Senior HR Advisor (Maternity Cover 12 Months)

The Beauty Tech Group Trading Limited; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Auto enrolment pension

Work from home every Wednesday

Onsite café, gym and free parking

Staff discounts across CurrentBodySkin

Subsidised travel, Cycle to Work, EV/技

Supported studies, employee Assistance

Career development opportunities

Job summary

The Beauty Tech Group is seeking a Senior HR Advisor to provide maternity cover for 12 months across our HR and office team in Manchester. You’ll be the trusted voice on employee relations, guiding managers, and supporting the HR Assistant while ensuring policies and legislation are followed.

You’ll oversee day-to-day HR processes, including onboarding and absence management, maintain accurate records, and help with HR reporting.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in an HR Advisor or Senior HR Advisor role with UK legislation knowledge.
• Experience leading employee relations matters and providing HR guidance to managers.
• Ability to coach and develop a junior HR teammate and handle confidential matters.

Responsibilities

• Provide practical HR guidance on complex employee relations cases with fairness.
• Oversee onboarding, offboarding and absence management processes.
• Supervise the HR Assistant and support HR reporting.

Skills

Employee relations

UK employment law

HR advisory

Manager coaching

Documentation & records

Communication

Education

CIPD qualification

Tools

MS Office

HRIS systems

Job description

Senior HR Advisor (Maternity Cover 12 months)

The Beauty Tech Group's people function is scaling as fast as the business behind it, and we're looking for an experienced Senior HR Advisor to provide maternity cover across our HR and office team. You'll be the trusted voice managers and employees turn to for complex employee relations matters, keeping our HR operations running smoothly, and giving hands‑on guidance to our HR Assistant along the way. Please note this role will report into our CFO/COO.

What you'll be doing

Employee Relations & HR Advice

Provide practical, commercially focused HR advice and guidance to managers and employees. Lead on complex employee relations matters - grievances, disciplinaries, capability, performance and complex absence cases - ensuring they're handled fairly, consistently and in line with policy and legislation. Support investigations and prepare related documentation, letters and meeting materials, escalating high‑risk cases to our external employment‑law adviser where needed. Maintain accurate records of employee relations cases and ensure actions are followed through.

HR Operations & Administration

Oversee the effective delivery of day‑to‑day HR processes, including onboarding, offboarding and absence management. Prepare and review contracts, letters and other HR documentation, keeping records and systems accurate and up to date. Assist with HR reporting, and ensure HR policies and procedures are communicated and applied consistently. Keep up to date with relevant employment legislation and HR best practice.

Management & Development of HR Assistant

Provide day‑to‑day supervision, guidance and support to the HR Assistant, allocating and prioritising work to keep the function running effectively. Review work, provide constructive feedback and coaching, and support the HR Assistant's development across a broader range of HR activities. Act as the first point of escalation for more complex employee or manager queries.

Training, Health & Safety

Support the delivery and coordination of internal training and development activities, identifying requirements and working with managers on solutions. Support HR and workplace compliance, including health & safety and fire safety administration, escalating significant concerns appropriately.

Office & Facilities

Support Provide reasonable support with general office and facilities activities - supplies, suppliers and general office administration - though this remains supportive rather than the primary focus of the role.

Skills, knowledge & expertise

Significant experience in a HR Advisor or Senior HR Advisor role, with strong knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice. Experience managing a range of employee relations matters, including grievances, disciplinaries, capability and absence. Confident providing HR advice to managers, with sound judgement on sensitive or confidential matters. Strong written and verbal communication, organisation and prioritisation skills, with experience supporting or supervising a more junior team member. Nice to have: CIPD qualification; experience in a small or standalone HR function working with external employment‑law advisers; experience supporting health & safety, office/facilities, or employee training.

Why work at The Beauty Tech Group

At The Beauty Tech Group, we're redefining the future of beauty by bringing cutting edge technology into homes around the world. Born from CurrentBody and now home to category leading brands including CurrentBody Skin, ZIIP Beauty, Tria Laser, and CurrentBody Skin: The Clinic, we innovate at pace to create transformative devices and skincare solutions used globally. Our brands combine clinical credibility with consumer focused design, spanning LED, radio frequency, microcurrent, and laser technologies, and are trusted by customers in over 80 countries. Working here means building your career in an environment where you're empowered to develop deep expertise, take ownership of your impact and think big as part of a fast growing, ambitious business. We're looking for exceptional people to join us at an exciting stage and help shape the next generation of beauty technology brands.

What's in it for me

• 25 days holiday (increasing with service) + Holiday Buy scheme
• Auto enrolment pension scheme
• Work from home every Wednesday
• Onsite café, gym and free parking
• Staff discounts across CurrentBody Skin, ZIIP Beauty, and Tria Laser
• Subsidised travel, Cycle to Work, and EV/tech schemes
• Supported studies, employee Assistance Programme and enhanced family leave
• Social events, office brunches and career development opportunities

Recruitment process

Application reviewed by Talent Acquisition Team Initial call with the Talent Acquisition Team Video interview with the HR & Office Manager In person interview at the office (including short task) Feedback

At The Beauty Tech Group we are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace and welcome applications from all backgrounds.