HR Advisor

**Role**: HR Advisor
**Employer**:James Walker
**Employment Type**: Permanent
**Location**: Cockermouth, Cumbria
**Salary**: £32,000 + per annum (negotiable dependent on experience)

**Benefits**: 33 days (including bank holidays), Life Assurance, Gym Membership Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme

Realise HR is delighted to be partnering with James Walker. James Walker supplies high-performance fluid sealing products and services, from research and development, manufacture and supply, to plant monitoring, on-site maintenance and seal refurbishment. James Walker put people at the heart of amazing engineering and together, we're now seeking a new HR Advisor to join the team.

**The Role**

To provide a fully comprehensive, high-level HR advisory service to all stakeholders within the business, supporting the Senior HR Adviser in providing a broad service level provision with particular focus on performance management, disciplinary, grievance, absence case management and recruitment.

**Responsibilities**
- Support the HR Team in the effective delivery of a proactive HR service provision to all stakeholders within the business (circa 400 company headcount), with a focus on providing HR operational support to local management.
- Provide focused consistent advice and guidance to managers on all areas of Employment Law to protect the business from litigation.
- Provide guidance and support in the management of disciplinary and grievance issues.
- Provide advice and guidance to managers on absence levels/Bradford Factor Scores and trends identified. Work closely with managers to provide case management support and guidance, advising when occupational health intervention may be required.
- Support in the organisation of recruitment activities, working closely with partners. This involves the development of adverts, advising on best practice assessment tools/techniques, coordinating and taking part in the assessment process, and completing and issuing the necessary paperwork in the recruitment and offer process.
- Assist the wider HR Team in the delivery of the HR People Strategy agenda, by proactively engaging in project work.

**About You**
- Ideally, CIPD Level 5 qualified or willing to work towards
- Experience of delivering a broad HR service provision/advice to include performance management, employment advice, ER issues, absence management and recruitment, etc.
- Open-minded and approachable with a good team ethic
- Ability to work under pressure and adapt to changing priorities

**Salary**: From £32,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Cycle to work scheme
- Gym membership
- Life insurance
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday