Senior HR Advisor

James Andrews Recruitment Solutions; West Midlands Combined Authority; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Senior HR Advisor for a full-time, permanent role primarily remote, with occasional office visits in the West Midlands. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in complex employee relations and strong stakeholder management skills. Responsibilities include providing HR advice, coaching managers, and presenting key HR metrics. The salary ranges from £38,000 to £39,000 annually.

Benefits

Recommendation scheme with bonuses

Qualifications

• 5 years operational experience in an advisory role.
• Experience managing complex HR issues.
• Ability to present HR data to senior management.

Responsibilities

• Provide HR advice on absence, disciplinary, and grievance matters.
• Support HR Advisors ensuring alignment with best practices.
• Coach managers in applying HR policies.

Skills

Complex employee relations experience

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Resilience under pressure

Education

CIPD Level 5 in Human Resource Practice

Job description

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We are currently working in partnership with an UK specialist social care and education provider, who are looking to appoint a Senior HR Advisor on a permanent basis.

This will be a full-time position primarily remote, with 1/2 days per month in their head office in the West Midlands, and a salary of £38,000 to £39,000 per annum.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience of complex employee relations casework and strong stakeholder managerial experience.

Duties will include (but are not limited to):

Provide timely HR advice on absence, disciplinary, grievance, performance, probation and case management, ensuring compliance with legislation and company policies

Support and guide the HR Advisor, ensuring advice aligns with best practice and business needs

Coach managers in applying HR policies fairly and consistently.

Advise on employment matters including redundancy, TUPE and organisational change, attending sites where needed

Prepare and present HR data on key metrics such as absence, turnover and performance to senior leaders

Contribute to policy updates, employment documents and HR projects

Manage a complex caseload with competing priorities and tight timescales, including cases of safeguarding issues, abuse and theft

Support general HR administration including issuing letters and change documents

Uphold confidentiality while meeting safeguarding responsibilities

Experience required:

5 years operational experience working in an advisory capacity

Experience in managing complex ER issues and supporting colleagues throughout these processes

Skills, knowledge and expertise required:

Ability to research, analyse and reason logically within tight and conflicting timeframes

Resilient to manage demanding colleagues and sensitive ER Issues

Ability to present information and analytics to senior management

CIPD Level 5 in Human Resource Practice

Working hours:

37.5 hours per week

Monday - Friday

9am-5pm

Please note that you require recent experience to apply for this role.

James Andrews is acting as an employment agency and business in relation to this role.

At James Andrews Recruitment Solutions we try to respond to all applications personally, however, due to the high volume of applications this is not always possible. If you have not heard back from us within 72 hours, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

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