Are you energised by busy fast-paced environments and competing priorities? Do you enjoy multi-site travel? Our HR Advisor role may be for you!
We’re looking for a purposeful and motivated HR Advisor to join our team, educating and coaching Managers on Best Practice, ER, HR Processes and Compliance, and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I).
We are open to candidates who would like to work a 4-day week, however this role does not offer any hybrid-remote working.
About the RoleThis HR Advisor role is essentially standalone with support from the HR Administrator and the wider Group HR team. You will be predominantly situated in Grantham (Sleaford, NG32), visiting our Ellesmere Port site (CH65) around two times per month.
You will act as the main HR point of contact for both sites, ensuring HR systems are accurate, capturing and monitoring employee documentation as required.
Your day to day will involve: ER, Absence Management, Recruitment and Onboarding, Occupational Health, KPI Monitoring, HR Administration, and assisting with Payroll.
Employee Relations:
You’ll assist with disciplinary and grievance procedures (including appeals), attending ER meetings as a notetaker, active HR voice, and coach, stepping in when necessary to ensure a fair, consistent, and objective process. You’ll also issue the appropriate letters to employees (e.g. meeting invitations, outcome letters, etc.), maintaining these to ensure compliance and suitability.
We’ll need you to assist in welfare meetings when they occur, guiding our Managers appropriately on the most suitable approach.
Talent Acquisition, Onboarding and Probation:
You will assist recruitment within Grantham and Ellesmere Port, liaising with the Group Talent Acquisition Specialist on role allocation. This includes candidate sifting, liaising with 3rd party suppliers, generating and issuing offers of employment and providing information to New Starters.
You’ll have the privilege of leading an engaging HR induction for New Starters at our Grantham site, issuing Onboarding surveys and monitoring participation/results.
HR Records & Documentation:
The HR Advisor will ensure employees' details are accurately captured within the system. Occasionally, you’ll need to run reports on the system.
Benefits
Company pension
Life assurance
Free company products
Free on-site parking
Food, retail, holidays, cinema, and gyms discounts
Wellness programmes, including Employee Assistance Program and OnDemand GP service
Free early access to pay scheme
Salary sacrifice schemes
Employee referral scheme
Requirements
The qualities and strengths we're looking for:
Results-driven individual, motivated by competing priorities
High attention to detail
Reflective with self-awareness
Conducive with the confidence to challenge
Innovative with a growth mindset (improvement focused)
Proactive with an effective approach to prioritisation
Commercially aware
Dedication and commitment to our business (common goal)
Active supporter and promoter of Northwood's behaviours and values.
Willing to work fully onsiteThe qualifications and experience we'll need from you:
Supporting simultaneous ER cases from initiation to conclusion
Familiarity with an environment with a high volume of New Starters and Leavers
CIPD Level 3 (or equivalent/higher qualification)
Proficient in everyday IT and HR systems (e.g. HRIS, Office 365, ATS, etc.)