People Business Advisor

**HR Advisor**

Are you an established HR professional looking for your next challenge working for a business that is Investors In People accredited, along with being recognised as one of the UK’s Best Big Companies to work for by Best Companies? If so J. Murphy & Sons are keen to hear from you

We are excited to be looking for a HR Advisor (also known within the Murphy Group as People Business Advisors) to join our people team within Transportation (Rail) Business Unit, based at our Golborne office. This is a fantastic opportunity for the right person. The reason for the opening is due to an internal transfer which promotes the opportunities within the Murphy Group.

Our People Business Advisors provide first class advice for delivering high quality, pragmatic and commercial HR assistance to all stakeholders, with focus on Employee Relations as well as generalist activity supporting the People Business Partnering role.

**What you will be doing**:

- Supporting the Senior People Business Partner, you will be ensuring the team deliver against our People strategy, Engagement plan and annual People process cycle.
- Guiding and coaching managers to best support their teams across various HR matters, including Health & Wellbeing, Talent Management and Succession Planning, Performance and Absence Management, Investigations and Conduct and Capability cases.
- Assist with the planning, design and evaluation of ER related initiatives that support the immediate and future organisational strategic goals and being flexible enough to cope with changes in the organisation as and when they occur.
- Ensure that advice to Line Managers is in-line with Company values, policies and procedures, HR best practice plus prevailing legislative and regulatory requirements in order to minimise the risk to the Company.
- Attending meetings/events at our various locations as required to support People activity, deputising for the Senior People Business Partner as required.

**Who we are looking for**:

- You’ll ideally be CIPD Level 5 qualified or qualified by experience.
- You’ll have demonstrable generalist HR experience.
- First-hand exposure of HR in a commercially oriented business.
- Proven track record of providing expert ER advice and ER case management.
- Established experience of coaching and developing managers and senior staff members.
- Experience of leading Employee Relations cases, including large scale projects such as TUPE, Acquisitions, Restructuring & Redundancy.
- Willingness to travel, full driving license is essential.

**About Murphy**
- Charity is at the heart of Murphy values; you will receive 2 days leave per year to donate your time to a charity of your choosing. Many teams choose to support a charity together to positively impact our communities.
- Access to Murphy Wellbeing: you will have access to a host of online tools, mental health trained colleagues, and if needs be external professional support because we understand that work and life offers challenges that sometimes need a little extra support.
- Murphy is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture, making Murphy a great place to work where we can all thrive. You can get involved in numerous events and even join our committee dedicated to continuously nurturing Murphy’s inclusive culture.

**What you’ll get in return**
- Dedicated and continued investment in your professional development.
- 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays with the option to buy an additional 2 days holiday each year, holidays increase with length of service
- Discretionary annual bonus and annual salary review
- Above market rate contributory pension scheme
- Life assurance, health screening and enhanced sick pay
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay and a maternity returners bonus
- Extra weeks holiday for all employees getting married and a wedding bonus
- Subsidised canteen facilities in core locations
- Other Murphy benefits include retail discounts and cashback, cycle to work scheme etc

As part of our commitment to being an inclusive employer we are proud to have signed up to #BantheBoxUK and reduce barriers to employment for people with criminal records.