ER Advisor

12-month Maternity Cover
Full-time or Part-time
Salary: £27-30k (pro rata for PT)
Hybrid: After full training - 2 days at home 3 in office
Benefits: 33 days holiday, Employee Assistance Programme, Life Cover, Pension
Hours: Monday-Thursday 8.00am-4.30pm & Friday 8.00am-3.00pm

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a person to join a small but busy People Team on a fixed term basis for 12 months. Supporting the People Manager, you will advise managers on a wide range of employment law matters, people related processes and procedures. Coupled with this, the ideal candidate will have a passion for employee engagement and/or Learning and Development and have a fresh approach to the overall people journey to add value to the Global People Strategy for a temporary period.

Responsibilities of People Advisor include:

• Investigations, grievances and disciplinaries and appeals whilst ensuring we remain compliant with Employment law legislation.
• Support on case management; including, Absence Management, Occupational Health referrals.
• Escalating areas of concern to the People Manager as appropriate.
• Contributing to People metric reporting pack and identify trends and need of action.
• Supporting our recruitment processes.
• Assisting with planning and delivering quarterly toolbox training to managers and our people.
• Ensuring your HR knowledge is up to date, and we remain compliant to policies and procedures at all times.

Candidate Requirements:

• Demonstrable experience at HR Advisor level with ideally between 2-3 years’ experience.
• CIPD level 5 qualification or equivalent qualification/experience.
• Experience of advising managers at all levels on complex employee relations issues.
• Experience of successfully supporting change management projects
• Competent understanding of all areas of employment legislation with reference to Employee Relations.
• Experience in employee engagement or learning and development would be advantageous.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, good communicator, and ability to work both autonomously and as part of the wider team.
• Be a team player and proactive.
• This role may require some travel to our Birmingham office monthly.