Senior HR Advisor

**Job Title**:Senior HR Advisor

**Job Location**:Tiverton, with travel to our sites across the South & Southwest of England and South Wales

**Salary**:The full-time equivalent salary is £36,700, however as this role is working 32 hours per week, 52 weeks per year, you’ll be paid £29,360, plus a Company Car Allowance.

**Contract Type**:Permanent - Hybrid (Potential for Term Time Only)

As a Senior HR Advisor, you’ll have a critically important role within our People Services Team of supporting our settings both in care and education, for our children and young adults. You’ll play a pivotal part in helping us shape who we are as we change and growth. You’ll help us succeed by focusing on employee relations, establishing new processes and revising policies.

We’re not going to lie; the work can be challenging at times. You’ll need to be resilient and comfortable challenging people as you’ll be working with stakeholders at all levels across the company. Everything you do will be helping us to provide exceptional service and support for the vulnerable children and young adults that we are caring for and educating.

You’ll have the chance to impact real change, whilst growing and building your career.

So, if you’re a Senior HR Advisor looking for a role within a growing company where you can be a part of effecting change, look no further come and join Phoenix Learning & Care and be a part of ensuring we become the employer of choice

**A day in the life of a Senior HR Advisor will involve**:

- Working closely with the HR Manager, and Care & Education Leaders to provide the leadership team with the necessary support and guidance on HR matters, staying compliant with employment law and best practices.
- Acting as the first point of contact and managing employee relations casework, including performance and absence management, leading on investigations, disciplinaries and grievances.
- Contributing to the development of the policies and procedures, monitoring employee experience at all stages of the employee lifecycle and adopting a progressive culture of continuous improvement.

**To be a successful Senior HR Advisor, you’ll need**:

- Ideally CIPD qualified Level 5, or equivalent experience, with proven HR experience in multi-site and multi-disciplinary settings, preferably in Care or Education, but not essential.
- A strong understanding of employee relations and employment law; excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, while also being adaptable to a diverse range of tasks.
- Strong IT skills - We’ll train you on how to use our systems, but it is essential you have a working understanding of using Microsoft packages like Excel, Word, Outlook and Teams.
- Great Communication and Relationship-Building Skills: This role requires outstanding verbal and written communication abilities. You should enjoy working with people, be team-oriented, and capable of building strong relationships with managers and stakeholders.
- A full driving licence - You will need to travel to our sites across the South & Southwest of England and South Wales.

**In return for your time, you’ll get**:

- ** Holidays -** You’ll get 28 days annual leave, including public holidays. You’ll also get an extra day off on your birthday after a year
- ** Pension scheme**- Our pension scheme is based on you paying in 5%, and us adding 3%.
- ** Learning & Development Opportunities** - We provide comprehensive learning opportunities for team members to develop themselves.
- ** Discounts **- You’ll have access to brilliant discounts through the Blue Light Card and our own employee benefits platform.
- ** Wellbeing Support** - Your wellbeing is always our priority. You’ll have access to mental health and wellbeing support. On top of this, our therapies team offers a monthly confidential check in clinic, and group reflective practice sessions.
- ** Cycle2Work **-The cycle to work scheme enables you to buy a bicycle at a discounted rate.
- ** DBS **- As this role required you to have an enhanced DBS carried out, we will cover this cost.

After 12 months service you’ll also be eligible for our Medicash scheme which covers a wide range of medical, health and wellbeing expenses (Including immediate access to a GP). You’ll get life assurance paid at x2 your annual salary.
- At Phoenix Learning and Care, we pride ourselves on our diverse workforce, and ensuring we have an inclusive environment for all our team members. We remain committed to ensuring our teams can bring their true selves to work without risk or fear of discrimination._