HR Advisor Business Services Projects 12m FTC

CMS UK; Sheffield (TX); Hybrid; USD 57,000 - 89,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working policy

Generous bonus scheme

Private medical insurance

Enhanced parental leave

Inclusive support under Equality Act

Job summary

CMS UK is seeking an HR Advisor for Business Services Projects to support people initiatives and HR projects across Business Services. You will deliver change activity and provide high-quality generalist HR advice to managers and teams.

Work involves coordinating project activity, tracking milestones, and using people data to inform decisions and outcomes, while building trusted relationships with stakeholders across the function.

Qualifications

• Broad HR generalist experience across the employee lifecycle.
• Experience supporting HR projects, change initiatives or process improvement.
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to coach/advise managers.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of HR projects across Business Services.
• Coordinate activity, action plans and milestones.
• Use people data to support reporting and decision-making.
• Prepare updates for stakeholders and governance forums.
• Provide proactive HR advisory support across the employee lifecycle.

Skills

Generalist HR knowledge

Employee relations

Coaching & influencing

People data analytics

Stakeholder management

Tools

MS Office

HR systems

Job description

Reporting to the Senior HR Business Partner, the HR Advisor - Business Services Projects will support the delivery of people initiatives, HR projects and change activity across Business Services, while providing high-quality generalist HR advice.

Working with managers and HR colleagues, the role will coordinate activity, track progress and provide practical, commercially focused support aligned to business priorities.

About The Role

The role combines project delivery and change support with responsive HR advisory work across the employee lifecycle.

Project delivery and coordination

• Support the delivery of HR and business projects across Business Services.
• Coordinate project activity, maintain action plans and track progress against milestones.
• Use people data and insights to support reporting, decision-making and project outcomes.
• Prepare clear updates and materials for stakeholders and project governance.
• Support people strategy, change and continuous improvement initiatives across the HR function.

HR advisory support

• Provide proactive, timely and high-quality HR support across the employee lifecycle, including performance management, family leave, secondments, flexible working, absence management and wellbeing.
• Support managers with employee relations matters, including disciplinary and grievance issues, working with specialist teams where appropriate.
• Coach and guide managers on talent management, engagement, succession planning and performance management.
• Support cyclical HR activities, including performance reviews, budget planning and the annual reward cycle.
• Build trusted relationships across Business Services and provide practical, commercially focused HR advice.

About You

Experience requirements

• Strong current generalist HR knowledge and experience supporting a broad range of employment and employee relations matters.
• Experience supporting HR projects, change initiatives or process improvement activity.
• Demonstrable business partnering skills, including coaching, influencing and stakeholder management.
• Commercial and pragmatic approach, with sound judgement, analytical capability and attention to detail.
• Experience using people data to inform decisions and monitor progress.

Skills And Behaviours

• Confident and impactful stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain HR practice clearly and accessibly.
• Strong organisational skills and confidence managing competing priorities.
• Flexible and adaptable, with the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and changing environment.
• Collaborative, proactive and solutions-focused, with a commitment to high-quality service delivery.

What’s in it for you?

Benefits

We want to reward you today and help you plan for tomorrow. We appreciate that everyone is different, therefore we have designed a benefits system that offers choice and flexibility based on individual needs and lifestyles. To name a few, these include:

• Competitive basic salary (reviewed annually)
• Flexible, hybrid working policy
• Generous bonus scheme
• Up to 25 days holiday (rising to 28 days with service)
• Holiday exchange scheme
• Private medical insurance
• Enhanced parental leave
• Reasonable adjustments and accommodation for disabled talent in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.

If you would like to read more information regarding our range of benefits, please visit our Rewards & Benefits page on our website.