People Advisor in Sunbury-on-Thames

Overview

Role: People Advisor

Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent

Location: Sunbury-upon-Thames, UK (hybrid working is available, allowing for a mix of office/home working)

Salary: To £40,000 (depending on experience), plus company benefits

Yorktel-Kinly is a unified global leader in collaboration, systems integration, and managed services. We focus on transforming workspaces, simplifying complexity, and empowering people. Our in-house expertise includes AI-powered room monitoring, 24/7 support, and a unique enterprise service layer, enabling us to operate with even greater agility, efficiency, and precision.

With 27 offices in 11 countries, 1,600 colleagues, 900 specialist accreditations, 40-years\\\’ professional experience and 2,500 customers, we are delivering scalable, secure, and sustainable solutions around the world.

It is an exciting time at Yorktel-Kinly, as our transformation across the business continues. As a result, we have new opportunities for Human Resource professionals to join our highly collaborative team, to assist the business in our new era.

We now have an opportunity for a proven HR / People Advisor, reporting into one of our People Business Partners, to undertake a varied role, but which has a strong focus on internal relationships.

You will be working with and advising line managers across the UK & Ireland region on all people matters, developing strong relationships through becoming a trusted partner and will be providing support to the People Business Partners and be a driving force in new people initiatives.

The role includes line management responsibility for the People Administrator and People Support Placement Student as well as any interns that may support the People Team. In addition, there are a number of projects that the People Business Partners will lead on, the People Advisor will support and follow actions through with line managers and the People Admin team.

Responsibilities

Business Support

• Provide HR support to the Sunbury, Dublin, London and Livingston offices, with a defined set of departments/cost centres to partner with
• Work closely with both People Business Partners to determine and drive key areas of focus for the People Admin team
• Regularly meet with, support, and provide trusted people advice to extended management team
• Lead probation, absence management, disciplinary and grievance procedures
• Instigate OH Management referrals and works closely with the line manager and employee to implement the recommendations from OH
• Monitor absence level trends and highlight concerns to line managers
• Provide support to the People Business Partners with TUPE transfers in and out, or mergers and acquisitions

HR Operations and Reporting

• Respond swiftly and appropriately to queries to the People inbox and oversees the assignment of emails and responses of the People Admin team
• Own and drive the People SharePoint pages including developing the content and design
• Develop and utilise the People SharePoint pages and works alongside the People Business Partners to create, review and develop a manager’s tool kit so that managers can be self-sufficient and access documents as and when required

Employee Engagement

• Support the role out of new and ongoing initiatives such as engagement surveys, well-being initiatives, culture events and follow-up actions
• Champion diversity, equality and inclusion in the workplace and ensures best practice is adhered to
• Lead and own the Mental Health agenda – ensuring there is wider communications strategy, calendar of events etc
• Oversee employee training initiatives and the accurate recording of completed training programmes
• Support UK & Ireland payroll processes & expenses working alongside the Compensation and Benefits Manager

Skills and experience

• Previous experience of HR & Payroll systems
• Previous experience of working as a People/HR Advisor in a commercial organisation
• Experience of managing complex ER-related issues to resolution
• CIPD preferable but not required
• Process driven
• Clear communication skills
• Demonstrable experience of responding to complex People queries

Other information

Please note – we will only be accepting direct applications and will not be engaging any recruitment agency

If you are selected for interview, and need any reasonable adjustments made for your interview, please let the Talent Acquisition team know, at the point of scheduling. If you do require details of the vacancy or the application process in an alternative format, please email jobs@kinly.com outlining your requirements

Equal Opportunities:

Yorktel-Kinly is committed to providing equal opportunities in employment, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, age, gender identity, pregnancy, colour, race, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, religion or any other ‘protected characteristics. We welcome your application.