HR Advisor
Reports to: Group HR Manager
Location: Leicester (with regular travel to Nottingham)
Working hours: Full-time 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday 07:30 – 16:00 / 09:00 – 17:30
Salary & Bonus: £28,000-£32,000 p.a. depending on experience
Yü Group PLC are one of the UK’s fastest growing business gas, electricity and water suppliers, supplying thousands of companies across the UK. On a mission to shake-up the UK business energy market, our winning combination of expert, personal service and competitive prices are specifically tailored to the needs of commercial customers.
We’re looking for an experienced HR Advisor who really wants to make a difference and have an impact on how we deliver HR solutions within a complex and growing energy business.
As HR Advisor, you will support the organisation in delivering HR solutions with innovative and fresh HR ideas in line with our processes and procedures.
You will keep ahead of the forever changing arena of employment law and ensure that Yü as a brand delivers HR excellence.
Passionate and motivated people are the power behind our growth so we’re looking to expand our team and you could be part of our success story.
What We Need from Yü
We are looking for a HR Advisor to have:
- Experience of ER case management, such as flexible working requests, investigations, disciplinary and grievance etc.
- Previous experience of working in a fast-paced HR environment providing a high level of end-to-end HR support for the full employee life cycle.
- Provide an efficient solutions-focused service providing effective and efficient generalist HR support.
- Experience of payroll administration.
- Exceptional time management skills and the ability to prioritise and meet deadlines.
- A good working knowledge of employment law and its practical application.
- Responsible for answering staff absence line.
- Absence management including assisting managers in welfare meetings.
- Build strong working relationships with line managers to ensure a positive and professional HR service.
- Work with the HR Manager to deliver changes to People policies and Employee handbooks.
- Coach line managers to ensure they are adhering to responsibilities for managing their teams in line with HR policies and procedures.
- Support the culture of continuous improvement across the HR function.
- Assist with employee performance and calibration.
- Responsible for issuing new joiner paperwork including contracts of employment in a timely manner.
- Enhancing processes / continuous improvement.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
- Able to deliver well under pressure.
- Ability to manage multiple stakeholders.
- Accurate notetaking at meetings.
- HR System and administration.
About Yü
If you have what it takes you could be just what we’re looking for…
- CIPD Level 5 or equivalent – Desirable
- Team worker
- Honest
- Strong generalist background in dealing with multiple ER cases and generalist HR.
- Ideally have experience of using HR Systems / databases.
- Ability to work on own initiative and without supervision.
- Good understanding of employment law.
- High level of computer literacy skills and working knowledge of Microsoft Office systems.
- High attention to detail resulting in an excellent degree of accuracy.
- Excellent inter-personal skills and the ability to communicate at all levels.
- Effective verbal and written communication, adapting to audience.
- Ability to work collaboratively within a team and on own initiative.
- Amazing organisational skills with an eye for detail.
Yü Come First
We have a wide range of benefits for our employees including:
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Life Insurance
- Critical Illness Scheme
- Free car parking
- 24 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Birthday leave
- Holiday buy – up to 5 additional days
- Enhanced paternity, maternity and adoption policies
- Yü made a difference Awards
- 3 days additional annual leave if you get married/civil partnership etc.
- Appointment allowance
- Electric Car scheme
- Long service recognition
- Refer a friend payment
- Company sick pay (subject to length of service)
- New modern facilities