Vacancytitle: Hr Advisor - Fixed Term

Hymans Robertson; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible benefits package

Career development & Aspire portal

Two in-office days per week

Birthday leave & volunteering leave

Mental health & wellbeing support

Job summary

Hymans Robertson is looking for an HR Advisor to join our London HR team on a 12-month FTC. You will deliver professional HR partnering, advise managers, and handle employee relations with support from HR Business Partners.

The role involves project work and partnering with multiple business units to enhance the employee experience.

Qualifications

• Experience as HR generalist adviser handling employee relations matters.
• Solid understanding of employment law and core HR processes.
• Ability to work independently with minimal guidance while escalating when needed.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with HRBPs to advise and coach managers on HR policies and approaches.
• Manage end-to-end employee relations cases from start to resolution.
• Refine HR processes (exit interviews, visa renewals, leave requests, flexible working) and report trends.
• Support pay and bonus cycle processes in line with the reward strategy.
• Ensure HR data accuracy in the HR system and assist with ad hoc reporting.

Skills

HR advisory

Employee relations

Policy guidance

Change management

Education

CIPD qualification or equivalent

Job description

The Vacancy

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join our HR team in an advisory role on a 12-month FTC in our London office.

What will your role look like?

The purpose of this role is to provide professional, flexible and creative HR Partnering, HR advice and guidance to enable a first-class employee experience.

This varied role will involve provision of proactive commercially focused, yet people-sensitive, HR advice and guidance to the business which covers all aspects of operational HR. This role also involves the delivery of discrete project work from inception to completion. This role works across the Business Unit(s) the HR Advisor supports and will work closely with HR Business Partners.

This role will perform a variety of complex activities, with the freedom to make some operational decisions whilst applying creativity to find solutions to problems.

Though this is a varied role, your key tasks will include:

• Working with the HRBP to build relationships with key stakeholders within specific Business Units and understanding commercial impact/support
• Advise, support and coach people managers in the correct application of HR policies and approaches
• Manage employee relations cases from end to end which may include conduct, absence management or performance cases, with support from HR Business Partner as required
• Provision of HR advice to employees, including advice around our HR policies and approaches provisions
• Refine and operate key HR processes and procedures such as exit interviews, supporting visa renewal applications, family leave requests, flexible working requests, working abroad requests, and co-ordinate relevant correspondence with HR Assistants as well as ad hoc reporting for Business Units
• Preparation and use of management information to identify trends/ issues in conjunction with HR Business Partners
• Provide support to HRBPs to implement change management initiatives
• Facilitate people manager skills development sessions within the wider business with support from HRBPs and/or L&D team
• Ensure accurate data is maintained on our HR system in relation to employee relations cases
• Assist HR Business Partners with cyclical processes e.g. annual pay and bonus reviews in line with firm’s reward strategy
• Support HRBPs to develop, implement and maintain policies and procedures in line with current legislation and best practices

To enjoy and succeed in this role, you will have:

• A good grasp of employment law as well as a firm understanding of the workings and application of core HR processes will also be required.
• The ability to use initiative and make decisions with minimum guidance, within realm of responsibilities.
• Experience of solid demonstrable experience in an HR generalist advisory role, ideally in a professional services environment.
• Experience of guiding business managers in straight forward employee relations matters.
• The ability to takes ownership of issues and see through to resolution whilst understanding when to elevate if required.
• The ability to appreciate a commercial perspective whilst maintaining people-focus
• The ability to appreciate a commercial perspective whilst maintaining people-focus

Qualifications

• Ideally CIPD qualified or part-qualified or be able to demonstrate equivalent professional experience

We would also encourage applications from candidates who perhaps do not possess all the attributes and experience listed above but are competent with the majority and would be able to quickly develop the additional skills and experience required in post with our full support.

In addition to a competitive salary, we offer:

• A flexible selection of employee benefits, so you can choose a package that best matches your lifestyle and needs.
• A collaborative and encouraging work environment where your thinking and ideas are encouraged.
• On site mental health and wellbeing assistance.
• A commitment to helping you develop both personally and professionally, with mentoring opportunities and access to our award-winning learning portal, Aspire.
• Regular social activities, in addition to three days paid volunteering leave each year and a day’s leave to celebrate your birthday.
• Hybrid working so you can enjoy the positive wellbeing of working from home as well as the benefits of meeting colleagues in our sociable, modern office environments – with the expectation of two ‘in-office’ days per week.
• A flexible working window, allowing colleagues the freedom to work flexibly between the hours of 7am and 7pm.

*Please note, we recruit on a rolling basis so early applications are recommended to avoid disappointment.

We are committed to being open and transparent in our recruitment and reward processes. Please note that this vacancy does not currently meet the minimum salary threshold requirements for Skilled Worker sponsorship within the UK.

To avoid any disappointment, if you require sponsorship we would encourage you to check whether you may be eligible for a discounted salary threshold, or to explore alternative routes to secure your right to work in the UK before submitting your application. If you meet the criteria outlined in the job description we’ll be happy to discuss your individual circumstances further with you.