People Advisor: Employee Relations & Culture Advocate

Avove; Warrington; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

24 days holiday

Company pension scheme

Life assurance

Private GP Helpline

Health Cash Plan

Discount scheme

Family friendly policies

Lifestyle benefit options

Financial wellbeing programme

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Avove is seeking a proactive People Advisor to join its People & Culture team in the UK. Based from the Chorley or Warrington office, you will own employee relations caseloads and provide practical advice to managers.

You will work with the People Partners on complex matters, support workplace culture initiatives, and contribute to broader HR projects while staying current with employment law developments.

Qualifications

• Solid understanding of HR practices and employee relations.
• Experience managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to build trusted relationships with managers and stakeholders at all levels.
• CIPD Level 5 qualification or working towards one.
• Experience using HR systems and Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Manage and own a varied caseload of employee relations matters through to resolution.
• Guide managers through formal People processes, ensuring policies are followed.
• Advise and coach managers to minimise risk and build capability.
• Collaborate with People Partners on higher-risk matters, including TUPE, redundancy and discrimination.
• Identify sensitive matters and escalate with People Partners and advisers as needed.
• Stay up to date with employment legislation to support policy updates.

Skills

HR practices and ER

Communication

Relationship building

Prioritisation

Data-driven

Microsoft Office

Education

CIPD Level 5 (or working towards)

Tools

HR systems

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

Avove is seeking a proactive People Advisor to join its People & Culture team in the UK. Based from the Chorley or Warrington office, you will own employee relations caseloads and provide practical advice to managers.

You will work with the People Partners on complex matters, support workplace culture initiatives, and contribute to broader HR projects while staying current with employment law developments.