HR Advisor

TEESSIDE (Ref 759)  PERMANENT

£35,400 – £38,200 + excellent pension + 32 days holidays (+ banks)

We are once again partnering with our client, to build the HR team.  Reporting to the HR Director, as  HR Advisor you will  provide a full range of HR advice and support to stakeholders across all aspects of the employee lifecycle including recruitment and onboarding, employee relations and coaching managers to deal with people issues.

What’s involved:

• Advise and coach managers on the application and interpretation of HR policies and procedures
• Provide high quality advice and guidance directly to managers to facilitate the early resolution of difficult, complex or sensitive employee relations issues, ensuring that the risks associated with such cases are effectively managed
• Support the management of complex employee cases relating to disciplinary, grievance, performance and sickness absence. This includes providing advice to managers on policy/procedure and legislation, liaising with Occupational Health, supporting formal investigations and hearings
• Work closely with People Director to support, implement and embed new strategies and initiatives across the business in line with both the Organisational and People strategic plans
• Build and maintain excellent relationships with Senior Leaders throughout the business
• As part of the HR team, develop and put into place a range of learning and development events and programmes which meet the identified training needs of various staff groups
• Deliver a range of training workshops to managers which will enable them to manage people issues such as recruitment, performance management, disciplinary and capability issues and absence management, and supporting them in delivery of these people management issues

Experience required:

• CIPD level 5 or above
• Experience at HR Advisor level for at least 2 years covering the elements above
• Proven record of collaborative working with Executive/Senior Management