HR Advisor

**About The Role**:
As a HR Advisor with Wren, you'll take full ownership of all HR related matters within the Transport and Head Office departments, while providing professional, pragmatic and commercially focused HR advice and guidance to line managers. You'll work with colleagues in the HR team and business area, to ensure the provision of a high quality and consistent HR service.

**Main responsibilities**:

- Manage a varied and busy caseload of Employment Relations (ER) issues, including frequently complex discipline, grievance, performance capability and change management processes
- Take full ownership of ill health capability / long term sickness procedures and occupational health referrals within business area
- Act as the first point of contact for line-managers within your remit and take ownership for handling and resolving HR queries / issues raised by line managers and employees respectively, escalating and supporting the HR Business Partner with more complex issues, as appropriate
- Work closely with line-managers and department heads within the business area, to ensure a consistent approach to people management and compliance with Company policies and rules
- Develop and maintain collaborative relationships across all organisational levels, including senior management, build credibility as a ‘specialist’ Advisor and attend key business updates / management meetings, as appropriate
- Support the HR Manager / HR Business Partner in reviewing and implementing new HR Policies & Procedures, in line with changes to relevant employment legislation, coach and support line-managers to ensure these are embedded across the business
- Strive towards continuous improvement of HR processes and Company practices within business areas, ensuring that the HR service delivery meets the requirements of, and can adapt to, the changing needs of a rapidly developing business
- Submit the identified key areas for improvement as proposals / action plans to the HR Business Partner and implement any required changes, as appropriate
- Contribute towards the development of a HR strategy for the business area, aligning this with key business priorities for the business area and the Company’s overall strategic aims
- Regularly assess the training and development needs of line-managers in the business area - create and deliver targeted HR management training to reduce skill-gaps and monitor effectiveness
- Contribute towards the update of HR policies, procedures and / or management toolkits for the business area and monitor effectiveness
- Support the HR Business Partner with HR related project work from time-to-time as required
- Collate HR data and produce monthly reports on key HR metrics, highlighting any data trends for the consideration of the HR Business Partner and senior management team
- Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of Employment Law and developments in HR best practice
- Support in coaching and developing the HR administration team
- Participate in regular team meetings to understand the workload and priorities of colleagues and offer support, as required, this may include working across multiple business areas
- To work flexibly in line with the needs of the business and carry out any other reasonable duties as required

**What Wren Offer**:

- Staff discount on purchasing a kitchen after 1 years continuous employment
- Individual training budget for personal development
- Free annual eye tests as well as a contribution to new glasses
- Refer a Friend Scheme
- Quarterly Bonus Scheme

**About You**:
**Desired skills & knowledge**:

- Currently holds or is working towards a level-5 CIPD qualification is desirable but not essential
- Previous HR experience in a Transport and Customer Service environment is desirable
- Excellent communication skills - both written and verbal
- Strong Microsoft Excel and report collation skills
- A proactive approach, with the ability to work on own initiative
- A collaborative approach with the ability to integrate effectively within a diverse team
- A pragmatic decision-maker
- Willingness to travel and work from other sites

**About The Company**: Wren Kitchens are not only passionate about kitchens, we are passionate about our people We have achieved incredible milestones over the years; opening over 100 showrooms, launching in the USA, and winning multiple awards including the UK’s Number 1 place to work

This is thanks to our team, the Wren family, who have inspired us to push limits and make a difference. With our exponential growth, we are looking for incredible individuals to join us and continue our success story