Job Description
We are seeking an HR Advisor to join our People Performance Improvement Team (PPIT) based in Kilburn, London. This role requires a high level of professional HR expertise, particularly in the administration of exit programmes and leavers processes. The ideal candidate will possess a strong track record in stakeholder engagement and project delivery, ensuring that HR initiatives are implemented with precision, empathy, and efficiency within a dynamic and operationally complex environment.
Pay rate: £337 per day via PAYE // £440 per day via Umbrella
Location: North-West London - Hybrid
Contract end date: 31/12/2026
Day-to-day of the role:
* Complete HR exit administration tasks, manage expressions of interest, and coordinate and facilitate scheme panels.
* Prepare panel documentation and ensure adherence to governance and compliance standards.
* Serve as a primary point of contact for officers and line managers, offering responsive and professional support to resolve queries and concerns.
* Provide strategic and operational guidance to managers on the implications of specific HR projects and their impact on affected officers.
* Deliver direct support to impacted officers, ensuring they are well-informed about relevant policies and processes to enable confident decision-making.
* Liaise with all HR teams involved in the project to ensure alignment and awareness of project timelines, volumes, and changes, escalating issues where necessary.
* Coordinate with panel members to ensure panels are conducted in accordance with scheme policies and procedures, and that outcomes are communicated promptly and accurately.
* Proactively identify any issues that could impact the delivery of HR Project timelines and objectives.
* Work with local management of impacted officers to ensure they are aware of their roles and responsibilities and escalate to Project Lead any Project wider issues.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
* CIPD qualified or studying towards the qualification or possessing extensive HR knowledge/experience.
* Possess a broad knowledge of HR issues and understand the linkages to wider areas of the business.
* Experience in payroll and pensions administration.
* Ability to rapidly build trust and good working relationships with internal and external partners including Staff Association representatives, third-party providers, Occupational Health, and HR case managers.
* Good IT skills, including Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), and the ability to support scheduling, HR meetings, and collaboration both in person and via Teams.
* Effective meeting facilitation and accurate record-keeping.
* Proven capability to work with data and provide insights from analysis (trends, hotspots, risks and issues).
* Action- and delivery-focused, able to seek solutions and provide succinct summary information to support issue resolution.
* Experience delivering exceptional service, ensuring a positive customer experience; able to review HR services from the customer perspective.
* Strong organisational skills with attention to detail, and the ability to prioritise and deliver high-quality work within agreed timescales.