HR Advisor in Middleton

We are looking for an experienced HR Advisor to join our team and play a key role in supporting managers and employees across the full employee lifecycle. Acting as a trusted advisor, you will provide high-quality, pragmatic HR guidance and administrative support, helping to build a positive, inclusive and high-performing workplace culture. This is a hands-on role, suited to someone who enjoys balancing employee relations, recruitment and generalist HR tasks within a supportive team. This role requires onsite presence 3 days per week.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a first point of contact for managers and employees, providing timely, legally compliant HR advice.
• Support and guide managers through employee relations matters including absence, performance, disciplinary and grievance cases.
• Conduct or support HR investigations, ensuring fairness, consistency and accurate documentation.
• Manage family-friendly and statutory leave requests, including flexible working.
• Liaise with occupational health and support effective return-to-work processes.
• Support and play an active role in recruitment activity, advising hiring managers on best practice.
• Work with the HR & Recruitment Coordinator on recruitment activity including job descriptions, shortlisting and interviews where required.
• Support with onboarding, offboarding and contractual changes to ensure a positive employee experience.
• Coordinate internships, graduate schemes and work experience placements.
• Conduct exit interviews and identify trends and improvement opportunities.
• Maintain accurate HR and recruitment data and systems.
• Support managers with probation reviews, performance management, PDPs and career development.
• Deliver and continuously improve the induction experience, including completing the HR induction for new starters.
• Support and facilitate management and employee training sessions.
• Source and organise cost-effective training aligned to business needs.
• Support the annual employee engagement survey and related action planning.
• Champion company values, wellbeing, inclusion and employee engagement initiatives.
• Support with the global payrolls, and benefit administration as required.
• Support with the coordination of the annual salary review, and quarterly reward schemes.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• CIPD Level 5 qualified (or working towards).
• Proven experience of working in an HR Advisor or HR Generalist role, with strong working knowledge of UK employment legislation and HR best practice.
• Proven experience managing employee relations cases.
• Confident communicator with strong stakeholder management skills.
• Proactive and able to work effectively, independently and as part of a team.
• Organised with a high level of attention to detail, able to effectively prioritise work.
• High level of professionalism and confidentiality.
• Experience using HR systems and ATS platforms.

Benefits

• Annual discretionary profit share bonus.
• Holiday entitlement is 27 days plus 8 bank holidays.
• 5% employee and 5% employer contributions through our salary sacrifice workplace pension scheme with Scottish Widows.
• Private Medical Insurance.
• Group Income Protection Insurance Scheme.
• Death In Service Scheme.
• Electric Vehicle Scheme (after 12 months service).