People Advisor
Location: Hybrid | Permanent
We are partnering with an established organisation to recruit a People Advisor to join its People team. This is a varied, hands-on role offering the opportunity to work closely with managers and employees, providing practical advice and support across the full employee lifecycle.
The successful individual will play an important role in delivering a responsive and effective People service, with a particular focus on employee relations, manager coaching and the consistent application of HR policies and processes.
The Role
Working closely with the wider People team, you will provide professional advice and guidance on a broad range of people matters, helping managers navigate employee issues confidently and ensuring a fair, consistent approach across the organisation.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Managing employee relations cases end-to-end, including disciplinary, grievance, absence management, performance and probation matters.
- Advising and coaching managers on people-related issues, providing practical guidance and support on appropriate next steps.
- Supporting investigations, including gathering evidence, conducting interviews and preparing investigation reports.
- Drafting formal correspondence, including outcome letters and other employee documentation.
- Providing guidance on employment policies, procedures and UK employment legislation.
- Supporting organisational change, restructures and consultation processes where required.
- Advising on key employee lifecycle activities, including onboarding, promotions, contractual changes and offboarding.
- Working collaboratively with the wider People team to ensure the effective delivery of HR services.
- Identifying opportunities to improve people processes, policies and ways of working.
- Using people data and reporting to identify trends, highlight potential risks and support informed decision-making.
About You
We are looking for a proactive and commercially minded People Advisor who is comfortable operating in a varied advisory role. You will have the confidence to build relationships with stakeholders at different levels, exercise sound judgement and provide clear, practical advice on sometimes complex people matters.
This opportunity would suit an experienced People Advisor looking to broaden their experience, or a Senior People Advisor ready to take the next step into a role offering greater responsibility, autonomy and exposure to business partnering.
You will ideally bring:
- Previous experience as a People Advisor, Senior People Advisor or in an equivalent HR advisory role.
- Strong working knowledge of UK employment law and employee relations processes.
- Proven experience managing disciplinary, grievance and absence cases.
- The ability to coach, influence and build confidence among managers.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with experience drafting formal HR correspondence.
- A pragmatic, solutions-focused approach and the ability to manage competing priorities.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills and the ability to work collaboratively within a wider People team.
CIPD Level 5 qualification (or working towards) would be advantageous, as would experience working within a multi-site or consultancy environment and exposure to organisational change.
The Opportunity
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced People Advisor, or a Senior People Adminstrator looking to make their next career move. You will have the opportunity to take ownership of a broad advisory remit, further develop your business partnering capabilities and play an active role in supporting managers and shaping the delivery of the wider People function.
