People and Culture Advisor

McLaren; Woking; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading automotive company in Woking is seeking a People and Culture Advisor on a 12-month fixed-term contract. The role involves delivering proactive HR advice, managing employee relations issues, and developing HR systems and training. The ideal candidate will have substantial experience in HR operations and a solid understanding of employment law. Employee benefits include a generous holiday package, enhanced pension scheme, and private medical insurance.

Benefits

25 days’ holiday plus bank holiday

Enhanced company pension scheme

Discretionary annual bonus

Private medical insurance

Generous parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Experience of supporting employees in a professional environment is essential.
• Understands generalist HR operations including employee relations and recruitment.
• Experience of providing solutions-based HR advice based on a sound knowledge of employment law.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the development of HR systems and procedures.
• Embed the company values into the organisational culture.
• Lead and advise on employee relation issues to effective resolution.
• Provide reliable employment law advice both in the UK and internationally.
• Develop and deliver training sessions to managers on HR policies.

Skills

Employee relations

Generalist HR operations

Solutions-based HR advice

Training and development knowledge

Performance management

Job description

People and Culture Advisor - 12-month Fixed Term Contract

Working Time: Full Time (9am - 6pm Monday to Friday) | Location: Woking, United Kingdom

What to Expect

As HR Advisor, you will work together with our people managers delivering a proactive and professional HR advice that is innovative and exceeds your customers’ expectations. In this role we want you to be part of a team that supports the business to create breathtaking performance road cars.

What You’ll Do

• Assist with the development of HR systems, procedures and policies and liaise with managers to ensure these are communicated and implemented effectively
• Embed the McLaren values into the organisational culture, identifying key areas of focus for cultural development. Generate ideas on approaches to impact cultural change
• Lead and advise on all employee relation issues (including disciplinary, grievance, attendance, probations) through to an effective resolution
• Partner with managers to ensure that the HR processes are embedded across the business
• Provide reliable and trusted employment law advice both in the UK and Internationally
• Identify and assess HR issues which need to be brought to the rest of HR for attention, and act upon as necessary
• Management and coordination of all business training activity
• Act as the training lead for specific business areas, assisting with the creation and maintenance of the training catalogue, creating and maintaining training and development materials and updating and maintaining the Learning Management System
• Develop and deliver training sessions to managers on HR policies and procedures

What You’ll Bring

• Experience of supporting employees in a professional environment is essential
• Understands generalist HR operations including employee relations and recruitment
• Experience of providing solutions-based HR advice based on a sound knowledge of employment law, best practice and general commercial awareness
• Knowledge of Training and Development processes
• Experience of managing various ER issues
• Understands how to deal with performance management procedures and processes

What We’ll Do for You

• 25 days’ holiday, plus bank holiday. Annual buy & sell up to five days
• Enhanced company pension scheme
• Discretionary annual bonus award
• Private medical insurance and health cash plan
• Life assurance benefit
• Ability to apply for a sabbatical of up to one year after only two years’ service
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• Generous parental leave policies
• A range of wellbeing initiatives, such as employee assistance programme and free financial & mortgage advice

Who Are We?

No restraints. No limitations. We don’t simply push boundaries. We completely rethink them. McLaren Automotive exists to create breath‑taking performance road cars.

It takes a community to do what we do. A diverse group of people with many areas of expertise, united by their passion to deliver visionary products and set new benchmarks.

McLaren Automotive commits to equal opportunity for all. Diversity, Equality and Inclusion is at the heart of our impact, it drives our innovation and enables us to truly create something special. Join us on our journey.