Senior HR Advisor

We are looking for a Senior HR Advisor to support our joint venture project in Melton Mowbray. The role would suit an experienced HR generalist, ready to take on a challenging role with an opportunity to work on both operational and strategic HR initiatives.

As part of the senior leadership team, the role involves:

• Providing guidance on a range of employee relation issues, including disciplinaries, grievances, redundancies, performance management, attendance management
• Coach, empower and challenge managers, taking initiative to build strong relationships and foster a collaborative work environment
• Ownership of the recruitment process
• Supporting the team with policy related queries and providing sound HR advice
• Coordinating Occupational Health activities including appointment bookings, referrals, report reviews, and escalation where appropriate.
• Taking ownership of succession planning and talent management strategies for the business.
• All aspects of transactional HR including processing new starters, liaising with Payroll, maintaining HR database.

The successful person should have:

• Solid experience in employee relations
• As a minimum, Level 5 CIPD qualification or similar
• Ideally, experience providing advice in a fast-paced manufacturing, engineering, construction or similar sector.
• Strong communication skills and a confident manner
• Excellent IT skills to work across a range of electronic packages and databases
• Excellent attention to detail
• Operated at a HR Advisor or Senior HR Advisor level
• Up to date knowledge of UK employment law

The is an autonomous role, however it will be supported by the wider HR team (remote).