Junior HR Advisor - FTC 6 months

Turner & Townsend Limited; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global professional services company is seeking a Junior HR Advisor to provide essential HR support across various functions. This role involves direct employee interaction, managing HR processes, and ensuring compliance with policies. The ideal candidate will be organized, resilient, and possess excellent interpersonal skills, contributing to a positive workplace culture.

Qualifications

• Experience in a fast-paced team environment.
• Ability to multi-task and strive for continuous improvement.
• Positive attitude with strong relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide HR general advice and guidance on policy and process.
• Manage visas and right to work processes.
• Conduct exit interviews and produce meaningful analysis.

Skills

Resilience

Organizational skills

Interpersonal skills

Attention to detail

Problem-solving

Job description

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Working across real estate, infrastructure, energy, and natural resources, we transform together to deliver outcomes that improve lives. Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero, and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm. Turner & Townsend and CBRE collaborate to offer premier programme, project, and cost management services worldwide.

As part of our UK HR team, you will provide a generalist HR service across designated divisions. The Junior HR Advisor will support various HR functions, including visas and immigration, employee transfers, disturbance allowances, medical declarations, maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental leave, flexible working escalations, exit interviews, absence and payroll reports, career breaks, and remote working support.

Key role requirements

• Provide HR advice and guidance on policies and processes, recommending suitable solutions.
• Support casework related to sickness absence, occupational health referrals, and PHI applications.
• Manage medical declarations confidentially and in compliance with policies.
• Handle discretionary pay, leave, disturbance allowances, and career break requests.
• Manage family-friendly leave and flexible working escalations.
• Coordinate global and local employee transfers, visas, and right-to-work processes.
• Assist with HR calendar activities such as reward processes, talent management, performance reviews, employee engagement, and EDI initiatives.
• Produce reports, conduct data analysis, create visual presentations, and support payroll activities and management queries.
• Conduct exit interviews and analyze trends to provide meaningful feedback to management.

Qualifications

Behaviours

• Make change happen: Resilient, adaptable, experienced in fast-paced team environments.
• Do better every day: Organized, detail-oriented, problem-solver, continuous learner.
• Collaborate to deliver our best work: Positive, influential, relationship-builder across all levels.
• Always learning: Commercial awareness, data skills, employment law updates.
• Treat each other with care and respect: Compassionate, decisive, interpersonal skills.

Additional Information

Our people share our vision and mission. We offer a supportive, flexible, and inclusive environment that promotes work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer, celebrating diversity and fostering inclusion. We encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

SOX control responsibilities may apply, and adherence is required where relevant.

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Applicants are advised that it is against policy for candidates to pay fees related to recruitment. Unsolicited resumes/CVs submitted are considered property of Turner & Townsend and are not subject to agency fees unless a formal agreement exists.