At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide expert HR advice and support to clients on employee relations issues.
- Company: Dynamic HR consultancy based in Swindon with a focus on exceptional service.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, 25 days holiday, health cash plan, and professional development opportunities.
- Other info: Hybrid working options available after probation with excellent career growth potential.
- Why this job: Join a team that makes a real difference in the HR landscape and supports diverse clients.
- Qualifications: CIPD qualified or equivalent experience with strong UK employment law knowledge.
Location: Swindon with occasional travel to client sites
Reports to: Managing Director/Head of HR Consultancy
Salary: £35K - £40K DOE
Holiday: 25 days + BH
Benefits: Professional Development Opportunities, Health Cash Plan, Pension Scheme and Free Onsite Parking.
We pride ourselves on delivering exceptional HR consulting services to a range of clients. We provide high-quality, commercial HR advice and support to a diverse range of clients, helping them navigate complex HR issues with ease. We offer a full HR service offering with a main focus on employee relations issues disciplines, grievances, redundancies, performance management, recruitment, training, and development.
Purpose of the role: The People Advisor is the first point of contact for HR Dept clients. You will be responsible for providing high quality and commercial HR advice and support to clients and navigating through HR processes to provide solutions to people problems. You will also be responsible for undertaking client project work as required.
Main responsibilities:
- HR Service Delivery:
- First point of contact for the HR Advice Line service, ensuring accurate, timely and commercial HR advice and support for clients.
- Providing advice to clients on all aspects of HR, particularly employee relations matters, over the telephone and via email.
- Advising and managing on behalf of clients’ disciplinary issues, employee grievances, performance management, redundancies, and TUPE.
- Creating and issuing documents that supports the specialist advice provided to clients.
- Attending and chairing formal HR related meetings on behalf of clients.
- Note taking at formal and informal meetings.
- Delivering project work including staff surveys, salary benchmarking and managing client appraisals.
- Supporting and delivering training to clients, helping to develop and prepare training materials.
- Creating and updating client policies, procedures, and handbooks to ensure compliance with employment law and good HR practice.
- Identifying new business opportunities with existing clients (such as recruitment, additional project or site work, pulse and staff surveys).
Who are we looking for? Our people are exceptional HR professionals, with expert employment law knowledge. They also demonstrate a high degree of commercial awareness and an understanding of how HR fits with our client's commercial needs.
Candidate Requirements:
- CIPD qualified/working towards, or equivalent experience
- Excellent and up to date UK employment law knowledge including ERB changes
- Able to manage a range of ER casework
- HR experience over various business sectors is desirable.
- Commercially aware of the needs of small businesses
- Demonstrates a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Ability to organise own workload to meet targets and deadlines
- Good MS Office skills, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
Location and Working Hours: Location: Our office is based in Swindon- Hybrid working options are available post successful completion of probation. Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
Salary and Other Benefits: We offer a salary between £35K and £40K DOE, 25 days holiday + BH, Free on-site parking.
Diversity is key to our success, and we work hard to make sure we’re inclusive. We can only accept applications from those who have the right to work in the UK without restrictions.
People Advisor- Employee Relations in Swindon employer: HR-Dept-39cdddf5
Join our dynamic HR team in Swindon, where we prioritise employee development and foster a collaborative work culture. As a Senior HR Advisor, you'll benefit from a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package, while also having the opportunity to mentor junior staff and enhance your expertise in UK employment law. Our commitment to employee growth and engagement makes us an exceptional employer for those seeking a meaningful career in HR.
