HR Advisor

**Job Title: HR Advisor**
**Salary**: Up to £30,000 per annum
**Working Hours**: Full time (but will consider 4 days per week)
**Location**: Hybrid Working (up to 2 days at home a week)
Our Client is looking for an experienced **HR Advisor** with a passion for creating an inclusive, supportive and happy working culture. With sound judgment and an excellent attention to detail they will join a fast-paced team committed to improvingthe lives of young people facing homelessness in Hertfordshire. These are exciting times at hyh: we have a new strategy to educate, support and advise 40,000 young people by 2026. And we have a new set of values - big-hearted, open and expert. If that soundslike you then get in touch
The **HR Advisor** provides first line HR advice and support to the staff team of circa 50 people and is the internal champion for improving staff wellbeing and for putting EDI at the heart of our employment practices and culture. They provideadvice and support regarding employee relations, disciplinaries, grievances, absence management, maternity and paternity leave and performance management.

The **HR Advisor** will be responsible for maintaining HR records and keeping up to date with changes to legislation and best practice and will work closely with our external HR advisors. They will model and be a champion for our charity’s values.
**Role Requirements**:
**Employee Relations**:

- Manage complex employee relations casework including dispute resolutions, disciplinaries, grievances, absence, retirement and redundancy.
- Advise line managers on performance issues, sickness absence, maternity and paternity leave, grievances, benefits and pay queries
- Coach line managers in best practice with employee relations
- Advise managers on the terms and conditions of employment and share best practice with them
**Maintaining accurate HR records**:

- Organising and updating training records
- Manage annual leave for each financial year
- Update HR records and systems accurately and regularly
- Support with monthly payroll processing by providing accurate data
- Manage the content and reporting from our online HR system, BreatheHR.
**Recruitment and induction**:

- Provide advice on recruitment and selection strategies, including safer recruitment practices.
- Manage the DBS checking process and ensure risk assessments are completed where necessary
- Complete the onboarding process from start to finish for new starters and carry out new starter inductions
**Staff wellbeing and inclusion**:

- Be the internal champion for staff wellbeing and for inclusion, helping to create an amazing working culture in which everyone feels valued, included and happy. This includes leading a staff wellbeing group and implementing initiatives and activities.
- Advise EMT and managers on talent and succession planning and our reward strategy.
- Maintain, develop and provide advice on a full range of benefits for employees and managers
**Policies, procedures and best practice**:

- Keep up to date with changes to legislation and best practice and advise when we need to make changes.
- Continuously monitor and review our suite of HR policies and processes and recommend changes where necessary
- Keep up to date with best practice with regards to volunteer recruitment, management and documentation
- Participate in the implementation of specific projects, procedures and guidelines to help align the workforce with the strategic goals of the organisation
- Ensure our staff recruitment, retention, training and employee relations are aligned with and support our EDI goals
- Liaise with hyh’s external HR support provider where necessary
**What can we offer you?**:

- 25 days annual leave per annum (in addition to Bank Holidays & Public Holidays)
- People's Pension Plan contribution
- Group Life Insurance plan
- Opportunities for personal and career development
- Hybrid working - option to work from home up to 2 days per week
- An additional annual leave day on your Birthday
- Monthly draws to win 'lunch on your manager’ or 'leave work early’
- Employee Assistance Programme - support with wellbeing & personal struggles
**To be successful you will have...**:

- CIPD level 5 qualified or higher/Associate Member of CIPD or qualified through proven experience
- Previous experience of working in a busy, high volume HR generalist role
- Experience of dealing with a wide range of HR issues, including disciplinaries, grievances and recruitment
- Sound working knowledge of employment law
- Sound working knowledge of the importance of safeguarding and safer recruitment practices.
- Excellent understanding of confidentiality with strict professional boundaries and personal integrity
- Experience of developing wellbeing and EDI/Inclusion initiatives and projects.
- Excellent communication and attention to detail
- Good ability to work with Microsoft 365
If you are hardworking, conscientious and take pride in doing a job well, then we would love to hear from you.
If you are shortlisted, an initial interview will be arranged followed by a second (final) interview stage if you are successful.
**Our promise to you**
hr inspire promises to act with the upmost integrity and respect when it comes to handling your data and will not share your details with any other client without 1) discussing the opportunity with you first and 2) without your verbal or written consent forus to do so.