HR Advisor

4 weeks ago


Milton, United Kingdom Crowcon Full time

HR Advisor (Part Time)

We envisage the role being around 30 hours per week (spread over 4-5 days per week), however, depending on work efficiency, candidates who can do a minimum of 25 hours per week spread over 4-5 days will also be considered.

Salary range given is a Full Time Equivalent expression. Our full-time week is 37.5 hours.


About Crowcon

Crowcon has been designing and manufacturing life-saving products for over 50 years, protecting people from toxic and flammable gases. Crowcon has c. 250 employees worldwide, headquartered in the UK with c. 160 employee base. Crowcon Detection Instruments Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Halma plc. Halma’s (www.halma.com) purpose is growing a safer, cleaner, healthier future for everyone, every day. Halma is one of the top performing businesses in the FTSE 100 index and is a market leader in specialist safety, health, and environmental technologies.

Crowcon’s values are:

  • Do the right thing
  • Collaborate and support each other
  • Always do your best
  • Try new things
  • Be yourself


HR team

You will be reporting into Head of HR and will be based at our HQ office in Abingdon (located in Milton Park near Didcot). Same as the rest of office employees you’ll be able to utilise our perk of hybrid working. Your main focus will be UK employee group (c. 160), however, occasional remote interactions with international offices will happen on ad-hoc basis.


What will you be doing?

  • Handling ER cases (as and when they arise).
  • Looking after employees’ lifecycle from onboarding to exit.
  • Utilising HRIS (Workday) to maintain employee records.
  • Controlling certain employee benefits and e-learning enrolments.
  • Recruitment: job ad postings and some involvement in candidate selections/ interviewing.
  • General HR admin tasks.
  • Policy/procedure reviews on ad-hoc basis as assigned by Head of HR.
  • Other HR tasks that may reasonably be required.


Your skills & experience

  • Previous experience in handling ER cases and employee onboarding.
  • Knowledge of employment legislation.
  • Capable of independently preparing various contractual documents.
  • Experience in advising line managers and employees on HR policies, procedures, and best practices.
  • Excellent attention to detail.
  • Previous experience with HRIS is preferred, but not required.
  • A level 5 in Human Resources is preferred, but not required.
  • What’s lacking in experience is made up by keen interest and ability to learn.


About you

  • You have a passion for employee engagement and a caring attitude.
  • You have a “can do” attitude and strong integrity.
  • You are organised and able to manage your time effectively.
  • You are resilient and can handle multiple projects adapting to changing priorities.
  • You are a collaborative team player and culturally sensitive.
  • You are straightforward and have no interest in politics.
  • You are curious and not afraid to disrupt the status quo/drive change.


Company Benefits:

  • Hybrid working
  • Generous company pension (up to 10.5% matched)
  • Company shares
  • Health cash plan (Medicash)
  • Eyecare scheme (with Specsavers)
  • Corporate life insurance
  • 25 days holiday
  • Your birthday off
  • 3 days holiday purchase
  • 14 weeks paid maternity, paternity, adoption leave
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Subsidised annual bus pass
  • Annual train ticket payment scheme
  • Employee assistance programme
  • Learning and development opportunities
  • Free parking (subsidised EV charging) on site


Equal Opportunity Statement:

Don’t have every single listed skill/experience? Studies have shown that women and people from diverse backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Crowcon we are actively building and encouraging a diverse and inclusive workplace culture, so if you’re excited about this role as the next step of your career, but you don’t feel confident you have enough past experience to perfectly align with the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or another role we may have.


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