Human Resources Advisor | Spire Gatwick Park | FIXED TERM 9 months | FT 37.5 hours per week | Salary DOE Spire Gatwick Park Hospital is looking for an experienced HR Advisor to join their team. The role is a fixed term for 9 months due to secondment. As HR Advisor you will support the hospital with advice and guidance, providing expert HR advice, coaching, and mentoring to Spire colleagues and line managers to enable everyone to deliver our Purpose on a daily basis. You will provide expert HR advice; it is imperative that you can build effective relationships at all levels with multiple stakeholders. It's a varied and busy hands-on role where you will be expected to manage multiple priorities so organisation and delivering on your promises is key. Key Responsibilities: Driving effective workforce planning through regular workforce discussions with the hospital Senior Management Team. Leading the hospital onboarding activities for all new joiners to ensure all new colleagues receive an induction. Supporting managers and new starters through probation periods within the required timescales, providing advice and guidance. Ensuring accurate and confidential management of all colleague HR files and personal information in line with GDPR guidance. Being an advocate of wellbeing for the hospital and Spire, promoting all relevant tools, support mechanism, communication channels on a regular basis. Actively managing absence within the hospital to reduce short term absence and manage effectively long-term absence. Supporting managers in managing absent colleagues, ensuring the colleague feels supported whilst managing the departmental resource appropriately. Being the initial point of contact for all HR matters and provide high quality consistent HR advice in line with Spire policy, procedure, and best practice. Supporting managers in performance management processes, disciplinary, grievance issues and attendance matters. Attending where required as HR support for the manager, in such meetings and discussions. Ensuring all employee relations issues are managed in a timely manner, prioritising workload. As well as making sure that diversity and equality, fairness and consistency is applied to all discussions, decisions with managers and colleagues, whilst balancing the needs of the business. Co-ordinating the appraisal process and supporting managers to have regular 1:1 with all colleagues. Support the annual pay review process to ensure fairness, consistency is applied. Key Requirements: Level 5 CIPD Qualification or equivalent Demonstrable experience as a HR Advisor or in another HR based role. Strong ER skills Knowledge of HR functions and systems; pay & benefits, recruitment, training & development for example. An understanding of employment laws and disciplinary / grievance procedures. Ability to identify and implement business focused solutions. Aptitude for problem-solving and decision-making, alongside managing complex queries. Capability to build strong relationships. Strong organisational skills with ability to prioritise workload. Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence at all levels. Ability to manage confidential information appropriately. High personal standards and quality of work output with outstanding organisational and time-management abilities. Benefits Free Bupa wellness screening Comprehensive Private medical insurance which covers pre-existing conditions and no excess 35 days annual leave (rising to 37 days) inclusive of bank holidays. Generous Company pension scheme with flexible retirement options 'Spire for you' reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers, including groceries discounts and gym memberships discounts. Life assurance We commit to our colleagues' well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support, and reward, MHFA onsite and access to our 24/7 EAP. We commit to our employee's well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support, and reward. For further information about this role or for an informal conversation about the range of career options available with Spire please contact Charlotte Oliver on charlotte.oliverspirehealthcare.com About Us At Spire Healthcare, caring is our passion. We have been putting patients at the heart of everything we do for over 25 years. We're committed to looking after people, both patients and staff. We deliver high standards of care to our insured, self-pay and NHS patients across 39 hospitals and 33 clinics, medical centres and consulting rooms. Our successful business is led by an experienced and stable senior management team, we provide the highest quality of care through the latest medical technology, new facilities, and a focus on inspiring leadership and employee development. We have achieved our market leading position because of our Purpose, which is to 'make a positive difference to people's lives through outstanding personalised care'. Everyone at Spire is aligned to this purpose, which underpins a culture of respect, inclusion, passion and collaboration across our business, enabling us to achieve more than 98% of our hospitals being rated 'Good' or 'Outstanding' by the Regulators; these are sector leading standards. About the Team Spire Gatwick Park Hospital offers world-class care and is part of one of the UK's most respected private hospital groups. With a full multidisciplinary medical team, we're specialists in a wide range of treatments that can be personalised to your needs. Spire Healthcare are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture for all. Our people are our difference, it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart. Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.