HR Advisor – Bristol Head Office (National Travel Required)
The Senior HR Advisor plays a critical role in providing expert HR guidance, supporting the Firm in achieving its objectives through effective people management. Acting as a trusted advisor, the role involves delivering high-quality HR solutions, managing employee relations, and implementing HR policies to ensure compliance and engagement across the organization. We are looking for a great people manager who can lead our advisory team alongside providing an excellent employee relations advice.
Key Responsibilities:
* Acting as the first point of contact for managers across the Firm, providing expert advice on all stages of the employee lifecycle and associated policies, procedures and employment law.
* Supporting managers with employee relations cases including attending formal and informal meetings, advising on performance management, disciplinary, grievance, absence management, capability and flexible working.
* Updating the Employee Relations Tracker and conducting regular analysis of trends arising from these cases.
* Working with the HR Business Partners to identify cases with significant risk and escalate as appropriate.
* Supporting managers with the implementation and oversight of reasonable adjustments
* Manage the implementation of agreed TUPE and redundancy processes across the firm.
* Review and draft policies and procedures and managers' guides to ensure compliance with employment legislation and best practice.
* Analyse HR metrics and provide insights to inform decision-making and improve HR effectiveness.
* Acting as a point of escalation within the HR Advisory team to provide expertise and advice for more complex cases.
* Line management for the advisory team, coaching the team to ensure that we are working efficiently and cohesively
* Assist the SHRBP – Project and Policy with activities that link to the advisory or operations spaces
* Work closely with Lead SHRBP – Operations and Advisory and acting as deputy for the advisory function
* Actively reviewing our processes and procedures to ensure that we are working in the most efficient way and looking for ways to improve
* Work independently and support on key HR project activity.
Key Competencies & Skills:
* Strong knowledge of employment law and HR best practices.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to build strong relationships.
* Ability to manage and resolve complex employee relations issues effectively.
* Strategic thinking with problem-solving abilities.
* Strong organisational and project management skills.
* Experience in coaching and influencing senior stakeholders.
* Data analysis and HR reporting skills.
* Maintain up-to-date knowledge of HR trends, employment law, and industry best practices.
Qualifications & Experience:
* CIPD Level 5 or Level 7 qualification (or equivalent).
* Proven experience in an HR advisory role within a fast-paced environment.
* Experience managing employee relations cases end-to-end.
* Knowledge of HR systems to support business operations.
Your Team
The HR team consists of the HR Business Partners, Reward, Recruitment and Organisational Development, with specialists in Learning and Development, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing and Sustainability. Making sure everyone thrives during their time at TLT is the focus of our HR team’s work every day. We provide strategic and operational support to our leaders and teams and our HR specialists make sure our people are skilled, creative, valued, motivated, flexible and committed, working in a culture that enables them to perform at their very best.
The HR Business Partner team consists of Senior HR Business Partners, HR Business Partners, HR Advisors and a HR Operations team.
About TLT
Fast paced, fast growing and forward thinking, TLT is the law firm that helps clients stay one step ahead, and we do the same for our people.
We work with high profile clients in innovative sectors. With local, national and international reach, we have over 1,800 people in offices across the UK and a network of partner firms across Europe, India and the US. TLT was named Law Firm of the Year at the Legal Business Awards 2023. This marks the third year in a row the firm has taken away this accolade in industry awards - having previously been named Law Firm of the Year at The Lawyer Awards in 2021 and the British Legal Awards in 2022.
Our purpose is to protect, prepare and progress our clients for what comes next and it’s essential that we do the same for our people, our planet and our communities too. In our open and collaborative culture, we encourage everyone to be their whole self, to have a voice and to contribute.
Our Benefits
We value our employees highly and we want you to feel valued. You’ll receive a competitive salary with an annual pay review. You will also have access to an extensive range of benefits via our flexible benefits scheme including 25 days holiday (which will increase to 30 days based upon length of service) and private medical insurance.
At TLT we have a progressive fully flexible working approach. We empower our people to work in a place and at a time that meets their needs, those of their clients and of the wider team and firm. Part of this agile approach is a focus on hybrid working and supporting the work/life balance of our people. We’re happy to talk about how flexible working can work for you and this role.