HR Advisor
Location: Milton Keynes
Department: Human Resources
Contract: Temporary
Salary: Competitive + benefits
Are you an experienced HR professional who thrives in a fast paced environment and enjoys partnering with managers to deliver high quality people outcomes. We're looking for an HR Advisor to join our HR Operations team and play a key role in driving excellent people management, consistent employee relations handling, and continuous improvement across the business.
About the Role
As an HR Advisor, you'll act as a trusted partner to people managers across the organisation, providing guidance on a wide range of people matters. You'll take the lead on end to end employee relations casework, ensuring cases are managed in a timely, fair and compliant way, while supporting managers to build confidence and capability.
Alongside case management, you'll contribute to core HR cycle activities, develop people insights using data, deliver training, and support projects that shape our people strategy. The role is both hands on and strategic, offering you the opportunity to influence how we enable, support and develop people managers.
Key Responsibilities
Provide expert advice and coaching to managers on ER matters including performance, disciplinary, grievance, sickness, flexible working, and probation.
Manage a diverse ER caseload, ensuring high quality documentation, audit trails, and consistent application of employment legislation and internal policies.
Lead sickness absence casework, liaising with Occupational Health and wellbeing providers, analysing trends, and supporting managers in managing attendance effectively.
Support annual HR cycle activities such as PDR calibration, performance data reviews and remuneration processes.
Design and deliver engaging training for people managers, including employee relations and management essentials modules.
Analyse HR and people data, identify trends, and provide actionable insights to drive decision making.
Support talent, succession planning and organisational design activities.
Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of policies, processes, tools and templates.
Play an active role in the apprenticeship scheme, supporting managers and ensuring a positive experience for apprentices.
Collaborate with the wider HR team, including HR Business Partners, HR Hub, Reward & Benefits and Resourcing.
Produce content and communications for people managers to support knowledge building and consistent practice.
About You
We're looking for someone who brings a blend of HR expertise, curiosity and confidence. The ideal candidate will have:
Significant experience in ER case management, including complex cases.
Strong coaching skills and the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
Up to date knowledge of UK employment legislation and best practice.
Experience designing and delivering training programmes.
Strong Excel and data analysis skills, with the ability to draw insights from data.
Excellent written English, particularly for case documentation and business communications.
High emotional intelligence, strong problem solving ability and a calm approach under pressure.
Strong organisation and time management skills with the ability to balance competing priorities.
CIPD qualification (or working toward it) preferred.
Why Join Us?
You'll be part of a collaborative HR team that values continuous improvement, personal development and a human centred approach to employee relations. This role offers significant scope to shape manager capability, contribute to the people strategy, and grow your HR career
Contact Alison for more information (phone number removed) or email
Brook Street NMR is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy