HR Advisor

Job Introduction
**HR Advisor - ER Specialist**

**Up to £35,000**

We are currently looking for a HR Advisor to join our People Team here at A Wilderness Way. They will provide hands on management, working alongside line managers across the business to advise, coach and guide on a broad range of employee relation topics.

This pivotal role will report to our HR Business Partner and support a culture of our colleagues being treated openly and fairly whilst upholding employment legislation and our internal policies.
- **Working Patter**n: Monday to Friday, flexible hybrid working.
- ** **Annual Leave**:You will receive 33 days per annum; our holiday year runs from March to February.
- **Additional leave**: at 2 years and 5 years’ service.
- **Training Academy**: An in-depth induction and welcome programme.
- **Bonuses**: A bonus of £1000 every time you successfully refer a friend.
- **Pension**: Auto enrolment into our Company pension.
- **Recognition Awards**:Our monthly Wilderness Heroes Awards celebrate you and your team’s success.
- **Your Wellbeing**: Excellent health and wellbeing benefits via Medicash, including an employee assistance programme; a cash back healthcare plan that offers discounts on optical, dental, and a range of complimentary therapies; 24/7 access to a virtual GP, and other lifestyle apps to support your wellbeing; discounted gym memberships.
- **Life Assurance**: of 2 times annual salary.
- **Discounts**: A range of discount schemes with access to savings on high street brands, restaurants, cinemas, and other leisure outlets, including local businesses following feedback from our employees.

**Main Responsibilities**:
As our HR advisor your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

- Proactive case management of ER issues, such as investigation, disciplinaries, grievances, flexible working, absence, performance, capability and workplace concerns.
- Ensuring that ER investigations are conducted thoroughly and fairly whilst supporting and coaching line managers on appropriate behaviours and processes.
- Providing advice, guidance and coaching to line managers on ER issues, and policies and procedures to grow their knowledge, confidence and ownership of people issues.
- Taking ownership of tracking ER activity against metrics, supporting and advising on trends and themes and putting forward recommendations to proactively address underlying issues.
- Upskilling managers with relevant training, to develop our pool of managers who can support ER cases at investigation, disciplinary and appeal stages.
- Providing support on any organisation change initiatives including organisational re-design, changes to terms and conditions of employment, development, delivery and training on new policies and procedures.

**Key qualities that we look for**:

- Experience working in a fast-paced HR Team and ideally specialising in Employee Relations (3 years)
- Ability to identify the salient points, problem solve and provide a range of potential people centric solutions.
- Strong organisational skills, structured and able to manage multiple cases at any one time.
- Effective conflict management skills and the ability to prioritise cases and liaise with colleagues as necessary.
- Ideally CIPD Level 5 qualified or working towards this.
- Good IT skills and usage (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, ER analytical data)
- Awareness of Employment Tribunals or ACAS conciliation processes desirable