HR Advisor

**Are you experienced in employment law? Do you want to be part of a new HRinitiative?**

FirstBus are looking for an experienced and knowledgeableHR Advisor to join an established and dynamic team. As a HR Advisor, you will provide expert and pragmatic advice on a range of people matters, spanning the full employee lifecycle and associatedpeoplepolicies. A key focus will likely be on employee relations (ER) issues such as disciplinary, grievance and absence management.

Being an experienced HR Advisor, you will be knowledgeable in utilising and providing insights on the current ER climate and supporting the development and understanding of the people policies, to improve the ER landscape across the business.

Lining into the HR Advisory Team Lead, you will use your extensive knowledge to make confident and informed decisions on a range of HR matters, whilst building trustingrelationshipswithmanagers across the business, enabling you to guide and coach them.

**What will you be doing?**
- Advising and guiding managers and employees on a range of HR issues, including first line queries on ER, absence and performance management
- Providing advice and proactive recommendations to managers on employment matters and workingwith them to resolve issues
- Working alongside the HRLeads to provide advice and guidance on local policies, procedures and current legislation
- Working closely withmanagers to develop their capability and confidence when dealing withpeople issues
- Maintaining and developing good relationshipswith Union Representatives, to ensure union agreements are collaborative, including day to day liaisonwith Union Reps regarding ER cases
- Utilising the HR system by accessing, adding and changing information as necessary, to support the monitoring and identification of ER trends and themes across the business
- Supporting the wider HR team in the delivery of key projects and initiatives, in line withourPeople Strategy

**What are we looking for?**
- Proven experience as a HR Advisor or similar role, ideally in a unionised environment
- A proven track record of building and maintaining relationshipswithstakeholders at all levels
- Ability to work autonomously and escalate first level employee relations cases, as required
- Strong planning, co-ordination and organisational skills, with the ability to quickly respond/react to changing priorities
- The initiative and drive to continuously improve processes and deliver against agreed objectives
- A strong team player with an excellent attitude, work ethic and professional character
- CIPD qualified with a strong knowledge of employment legislation would be desirable

**What can we offer you?**
- Leeds City Centre office (directly behind the train station)
- Hybrid working
- 25 days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
- Free bus pass for you and your family on joining
- First Xclusives - Discounts on many high street brands, supermarket's, holiday's and cinema tickets, to name a few
- First My Rewards - Discounted train travel for you and your family after 6 months service - travel as far as London/Edinburgh for £6
- Generous pension and shares scheme

**Welcome to FirstBus**

With over 13,500 colleagues across 14 operating companies, we serve communities spanning from Aberdeen to Cornwall, as well as in Ireland. Pre-Covid, FirstBus delivered over 130 million customer journeys each year, helping people get where they need to be,when they need to be there.

You will be working within FirstBusShared Services, in ourprestigious city centre offices, right behind Leeds Train Station. You will find our offices to be lively, welcoming and just an overall great place to work

We put a big focus on physical and mental wellbeing at FirstBus. We recognise that anyone can be affected by the stresses and strains of work, or life outside it. You'll find a range of health-promotioninitiatives, and you will have 24/7 access to ourconfidentialEmployee Assistance Programme.