Job Introduction
The Senior HR Advisor (Fixed-Term Contract) plays a key role in providing professional generalist HR advice, operational support, and administrative assistance across the division, ensuring alignment with business objectives and HR policies and procedures. The role also supports the delivery of the people strategy through close partnership with managers and employees, maintaining a visible presence across regional offices, sales offices, and sites, and acting as a trusted, approachable member of the wider business.
This is a fixed-term contract position, providing support to the division for the duration of the contract period. The purpose of this role is to deliver effective, professional, and efficient HR support and guidance across Yorkshire and the North West helping to foster a positive employee experience and ensure people-related matters are managed consistently and in line with company policies, employment legislation, and best practice.
Main Responsibilities
Employee Relations
- First point of contact for providing HR support in the form of operational advice and administrative processing, to all employees on key policies and procedures required within the employment relationship.
- Work with line management and Head of HR Operations to resolve employee relations issues that may arise in accordance with HR policies and legislation.
- Support the management of all employee relations processes including capability, grievance, disciplinary, absence management and investigations.
- Implementation and recommendations on initiatives to improve our people practices and procedures to avoid problems reoccurring.
- Investigating officer in majority of ER cases including statement taking and evidence collating.
- Being the first point of contact for employee welfare, providing that initial support, signposting and advice for all employees.
- Ensuring the Division is legally compliant with Employment Law when dealing with employee relations and ensuring knowledge and practices are up to date with new legislation.
- Escalating and making recommendations on serious ER cases that involve company risk.
- Reporting on divisional ER cases through ER tracker and keeping HR team updated on key cases in the regions.
HR Administration
- Carry out key HR administration as required ensuring the smooth running of the department.
- Work alongside the HR Apprentice and payroll team to ensure all monthly and weekly starter/leaver/contract changes are processed accurately.
- Processing of senior level starters, leavers, changes and any actions that may arise from this including conducting exit interviews.
Onboarding & Engagement
- Supporting senior management and directors with resource planning for their regions aligned with business objectives and strategy.
- Engaging with new starters from day one of employment to ensure they are fully onboarded into their roles.
- Supporting new line managers into the business through management inductions and training.
- Working collaboratively with senior stakeholders in the Divisions to help support engagement practices and action plans.
- To support and plan any future engagement initiatives.
Training & Development
- Work collaboratively with the training department to facilitate and prepare for HR initiatives and training where required on HR policies, processes and procedures.
- Work with business unit and training department to identify training needs and implement training plans accordingly through performance improvement plan tools.
- Supporting the employment journey of apprentices across the business unit, including site and office-based apprentices.
Additional duties:
- Project work as required to align Divisions strategically with business aims.
- Supporting senior stakeholders with management and allocations of our discretionary bonus scheme and salary reviews.
- Providing support and advice for health and wellbeing of all employees including updating Wellbeing Toolkit and planning wellbeing initiatives.
- Collaborating with and advising senior stakeholders across the Division to ensure their people practices are aligned with business objectives.
- Presence regionally on site and in offices to be that approachable HR contact.
- Supporting change management on large projects alongside Senior management to ensure contractual documentation is aligned and processes followed.
- Ensuring values are embedded, implemented and demonstrated across the regions being an advocate for these values.
- General HR reporting for Senior Management and Head of Operational HR.
Key Role Deliverables:
To provide accurate and effective HR advice and support to management and employees to ensure policies and practices are being followed. In addition to this, aligning people practices with the business strategy to ensure value is added with effective HR initiatives.
The Ideal Candidate
- At least 3 years' experience in a generalist HR Advisor role.
- Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Office and Teams.
- Excellent communication, organisational, and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to manage a busy workload, adapt to change, and work independently.
- Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills, with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Full UK Driving Licence and willingness to travel as required.