HR Advisor

What's the role about?:
**HR Advisor**

**Are you an HR Advisor, focused on providing first line support, guidance and advice?**

**Are you passionate about people and collaborative, inclusive and sustainable people solutions?**

**Do you have strong HR advisory skills, and understand the importance of instilling best practice HR guidance?**

**Full time, 12 months maternity cover**

**Working**: Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm

**Location**: Hybrid working with 1 to 2 days per week in Winnersh office (RG41)

As our HR Advisor you will be responsible for providing quality HR advice and case management across the UK based Advantage Smollan Group companies.

In this role you will help to deliver and drive collaborative, inclusive and sustainable People solutions, that serve our customer and colleagues’ needs and create a great place to work where people want to work, win, grow and feel like they belong.

**Responsibilities**:

- Provide HR advice to line managers and employees
- Conduct disciplinary and grievance hearings and coach line managers on dealing with performance management issues
- HR system (Dayforce) super user with responsibility for any issues and its ongoing maintenance
- Respond to general HR related employee queries
- Develop and implement HR procedures and manage Wellbeing and EDI related projects
- Assist HR administration team as and when required

**To be successful in the role you will have**:

- Proven recent experience of disciplinary and grievance processes
- Experience in providing HR advice and coaching to line managers in a fast-paced environment
- Experience in maintaining contractual documentation - reflecting current best practice and changes in law
- Confident user of HR systems, preferably Dayforce HR System
- An interest or experience in Wellbeing and EDI related topics
- Planning and delivery of HR relating training for line managers
- Fully IT literate
- Strong communicator and relationship builder

**In return you will be offered**:

- 23 days annual leave (increasing based on years of service)
- Perkbox - discounts on food & drink, tech, health & beauty
- Taste Card - restaurant discounts and 2-4-1 deals
- Health Assured - Employee Assistance Programme
- Full training and ongoing support to enable you to fulfil your role to the best of your potential
- Great career opportunities and fun working environment where performance and success are rewarded

So, what are the responsibilities?:
**You will be responsible for**:

- Provide first line HR advice to line managers and employees
- Conduct first line disciplinary and grievance hearings and coach line managers on dealing with performance management issues
- Respond to general HR related employee queries
- Provide support to HR Manager and HR Director as required with restructures, redundancies and TUPE consultations
- Develop and implement HR policies and procedures and manage projects such as reviews of handbooks, contracts, policies etc.

... and what qualifications should you have?:
**You will have**:

- Solid knowledge of employment law and experience of disciplinary and grievance
- Experience in providing HR advice and coaching to line managers in a fast paced environment
- Managed pay review and annual bonus process
- Knowledge and experience of talent management practices such as succession management and career planning
- Planning and delivery of HR relating training for line managers

**In return we will offer you**:

- Full training and ongoing support to enable you to fulfil your role to the best of your potential
- Great career opportunities
- A fun working environment where performance & success are really rewarded
- 23 days annual leave (increasing based on years of service) + bank holidays
- Benefits include: enhanced pension, life assurance, enhanced paternity, maternity & adoption leave + Perkbox and Taste Card

The Advantage Smollan Group is the first and only global provider of innovative outsourced sales and marketing solutions, allowing us to leverage best practices, capabilities, and technologies to offer highly effective and consistent international representation to clients.

More about us...:
Advantage Smollan is a global provider of outsourced sales and marketing solutions for the world’s most successful brand owners and retailers. Leveraging its global structure, the company consistently creates and delivers industry-leading commerce solutions, enabling its customers to sell and market more effectively.

Founded in 2015, Advantage Smollan is the result of a strategic international partnership between Advantage Solutions (based in the US and listed on Nasdaq) and Global Smollan Holdings (based in South Africa). It comprises a closely integrated network of market-leading portfolio companies based predominantly in the UK and Europe.

The staff at Advantage Smollan contribute to and benefit from a highly collegiate, supportive and diverse culture. The company places people at the centre of everythi