People Advisor

Arnold Clark Group; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days holiday

Company car

Retail discounts

Private healthcare

GP access 24/7

Pension scheme

Maternity/Paternity packages

Training & progression

Job summary

Arnold Clark Group invites an experienced PeopleAdvisor to join the Manchester team as a seasoned HR Advisor. The role focuses on employee relations, supporting a large UK workforce, and delivering stakeholder guidance. Duration includes office-based training before hybrid work, with involvement across branches.

You will lead disciplinary and grievance processes while advising managers, and contribute to engagement initiatives within a busy, multi-site environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum two years' experience in employee relations.
• Strong knowledge of employment law.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills.
• Able to travel as required.

Responsibilities

• Advise on disciplinary and grievance issues.
• Resolve long-term absences.
• Provide guidance across departments.
• Make high-level decisions in a fast-paced environment.
• Collaborate across sites to support staff.
• Support welfare processes for employees.
• Train managers on employee relations topics.

Skills

Employee relations

Disciplinary & grievance

Employment law

Stakeholder communication

Travel flexibility

Full driving licence

Education

CIPD qualification (or equivalent)

Job description

We are now hiring an experienced PeopleAdvisor to join our award-winning Manchester team; this is an exciting opportunity for a practiced HR Advisor.

We offer:

• 33 days' holiday allowance with room to grow
• Company Car
• Generous retail discounts
• Private healthcare
• Simply health - all employees have access to a GP 24/7 and can claim money back on medical and dental treatments
• Pension scheme
• Maternity and paternity packages
• Opportunities for training and progression

Hours

Full time: Monday – Friday 8.30am – 5pm

Hybrid working is available however for training purposes, your first three month will be office-based.

About the role

Do you want to work for a dynamic car retailer with 11,000 employees across the UK? Arnold Clark is now hiring and has been named as one of Glassdoor’s Top 50 UK employers while our talented HR / People Team has recently been recognised for its work at the Herald Diversity Awards and HR Network awards.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced HR Advisor to join our People Team based at our Office in Manchester. You will be skilled in all aspects of employee relations and get involved in our employee engagement work. We are conducting meetings via conference calls. However, we will need you to be flexible to cover an assigned area within the branch network.

Day-to-day duties

• Advising on and facilitating disciplinary and grievance issues
• Resolving long-term absences
• Offering advice across all departments and divisions of the business
• Making high-level decisions in a busy and fast-paced environment
• Working across multiple sites and liaising with employees and managers to give them advice
• Providing employees with support through our welfare process
• Training managers on all employee relations issues

Essential skills

• A minimum of two years’ experience in an employee relations role
• The ability to work as part of a team and use your own initiative
• Proven knowledge of employee relations and employment law
• Fantastic communication and influencing skills
• Flexibility and willingness to travel as part of the role when the situation allows
• A full driving licence

Nice to have (but not essential)

• A CIPD qualification

Our Culture

Arnold Clark is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We strive to create an environment where collaboration, unique perspectives and multiple approaches are celebrated. We care about our employees and our communities, we nurture talent and encourage ambition, and we are passionate about people who take pride in their work. Our employees are at the heart of everything we do – diverse in our make-up, united in our goals.

To find out more about Life at Arnold Clark, visit our website.

Employment within the Arnold Clark Group is offered subject to satisfactory reference and disclosure check.