People Leader Advisor

Royal London; Alderley Edge; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave + bank holidays

Employer pension up to 14% match

Private medical insurance

Job summary

Royal London is hiring a People Leader Advisor on a 6-month fixed-term contract to support leaders with advice on employee relations, performance, rewards and talent development. You will partner with People Partners and Centre of Excellence, handling day-to-day HR queries and contributing to strategic people initiatives.

The role requires strong HR generalist experience, up-to-date employment law knowledge, and excellent stakeholder management.

Qualifications

• CIPD qualification (or working towards) or other relevant qualification is beneficial.
• Experience in a HR generalist role and up to date employment law expertise.
• Previous experience in a regulated environment.
• Ability to build effective working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders at all levels.
• Good communication skills; able to relay complex data simply and concisely.
• Ability to provide excellent people-related advice to leaders.
• Commercial experience and understanding of how HR can impact business performance.
• Relevant customer service skills developed within an internal customer-facing HR role.
• Excellent coaching, planning, and organisational skills.
• High degree of influencing and persuasive skills.
• Commercial drive to resolve business issues with pace.

Responsibilities

• First point of contact for people leader advice on ER, performance and rewards, and talent queries.
• Liaise with the People Partner and/or Centre of Excellence as appropriate.
• Proactively keep up to date with related People/HR and business issues and initiatives.
• Work in partnership with people leaders on performance management, absence management, resourcing and development.
• Build effective working relationships with people at all levels.
• Provide support and challenge on people issues, in line with policy and statutory requirements.
• Share insight and feedback to support proposition development.
• Analyse regular and ad hoc people data reports and recommend actions.
• Support the delivery of ad-hoc projects as required.

Skills

HR Generalist

Employment Law

Stakeholder Management

Communication

Coaching & Development

Influencing

Commercial Awareness

Customer Service

Problem Solving

Organisational Skills

Education

CIPD qualification or working towards (beneficial)

Job description

"It feels good to have a career with real purpose."

We have an exciting opportunity for an HR professional to join the Royal London People Services Team as a People Leader Advisor on a 6-month fixed term contract.

Contributing to the overall People Leader Advisory Service, the People Leader Advisor is the key contact for people leaders seeking advice and guidance on all aspects of people-related matters and the colleague life cycle. This includes policy advice, performance, development, talent and capability, learning, management of Employee Relations (ER) cases (sickness, disciplinary, grievances, etc.), cyclical events such as pay review and STIP bonus, as well as resolving day-to-day people-related queries and helping to facilitate the development of people leaders to increase their people management skills.

About the role

• First point of contact for people leader advice and support on Employee Relations, Performance and Reward queries (pay, benefits, benchmarking, recognition, annual pay and performance cycles), and Talent and Capability queries (Career Management, Talent and Succession, Learning and Development, Diversity & Inclusion, Well-Being and Engagement).
• Liaise with the People Partner and/or Centre of Excellence where appropriate.
• Proactively keep up to date with related People/HR and business issues and initiatives.
• Work in partnership with people leaders on performance management, absence management, resourcing, people leadership, and employee development.
• Build effective working relationships with people at all levels.
• Provide support and challenge on people issues, in line with policy and statutory requirements.
• Share insight and feedback to support proposition development.
• Analyse regular and ad hoc people data reports, making recommendations for action.
• Support the delivery of ad-hoc projects as required.

About you

• CIPD qualification (or working towards) or other relevant qualification is beneficial.
• Experience in a HR generalist role and up to date employment law expertise.
• Previous experience in a regulated environment.
• Ability to build effective working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders at all levels.
• Good communication skills; able to relay complex data simply and concisely.
• Ability to provide excellent people-related advice to leaders.
• Commercial experience and understanding of how HR can impact business performance.
• Relevant customer service skills developed within an internal customer-facing HR role.
• Excellent coaching, planning, and organisational skills.
• High degree of influencing and persuasive skills.
• Commercial drive to resolve business issues with pace.

About Royal London

We’re the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.

Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.

We've always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance.

Inclusion, diversity and belonging

We’re an inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected - whatever their background.

Only candidates who have the legal right to work in the UK or Ireland can undertake this role.
Unfortunately, Royal London is unable to provide visa or work permit sponsorship.