HR Graduate Advisor in Portsmouth

We have an exciting opportunity for multiple HR Graduate Advisors to join us on a fixed‑term contract until December 2026. This is an ideal role for individuals beginning their HR career, with strong academic grounding and hands‑on experience from an HR industrial placement.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Partnering: Act as a trusted advisor to People Leaders across areas such as organizational design, culture transformation, and talent management.
• Employee Relations & Case Management: Proactively manage and resolve complex employee relations issues, including disciplinary, grievance, and dignity at work concerns.
• Absence Management: Oversee comprehensive absence management, collaborating with employees, Occupational Health, and Trade Union partners.
• Talent Development: Champion effective career management, employee development, and fostering a culture of continuous learning and growth.
• Leadership Empowerment: Coach and upskill People Leaders on performance management, compensation planning, and employee relations.
• HR Transformation: Collaborate with the wider HR team to effectively implement new/updated HR products, processes, and policies across the business in support of our HR Transformation.
• Engagement & Culture: Drive employee engagement initiatives, contributing to a positive and productive work environment.
• Continuous Improvement: Share insights and best practices to enhance HR processes.

Qualifications

• Essential: Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, HR Management, or a CIPD‑aligned qualification
• Completed an HR industrial placement/sandwich year within a corporate HR function
• Demonstrated ability to build strong, trusted relationships and influence stakeholders
• Exceptional communication (verbal and written), interpersonal, and active listening skills
• A proactive, customer‑centric, and solutions‑focused approach
• Highly collaborative team player with a flexible and adaptable mindset

What We Offer

This is a unique opportunity to start your HR career in a global organisation undergoing major transformation. You’ll gain broad experience across core HR disciplines, contribute to meaningful projects, and work closely with leaders to support Ford’s culture and people strategy.

Working Pattern

These roles are based in Dunton or Dagenham working a hybrid pattern in line with latest corporate guidelines (on‑site four or more days per week with the potential to work remotely up to one day per week).

Equal Opportunities

The Company is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity for all and is opposed to any form of less favourable treatment or harassment on the grounds of race, religion or belief, sex, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or disability. As part of our pre‑employment checks process, successful candidates will be required to undergo a criminal record check. This will be conducted in line with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and applied only to unspent convictions.