Main Activities and Responsibilities:

• To support, advise, coach and deliver a range of HR casework including disciplinary, performance, TUPE, reorganisation, redundancy and absence management up to and including dismissal and appeals.
• To manage the safeguarding investigation process and attend Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO) strategy meetings where required.
• To provide advice to managers and colleagues regarding policies and processes according to multiple terms and conditions across the group.
• To coach line managers based across the UK on employee relation matters, liaising with trade unions when required.
• To proactively manage absence cases with line managers to drive a reduction in absence percentage.
• To provide procedural and policy advice and information to all colleagues and line managers.
• To attend formal meetings where necessary and provide any necessary letters and documentation as required.
• To provide HR updates, insights and data for monthly Operational Managers meetings.
• To identify training needs and to deliver HR Training sessions to line managers on HR casework as per the HR Training plan.
• To continuously review and amend HR policies and procedures in line with legislative change, best practice and company changes.
• To manage the HR systems, ensuring they are up to date with company changes and to produce statistics from the information available.

The HR Advisor will have:

• Experience of dealing with a wide range of HR casework at this level.
• Experience using HR systems as well as Microsoft Office.
• Up to date knowledge and understanding of employment legislation and best practice in HR.
• Ability to understand and interpret policies, procedures and relevant legislation.
• Ability to communicate effectively with a range of internal and external people at different levels.
• Ability to deal effectively with queries from external and internal sources at different levels.
• Excellent written and verbal skills, along with having a sensitive and professional manner.
• Highly organised and the ability to prioritise workload.
• CIPD qualified to level 5 or above.