HR Advisor

Are you an experienced HR Advisor with a solid understanding of English employment law? Do you excel in handling complex Employee Relations casework? Do you want the best of both worlds - frequent working from home combined with office work? If you thrive in a dynamic role where you can make a significant impact, we want to hear from you

About Us: We are a large, expanding and ambitious charity. Our headcount is 650 employees. You’ll join a close-knit, friendly and informal HR team. We support each other, have fun, and continuously learn and grow together. Everybody in the team contributes to our HR strategy. This is a demanding yet rewarding HR role where you will largely manage your own schedule and enjoy working under pressure. Our company values are Respect, Compassion and Growth, and this runs through every aspect of our work.

About the Role: As an HR Advisor (known internally as “Employee Relations Advisor”), you’ll ensure that all people managers maintain a positive working environment where their staff can flourish.

Owing to our positive culture, you’ll have plenty of time to coach, support, and train managers on all aspects of employee relations. But you’ll need the ability to manage complex casework when it arises. This might include long-term absence management, performance management, disciplinary and grievance issues, misconduct investigations, bullying and harassment, redundancies, work-life balance requests, and family leave. You will also support formal meetings as an adviser and note-taker.

Please read the full job description at the bottom of this vacancy listing. Feel free to browse our website for lots more information about our charitable work and achievements, company values and ethos.

About You:
To be considered for this role, you must have:
1) A thorough understanding of absence management, performance management, disciplinary & grievance issues and family leave.
2) Evidence of continuous professional development to demonstrate that you manage any gaps in your experience.

Work-Life Balance and Travel: You will be initially based in Hatfield but travel occasionally to our sites across Herts, Beds and Bucks, once or twice a week or as needed. You will need your own vehicle (we will reimburse work mileage). However, this is not a role where you’ll be constantly on the road. You’re welcome to work from home two or three days a week but you must be flexible when needed. You’ll understand the importance of visibility, and will want to get to know your managers face-to-face.

HOW TO APPLY: Please ensure your covering statement covers the following points:
1) Your experience with complex casework relevant to this role. Please provide detailed information.
2) Your understanding of English employment law. This is crucial for all HR advisory roles, so we need reassurance that this is not a weak area.

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Please ensure your CV shows your complete work history.

This is a Full Time role.
Hours per week: 37.5
Working Pattern: Monday -Friday

By the end of these three days, there was a brilliantly multi-faceted set of themes and ideas, which formed the starting point for the rest of the Mission 25 process to build on. The aim of Mission 25 is to give every staff member and volunteer the opportunity to play their part in shaping the strategy to do “more and better, together” so that we double our impact by 2025. We deliver a vast array of services across Herts, Beds and Bucks that reach over 135,000 individuals annually.

These include:

- Provision of over 700 units of accommodation for homeless people
- Move on accommodation for individuals moving onto independent living
- Housing and practical/emotional support for young asylum seekers
- Community HUBs hosting a range of activities and meeting space hire
- Childcare provision in Hertfordshire
- Family support through a network of children’s and family centres covering Hertfordshire and Bedford
- Therapeutic and non-therapeutic support for male and female victims of domestic abuse and their children
- Independent sexual violence services across Bedfordshire, Luton and Hertfordshire
- Domestic abuse perpetrator reform programmes across Bedfordshire
- Youth services offering emotional wellbeing support and youth club opportunities for 11-19 year olds alongside our National Airplay programme funded by the RAF Benevolent Fund
- A community gym where everyone can enjoy the benefits of physical exercise Our values remain at the forefront of how we operate as a charity, and it is important to us that all staff and volunteers can fully buy in to our ethos.