Job Description
HR Advisor
Location: Wolverhampton
Salary: £30,000 - £33,000 DOE
Are you a confident HR professional who thrives on solving complex ER challenges and empowering managers to do the right thing?
We’re looking for a commercially minded HR Advisor to join our team and play a key role in delivering pragmatic, high-quality HR support across the business. Reporting to the HR Business Partner, you’ll be the go-to expert for employee relations — balancing legal compliance, business needs and great people management.
What You’ll Be Doing
You’ll act as a trusted advisor to managers, supporting them across a wide range of ER matters including:
Sickness absence (short & long term)
Disciplinaries, grievances & investigations
Performance & capability management
Whistleblowing cases
Flexible working requests
Suspension processes
Occupational health referrals
You’ll attend and support formal hearings, draft clear and professional correspondence, build constructive relationships with trade union representatives, and coach managers to handle people matters confidently and consistently.
You’ll also contribute to policy improvements, deliver training, and support key HR projects — making a real impact on how we manage and develop our people.
What We’re Looking For
CIPD Level 5 qualified (or working towards) OR strong HR Advisory experience
Proven experience managing complex ER cases
Solid knowledge of UK employment law
Confident stakeholder management skills
Excellent written and verbal communication
Ability to influence, coach and challenge appropriately
Experience working with trade unions (desirable)
iTrent experience (highly desirable)
Who You Are
Professional, approachable and credible
Calm under pressure and highly organised
Discreet with strong integrity
Commercially aware and solution-focused
Confident working independently while being a strong team player
Why Join Us?
This is an opportunity to step into a varied and impactful HR role where your expertise will genuinely shape manager capability and employee experience. If you enjoy autonomy, variety, and making balanced, fair decisions — we’d love to hear from you.