HR Advisor / Generalist

At Planteria Group, we help organisations reimagine their workplaces, making them more productive, healthy, and sustainable. From creating warm, welcoming reception areas to designing large-scale living architecture, we turn ordinary spaces into vibrant places where people genuinely love to be. We’ve grown from a small family business into the UK’s leading interior landscaping specialist, transforming workplaces and commercial environments with the power of nature, to international expansion with operations in the US.

Your Impact:

• You’ll play a key role in shaping a smooth, engaging employee journey while supporting managers and driving people excellence across the business.
• Deliver a seamless onboarding experience - coordinate pre-employment checks, vetting, and inductions in partnership with L&D and hiring managers.
• Be a trusted advisor to managers - provide first-line guidance on people queries and support employee relations cases (disciplinary, grievance, absence, performance) alongside the HR Business Partner.
• Build strong relationships - develop a deep understanding of teams to spot trends, challenges, and opportunities early.
• Use data to drive decisions - analyse people metrics (attrition, engagement, performance) and turn insights into meaningful action.
• Keep HR operations running smoothly - maintain HRIS data, manage employee lifecycle changes, and oversee benefits and admin processes with accuracy and efficiency.
• Continuously improve processes - identify opportunities to streamline workflows and reduce manual or inefficient ways of working.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition - ensure a smooth, high-quality post-offer journey through to day one and beyond.
• Enhance employee experience - contribute to engagement initiatives, survey follow-ups, and ongoing improvements.

Success in this role looks like:

• High-quality, timely delivery of HR support.
• Strong stakeholder satisfaction and trust.
• Effective resolution of employee relations matters.
• Clear, actionable insights that drive positive change.

You will be a great fit if you have:

• Strong organisational skills - able to plan, prioritise and manage multiple tasks with ease.
• Excellent communication - clear, empathetic, and able to influence and guide stakeholders confidently.
• A proactive, solutions-led mindset - you don’t just spot problems, you solve them, balancing people needs with business outcomes.
• Sound judgement under pressure - calm, professional, and focused when handling sensitive situations.
• High attention to detail - delivering accurate, high-quality work consistently.
• A confidential and professional approach - trusted with sensitive information and situations.
• Solid understanding of UK employment law and HR best practice.
• Problem-solving capability - able to think critically and make informed decisions quickly.

Experience & Qualifications:

• CIPD Level 3 (or equivalent experience).
• Previous experience in a HR Generalist, Administrator, or similar role.
• Experience using HR systems and managing employee data and documentation.
• Practical knowledge of applying employment law and implementing changes.
• Experience using people data (e.g. engagement, attrition, performance) to inform decisions.
• Exposure to People/HR initiatives such as engagement, culture, or organisational change.
• Experience working in fast-paced or evolving environments, with the ability to improve or build processes.

Tech & Tools:

• Experience with HRIS platforms (HiBob experience is a plus).
• Bonus: familiarity with ATS platforms (ideally Ashby) to support post-offer processes.

At Planteria Group, our culture is guided by our core values: Humble & Confident, Positive & Energetic, One TEAM, Relentless to Improve, and Create Wow! If you want to be part of a flourishing, fast-growing business that values agility, collaboration, and creativity, we’d love to hear from you. If you feel that you don’t quite hit the experience we’re after, please do apply anyway as we’re always looking for people who are looking to grow and develop us!

Planteria Group is proud to promote equality of opportunity and an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive.

Accessibility & Adjustments: We want every candidate to have the best possible experience throughout our recruitment process. If you require any adjustments or accommodations at any stage, including the interview, please let us know, and we will be happy to support you.

Health and Safety: All employees must follow the organisation’s Health & Safety policies, take care of their own safety and that of others, use equipment and PPE correctly, report hazards or incidents, participate in training, and cooperate with emergency procedures, risk assessments, and investigations to maintain a safe, tidy, and compliant workplace.

Please note: For roles involving client site attendance, successful candidates will be required to obtain BPSS (Baseline Personnel Security Standard) clearance. This forms part of our pre-employment checks.

Our Benefits:

• Quarterly Company Bonus Scheme.
• Annual Performance Related Bonus Scheme.
• BUPA Cash plan.
• Lunch provided at our offices.
• Free plants and flowers every Wednesday at Planteria HQ.
• 25 days holiday, plus any UK Bank Holidays.
• Ability to work 1 day per week from home.

Way of working: This is an office-based position at Planteria Group HQ in Henham, Bishop’s Stortford.