Senior HR Advisor
Hybrid - Hereford. Home & office based as required.
Up to £40,000 plus benefits
Are you an experienced HR professional with strong employment law knowledge and a passion for delivering high-quality advisory support?
We're looking for a confident and commercially aware Senior HR Advisor to join our HR Operations team. This is a varied and rewarding role where you'll work autonomously, provide expert advice across complex employee relations matters, and play a key role in supporting organisational performance and change.
About the Role
Reporting to the HR Services Manager, you will deliver a professional, high-quality HR advisory service across a wide range of operational and strategic matters.
You'll use your professional judgement to ensure best practice employment standards are upheld, while contributing to policy development, change programmes, and continuous improvement initiatives.
This is a hands-on role requiring credibility, resilience and the ability to operate confidently in formal and high-pressure environments.
Key Responsibilities
Provide expert advice on employment law, pay and terms & conditions
Lead on complex casework including discipline, grievance, performance, redundancy and absence
Act as investigating officer, including report writing and recommendations
Advise and support managers in formal meetings and hearings
Lead on HR policy development, ensuring alignment with legislative changes and best practice
Support transformational change programmes and consultation processes
Provide specialist advice on TUPE and organisational change
Deliver HR training programmes and workshops
Support recruitment and selection processes, including senior appointments
Contribute to job evaluation processes and equal pay matters
Analyse and interpret HR data and management information
Build strong working relationships across teams and functions
What We're Looking For
Fully CIPD qualified or equivalent experience and evidence of continuous professional development.
Significant HR advisory experience, including complex employee relations
Strong and current knowledge of employment law
Confidence operating autonomously and using professional judgement
Experience advising in formal meetings and investigations
Strong communication, influencing and coaching skills
Ability to manage competing priorities and work under pressure
A proactive, commercially minded and solution-focused approach
If you're an experienced HR professional ready to step into a senior advisory role where you can influence, lead and add real value, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply now or get in touch to find out more.