HR Advisor – Fixed-Term Contract (maternity cover)
Location: Knottingley, West Yorkshire
Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum
Hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week
Contract: Fixed-term, approximately 12 months
Working Pattern: Hybrid, with a minimum of 3 days per week in the office
Make a difference with Real Life Options
Are you an experienced HR professional who is passionate about supporting people and making a positive difference? Do you enjoy working in a fast-paced, multi-site environment where employee relations, problem-solving and building strong relationships are at the heart of your role?
Real Life Options is looking for an experienced HR Advisor to join our friendly and professional HR team on a fixed-term contract of approximately 12 months to cover a period of maternity leave.
This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a values-driven social care organisation, providing practical, responsive and professional HR support to managers across our services. You will play an important role in helping managers navigate a wide range of people-related matters, ensuring our HR service continues to support both our employees and the people we care for.
About the role
As HR Advisor, you will provide expert advice, guidance and support to managers on a broad range of HR matters, with a particular focus on employee relations. Working closely with the HR Manager, HR Business Partner and wider HR team, you will help ensure the effective delivery of a responsive, consistent and high-quality HR service across the organisation.
You will build positive working relationships with managers and key stakeholders, supporting them to manage people matters confidently, fairly and in line with organisational policies, procedures and employment legislation.
This is a varied and rewarding role where you will have the opportunity to use your HR expertise, contribute to the ongoing development of our people practices and make a meaningful difference across our services.
Key Responsibilities
- Employee Relations casework, including being the first point of contact for managers and employees on all ER matters including performance management, disciplinary and grievance
- Provide expert advice and coaching to managers, ensuring fair and consistent handling of cases
- Provide guidance and advice to line managers on navigating the complexities of long-term sickness, and return to work plans
- Monthly reporting
Qualifications and Skills
We’re looking for someone with the skills and experience to hit the ground running. Ideally you’ll be CIPD qualified (Level 5) or working towards this, but it’ll be your experience in supporting and advising managers with employee relations and casework that is key. Experience in social care, or other regulated settings will be an advantage. This role will support the England region, with some of our services located in remote areas, being a driver with access to a vehicle will be advantageous as some ad hoc travel may be required.
Why Join Us
A minimum of 28-days paid holiday a year, including bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff)
Accredited training giving you the knowledge and skills to deliver a first rate job - develop professionally through training, mentoring, and a strong support network
An employer contributory pension scheme Work in a collaborative, values-led environment
Benefits
Health Cash Plan
2 x salary Life cover
A free Employee Assistance Programme (including a medical helpline, telephone and face-to-face counselling, debt, financial and legal information)
A reward gateway with access to discounted goods and services
Cycle to Work Scheme
Refer a Friend Incentive Bonus (terms and conditions apply)
Values
Respect – Honesty – Responsibility – Excellence
Skill Checklist
Honest - Good Communicator - Strong Values – Flexible - Passionate - Self Motivated - Reliable - Caring - Inclusive
We are keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours who can help us to ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do these are:
Respect – Honesty – Responsibility – Excellence
If you can circle 6 or more of the skills below, then you could be the person we are looking for:
Honest - Good Communicator - Strong Values – Flexible - Passionate - Self Motivated - Reliable - Caring - Inclusive
Real Life Options are an equal opportunities employer. We seek to recruit, train and promote the best person for the job, to make full use of the talents and resources of all our people and to craft a working environment free from unlawful discrimination, victimisation and harassment in which all individuals are treated with dignity and respect.
If you have a disability, a learning difficulty, a medical condition or individual need that you believe may affect your performance in selection, we’ll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to our processes to enable you to perform at your best so please do let us know.
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
About Disability Confident Disability Confident is a government scheme. It encourages employers to recruit and retain disabled people and those with long term health conditions.
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
HR Advisor
Company: Real Life Options Salary: £35,000 to £35,000 a year Hours: Full-time Location: WF11 0BU Job type: Contract Posting date: 13 Oct 2026 Closing date: 10 Nov 2026
HR Advisor – Fixed-Term Contract (maternity cover)
Location: Knottingley, West Yorkshire
Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum
Hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week
Contract: Fixed-term, approximately 12 months
Working Pattern: Hybrid, with a minimum of 3 days per week in the office
Make a difference with Real Life Options
Are you an experienced HR professional who is passionate about supporting people and making a positive difference? Do you enjoy working in a fast-paced, multi-site environment where employee relations, problem-solving and building strong relationships are at the heart of your role?
Real Life Options is looking for an experienced HR Advisor to join our friendly and professional HR team on a fixed-term contract of approximately 12 months to cover a period of maternity leave.
This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a values-driven social care organisation, providing practical, responsive and professional HR support to managers across our services. You will play an important role in helping managers navigate a wide range of people-related matters, ensuring our HR service continues to support both our employees and the people we care for.
About the role
As HR Advisor, you will provide expert advice, guidance and support to managers on a broad range of HR matters, with a particular focus on employee relations. Working closely with the HR Manager, HR Business Partner and wider HR team, you will help ensure the effective delivery of a responsive, consistent and high-quality HR service across the organisation.
You will build positive working relationships with managers and key stakeholders, supporting them to manage people matters confidently, fairly and in line with organisational policies, procedures and employment legislation.
This is a varied and rewarding role where you will have the opportunity to use your HR expertise, contribute to the ongoing development of our people practices and make a meaningful difference across our services.
Key Responsibilities:
Employee Relations casework, including being the first point of contact for managers and employees on all ER matters including performance management, disciplinary and grievance
Provide expert advice and coaching to managers, ensuring fair and consistent handling of cases
Provide guidance and advice to line managers on navigating the complexities of long-term sickness, and return to work plans
Monthly reporting
Qualifications and Skills:
We’re looking for someone with the skills and experience to hit the ground running. Ideally you’ll be CIPD qualified (Level 5) or working towards this, but it’ll be your experience in supporting and advising managers with employee relations and casework that is key. Experience in social care, or other regulated settings will be an advantage. This role will support the England region, with some of our services located in remote areas, being a driver with access to a vehicle will be advantageous as some ad hoc travel may be required.
Why Join Us?
A minimum of 28-days paid holiday a year, including bank holidays (pro-rata for part time staff)
Accredited training giving you the knowledge and skills to deliver a first rate job - develop professionally through training, mentoring, and a strong support network
An employer contributory pension scheme Work in a collaborative, values-led environment
In addition to the above you also have access to the following great benefits:
Health Cash Plan
2 x salary Life cover
A free Employee Assistance Programme (including a medical helpline, telephone and face-to-face counselling, debt, financial and legal information)
A reward gateway with access to discounted goods and services
Cycle to Work Scheme
A financial wellbeing scheme
Refer a Friend Incentive Bonus (terms and conditions apply)
We are keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours who can help us to ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do these are:
Respect – Honesty – Responsibility – Excellence
If you can circle 6 or more of the skills below, then you could be the person we are looking for:
Honest - Good Communicator - Strong Values – Flexible - Passionate - Self Motivated - Reliable - Caring - Inclusive
Please note that initial contact with applicants will usually be by email, so please check all of your email folders regularly, including your junk mail folders.
Real Life Options are an equal opportunities employer. We seek to recruit, train and promote the best person for the job, to make full use of the talents and resources of all our people and to craft a working environment free from unlawful discrimination, victimisation and harassment in which all individuals are treated with dignity and respect.
If you have a disability, a learning difficulty, a medical condition or individual need that you believe may affect your performance in selection, we’ll be happy to make reasonable adjustments to our processes to enable you to perform at your best so please do let us know.
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
About Disability Confident Disability Confident is a government scheme. It encourages employers to recruit and retain disabled people and those with long term health conditions.
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
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HR Advisor in Knottingley employer: Real Life Options Group
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