HR Advisor in Warrington

Flex, a Fortune global 500 company, is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. We believe in the power of diversity and inclusion and cultivate a workplace culture of belonging that views uniqueness as a competitive edge and builds a community that enables our people to push the limits of innovation to make great products that create value and improve people's lives. A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a HR Advisor to our team in Warrington, UK.

What a typical day looks like:

• Providing guidance and support to Managers and employees on all matters associated with the employee lifecycle including but not limited to Recruitment, Disciplinary and Grievance, Absence Management and Employee Relations.
• Providing advice and resolving people issues in an efficient and timely way. This includes offering HR surgeries, HR Workshops and providing value added reports to the Management team.
• Dealing with employee relations issues in accordance with legislative requirements including disciplinary, grievances, sickness absence, occupational health and performance improvement.
• Arranging and coordinating external training and delivering and supporting internal training programmes including apprenticeships. Utilising Flex Learn and supporting employee development.
• Responsible for HR metrics, including but not limited to sickness absence and exit data. Analysing data and making recommendations to the business.
• Driving employee engagement at all levels and creating an environment to increase employee commitment and contribution, including ownership of project work associated with FlexVoice and Flex CLASS.
• Accountability for HR administration duties, and overseeing the GBS Administration department, ensuring that employees and managers receive a first-class HR service.
• Support with Payroll, running occasionally.
• Working alongside the HR Business Partner on Corporate HR initiatives ensuring that these are smoothly implemented at site level.

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• Ideally degree educated or equivalent with CIPD or other equivalent HR qualification.
• Must have previous experience in a similar HR role at Advisory/Officer level with direct responsibility for providing first line support to managers and employees.
• Be comfortable in delivering training across the business.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to work simultaneously on multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment with impeccable attention to detail.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills, confident in building collaborative relationships with HR, Management and Stakeholders at all levels.
• A self-managed, autonomous and hands-on approach with the ability to take ownership of queries and get things done.
• Proactive, flexible and enthusiastic with bags of initiative.
• Strong work ethic and a commitment to delivery.

Flex recognises the changing needs of employees and the importance of a work life balance, so we are proud to have a FLEXible working policy in place. This includes a flexi-time system and the opportunity to work some of the week from home, following successful completion of your probation period. Additional site benefits include free onsite parking, free fruit and a great safe working environment. You will also be entitled to:

• Hybrid working.
• The ability to purchase additional holidays.
• Continuous training and development.
• Employee reward and recognition scheme.
• Generous pension scheme.
• Life assurance.

Flex is an Equal Opportunity Employer and employment selection decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. We do not discriminate based on age, race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability, pregnancy status, or any other status protected by law. We’re happy to provide reasonable accommodations to those with a disability for assistance in the application process.