People Advisor

The Role

As a People Advisor, you'll play a key role in shaping a great employee experience for MVFers at different stages of the employee lifecycle. Armed with strong employment law knowledge, business acumen, and interpersonal skills, you will be a trusted advisor to your client groups.

Responsibilities

• People Advisory
  • Mentor and guide the People Coordinator, with the opportunity to line manage them, and ensure KPIs and SLAs are met.
  • Act autonomously as a trusted advisor to designated client groups within MVF, drawing on support and guidance from your People Partner when needed.
  • Work closely with your People Partner to ensure joined-up, consistent support for shared client groups, and support them on strategic and wider organisational design and development projects.
  • Work closely with key stakeholders to maintain excellent operational rhythms.
  • Support the delivery of DE&I and wellbeing initiatives across client groups.
  • Liaise with and provide people support to colleagues in our US and EMEA locations.
• Employee Lifecycle
  • Support onboarding and induction for new starters, ensuring a smooth and positive first experience.
  • Manage the offboarding process, including exit interviews and leaver administration.
• People Relations
  • Advise and coach line managers on probation, performance management, sickness, disciplinary, and grievance processes, advising and coaching line managers throughout.
  • Provide necessary training and feedback to managers on people processes.
  • Support employees through family-friendly processes (e.g. maternity, paternity etc), and help identify opportunities to enhance and evolve these policies and processes over time.
  • Manage complex employee relations issues and offer policy advice to managers and employees.
  • Assist in reviewing and updating people policies to ensure ongoing legal compliance and best practice.
• Learning and Development
  • Own the planning and scheduling of the annual People training calendar, balancing internal delivery with external provision.
  • Manage Docebo (our E-learning platform), to ensure all employees are compliant with mandatory training.
  • This will include updating existing e-learning modules and working with the People Partners to develop new modules where required.
  • Help source, brief, and manage relationships with external L&D providers and facilitators.
  • Design and deliver own training sessions on core People topics (e.g. manager essentials, policy updates, employment law awareness) to build internal capability.
  • Assist in the coordination and delivery of internal training events run by others across MVF.
  • Contribute to assessment processes for internal developmental programmes.
  • Gather and act on feedback to continuously improve the training calendar's relevance and impact.
• Systems and Processes
  • Oversee the development of functionality in HiBob (our HRIS), supported by the People Coordinator.
  • Support the People Coordinator with TriNet and other Employer of Record (EOR) systems for our US and APAC populations.
  • Continuously identify opportunities for process automation.
• Compliance and Reporting
  • Ensure operational compliance for standard employment processes like right-to-work checks and visa renewals.
  • Generate high-level monthly reports and manage data integrity.
  • Handle employee data in line with MVF's data protection obligations.

What Success Looks Like

• Proactive problem-solving rather than reactive troubleshooting.
• Positive feedback and high satisfaction from client groups.
• Timely resolution of employee relations casework.
• A well-run, well-received annual training calendar.
• Successful KPI and SLA achievement by the People Coordinator.

Our Ideal MVFer

• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Confident designing and facilitating People training sessions.
• Resilient, especially in managing sensitive and challenging people issues.
• Proficient in UK employment law.
• Experience working with or supporting US and/or EMEA teams, ideally including exposure to Employer of Record (EOR) arrangements.
• Analytical, highly organised, and detail-oriented, with strong HRIS/Excel reporting skills.
• Experience working with HiBob HRIS is preferable but not essential.
• Experience line managing or coaching a direct report is preferable but not essential.
• Commercially focused with a willingness to adapt to change.
• A team player dedicated to the collective success of the People Team and MVF as a whole.

Take the next step in your HR career with a role that offers variety, impact, and the opportunity to work with a multidisciplinary People Team. Apply today!