HR Advisor

**HR Advisor**

Hybrid

£28,000 pro-rata

20 to 25 hours per week, flexible over 5 days.

At The HR Booth, we work in partnership with our clients, taking great care and attention to understand our clients business, culture and people. We offer commercial advice and solutions, supporting SME businesses across Scotland in many sectors and industries, supporting all aspects of HR. Our clients rely on us to give tailored solutions to protect and grow their business, helping solve all people related challenges.

Our clients include growing and aspiring organisations with a range of sectors including manufacturing, technology and construction, as well as family businesses, charities and social enterprises and other SME organisations across many sectors. To continue to support our clients, we are looking for someone with a can-do attitude to join as an HR Advisor.

We were proud to win the Small Business Award at the Courier Business Awards last year, and we this is really exciting time for the business as we continue on our own growth journey.

**About You**

You should live up to our Core Values, which are:

- Trust
- Relationships
- Quality
- Solutions Minded
- Agile and Responsiveness
- Personal Development

You will want to make a positive difference to our clients, and you will enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, where flexibility and variety is something you are used to.

You should possess the following:

- CIPD qualification is preferred but not essential
- Previous experience at HR Advisor/Officer level
- UK driving licence with access to your own vehicle, as some travel will be expected to client sites
- Sound knowledge of current UK employment law
- The ability to work remotely without supervision
- The ability to communicate at all levels and develop a strong rapport with clients quickly
- Good decision-making skills and the ability to take ownership of situations
- Good IT skills

**The Role**

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:
- You will carry-out full and thorough investigation meetings and report findings, with recommendations;
- Facilitate and manage disciplinary and grievance meetings, either independently or with managers;
- Make recommendations to business owners/managers on their HR practices;
- Review Employee Handbooks and policies and procedures, making recommendations for improvements;
- Manage Long-Term sickness absence cases for clients, including organising occupational health referrals and follow up

You will be expected to develop a good relationship with our clients, build rapport and have a good understanding of what is going on in their business and where HR can continue to add value. Previous experience within outsourced HR would be an advantage, but what is more important is that you can demonstrate your experience within a generalist role.

As you will be part of a small team, you are expected to support all areas of the business, and therefore you must be prepared to get involved in transactional HR tasks as well as more complex cases when the need arises.

We are a small and friendly team, and we offer good learning opportunities, flexible hours, hybrid working, support with professional training where appropriate, and an Employee Assistance Programme for our team and their families. In addition, our team get time off to support volunteer projects and some examples include projects such as nature, supporting young people with employability skills and other projects driven by our team.

Part time role with flexible approach to hours, Monday to Friday.

Location: Home based but some travel to client sites in Scotland will be expected.

If you're excited about working for us and have most of the skills or experience we're looking for, please go ahead and apply. You could be just what we need

We believe strongly in the value of diversity and creating supportive, inclusive environments where our colleagues can succeed.

As such, we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.