HR Advisor – Employee Relations, Performance & People Risk
Location: Nottingham (Hybrid)
Salary: Circa £35,000
Reports to: Head of Global People
Role purpose
The HR Advisor – Employee Relations, Performance & People Risk is responsible for managing employee relations, performance management and people risk across the UK and US. This role provides calm, pragmatic and legally sound advice to managers, ensuring people issues are handled fairly, consistently and confidently.
This is a judgement-led advisory role, not a policy-writing or admin position.
Key responsibilities
Employee relations & case management
Own ER cases including disciplinary, grievance, absence and performance
Advise managers on proportionate, fair and legally sound approaches
Ensure cases are well documented and consistent with precedent
Escalate high-risk or complex matters appropriately
Performance management & manager coaching
Support performance management frameworks and processes
Coach managers through difficult conversations
Build manager confidence and capability in handling people issues
People risk & compliance
Identify and mitigate people-related risk across the business
Apply policies consistently and manage precedent
Support policy updates and compliance activities
Partner with external legal advisors where required
Collaboration & support
Support payroll administration processes by ensuring accurate documentation and timely communication of changes linked to ER outcomes (e.g. absence, salary changes, leavers)
Support Learning & Development activity from a performance and capability perspective, including tracking and coordination where needed
Assist with wellness and culture plans, contributing to initiatives that strengthen engagement and support retention
Help organise and coordinate team days and internal events in partnership with the wider People team
Act as secondary support on recruitment and onboarding where risk is present
Work closely with the People Coordinator on documentation and tracking
Build trusted relationships across teams and leadership
Skills & experience
3–6 years' experience in an HR / People Advisor role
Strong ER and performance management experience
Solid UK employment law knowledge; US exposure desirable
Calm judgement and confident communication style
Comfortable challenging and advising managers constructively
Why this role
Meaningful advisory responsibility
Direct exposure to senior decision-making
No unnecessary hierarchy
Opportunity to develop into a senior advisory role over time
The INKEY List
At The INKEY List we are a dynamic and enthusiastic team with huge ambition.
We make things happen (sometimes against the odds) by thinking differently and being solution-led.
We love hearing creative, innovative ideas that provide opportunities for improvement. Proactiveness is an absolute must. In return, we are committed to developing the knowledge of our team, as we do with our consumers, and the scope for growth is enormous.
We are a diverse team of passionate individuals who fundamentally believe that better knowledge creates better decisions.
We are really proud of the culture and environment we have built in our business since our launch in 2018.
We stand for transparency, equality and fairness and live this through our brand and our team every day.
We are for everyone.