HR Advisor

HR Advisor
FTC 12MTH Maternity Contract
Bury - Hybrid
£34,000

We are currently working on an exciting Maternity cover FTC, working within a busy HR team and business who are among the top 25 employers in the Northwest region. Their commitment to their people is further exemplified by their Gold status as Investors in People and We Invest in Wellbeing.


As a Human Resources Advisor, you will provide a comprehensive HR support, ensuring that managers and employees are equipped with best practices to foster a high-performance culture. This role will focus on providing expert HR advice, and ensuring the successful implementation of HR initiatives.


Recruitment

• Play a key role in recruitment and selection, identifying relevant methods of recruitment to source high calibre candidates aligned with our values and behaviours.  

• Foster excellent relationships with recruitment agencies and other external sources. 

• Coordinate all stages of the recruitment process including development of role profiles for new positions, creating adverts and benchmarking, and supporting managers with recruitment matters including ATS support and interview guidance.  

• Work closely with the HR Advisor and L&D Team to enhance the entire onboarding experience.  

Generalist HR

• Provide confidential advice and support to Heads of Department, Managers, and employees, ensuring advice is timely, pragmatic, compliant, seeking auditable guidance from professional, external sources where required. 

• Advise and support managers in employee relation cases and attend performance management, disciplinary, grievance, and sickness absence hearings as HR representative.  

• Assist in activities relating to the People Strategy and Plan, including but not limited to, wellbeing and engagement, reward and recognition.  

• Coordinate and deliver the HR induction and Benefits sessions for new starters. 

• Assist in the development, documentation, and implementation of HR policies, ensuring they reflect any changes in legislation. 

Reporting & Administration

• Provide insights and recommendations to improve HR processes.  

• General HR administration including benefits, pensions and maintaining accurate employee records. 

• Provide data for the monthly board report as requested by the HR Manager/Head of Department. 

• Provide additional reporting/data as requested by the HR Manager/Head of Department or Directors.  

CBS Culture & Wellbeing

• Support with a range of initiatives relating to wellbeing and engagement, including assisting with the annual wellbeing and engagement plan.  

• Update and enhance the Intranet with all people related activities. 

• Ensure all customer centricity standards are adhered to. 

• Conduct employee engagement surveys and analyse results. 

• Actively identify how to better engage people across the business, including implementing strategies to improve employee satisfaction and retention. 

• Level 5 CIPD Qualification  

Skills, Knowledge and Attributes 
Essential

• HR Skills and experience 
• Strong knowledge of employment law and best practice  
• Strong understanding of general HR policies and procedures  
• Strong problem-solving and conflict resolution skills   
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion  
• Experience of managing recruitment tasks and conducting interviews  
• Professional writing skills including emails, reports, presentations, correspondence and policies 
• Commercial awareness relating to the HR arena 

If this sounds like something you would be interested in please do get in touch with Evette.vanest@thetalentcrowd.com