HR Advisor

HR Advisor
Location: This is a remote role but ideally you will be based within Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire or Buckinghamshire
Salary: £35,000 to £37,000 (FTE) per annum
Join our growing team following an exciting acquisition
Reality HR has recently acquired HR Initiatives, combining the expertise of two well-established consultancies to create one of the largest independent people management and learning and development consultancies in the UK. This growth brings exciting new opportunities as we expand our team of over 30 HR professionals, blending decades of experience to provide enhanced client support.
We’re looking for driven individuals to join HR Initiatives and contribute to our continued success. We’re looking for an experienced HR Advisor to join our growing company. This is a remote role but ideally you will be based within Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire or Buckinghamshire.
You will join us on a part time (30 hours over 5 days), permanent basis and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of £35,000 to £37,000 (FTE) per annum, depending on experience, plus benefits.
As an HR Advisor, you will provide HR expertise across the whole HR spectrum to a range of clients with the key focus of providing value added HR, which is bespoke to their business, working collaboratively with our consultants and clients.
Main duties as our HR Advisor will include:
* To be the first line of support to clients, providing expert tailored advice and support on all things HR related, such as employee relations, organisational change, policies and restructuring.
* Drafting documents including contracts, handbooks, letters, guidance and policy documents across all areas of HR.
* Drafting and updating HR Toolkits.
* Project work across all areas of HR including discipline and grievance, performance management, appraisals, training, restructuring, organisational change, salary benchmarking.
* Actively participating in the wider internal teams with managing workload, capacity planning and ways of working.
Knowledge, Skills & Experience we're looking for in our HR Advisor:
* Solid experience as an HR Generalist/HR Advisor.
* Level 5 CIPD qualified.
* Up to date working employment law knowledge and its practical application.
* Confident and outgoing with effective written and verbal communication skills.
* Customer orientated, committed to delivering excellent customer service.
* Commercially focused – ability to weigh up employment and commercial needs.
* Strong Employee Relations experience including managing complex disciplinary and grievance cases.
* Good experience of policy writing and implementation.
* Ability to operate independently using own initiative but with strong team working skills.
* Ability to step up to cover HR Consultants leave and manage a small portfolio of clients.
* Meticulous attention to detail.
* Flexible and adaptable to meet the challenges of the business.
* Effective organisational and project management skills.
* Competent user of Microsoft Office packages including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
* Experience in a similar consultancy background would be advantageous.
* You will need to be comfortable in working remotely, with occasional visits to our Group Head Office in Basingstoke, Hampshire.
Benefits:
* 22 days holiday (pro-rated) (increasing to 25 days after 1 years’ service)
* Health cash plan and wellbeing benefit
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To Apply
If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for HR Initiatives, please click apply to be redirected to their website to complete your application