous HR advisor experience in a similar role.
• Experience handling disciplinary, grievance, performance and absence management; flexible working requests.
• Ability to influence and challenge where appropriate.
• Confident to make independent decisions and provide solutions.
• Strong relationship-building across a diverse business environment.
• Level 5 CIPD qualification.

Responsibilities

• Support managers in employee relations matters including disciplinaries, grievances, performance, and absence management.
• Provide timely advice to people managers per policies.
• Refer employees to Occupational Health and support reasonable adjustments.
• Assist HR Managers on complex matters including gross misconduct.
• Record all ER matters on the ER tracker and file documentation.
• Identify trends in ER data and work with HR Manager to reduce concerns.
• Maintain bank of template letters and guidelines per legislation.
• Keep company policies up to date and assist updates.
• Quality check managers' HR approaches for policy compliance.
• Stay up to date with employment law and CPD.
• Support with other general project work.

Skills

Employee relations

Disciplinary & grievance

Performance management

Flexible working

Influence & challenge

Independence & decision-making

Stakeholder relationships

CIPD Level 5

Job description

Lookers Limited in Newcastle upon Tyne is seeking an HR Advisor to provide sound HR advice to line managers across employee relations and help implement effective HR policies and processes. The role is a flexible hybrid with travel to the Newcastle Head Office and is 12 months FTC (Maternity Cover) with up to £40k per annum.

You will support managers on disciplinary, grievance, performance and absence matters, ensure records are updated, and stay current with employment law.