HR Advisor

**Role Overview**

To work with the Divisional HR Director to help provide a full HR operational advisory service to the Operation division. The Operations Division has over 450 employees based in various of sites including Peterborough, London, Cambridge and Wimborne. Thisis a broad generalist role encompassing day-to-day HR and more ad-hoc project work as required.

**Team Overview / Key Responsibilities of the Role**

Savills culture is one of trust and respect, teamwork and collaboration. Our teams and our clients benefit when we work together, listening to and learning from each other.Above all, we value the motivation of our people. This is evidenced by our wellbeingoffer, our capability to facilitate flexible working and our support to enjoy a healthy work life balance.

**Employee Relations**
- Provide assistance to employees with regard to our HR system MyHR, acting as a first point of contact for the division
- Work closely with HR Shared Service team
- Complete monthly Divisional HR reporting
- Providing advice and guidance to employees on general HR queries
- Assisting with disciplinary investigations and managing hearings
- Assisting with grievance investigations and managing hearings
- Working with Managers to tackle and manage performance issues
- Providing support to those on Performance Management improvement targets, liaising with People Development where required
- Escalate complex employee relations issues to the Divisional HR Director and assist with cases where appropriate
- Supporting the Divisional HR Director Change Initiatives e.g. restructuring and redundancy programmes
- Supporting the Divisional HR Director to deliver HR strategy and Divisional goals

**Recruitment & Selection**
- Providing guidance and training where needed on recruitment processes to line managers

**Other Responsibilities**
- Representing the HR function via on-site visits and feeding back any concerns or ideas
- Keep up to date with legislation changes and ensure compliance and best practice is adhered to
- Assist with the annual remuneration process
- Assist with annual promotion process
- Assist with annual appraisal processes
- Review current processes and procedures, making suggestions for efficiencies and driving these through to successful completion
- Managing queries and having conversations with employees and managers about family leave including maternity, shared parental and managing flexible working requests
- Overseeing HR Shared Services contact with creation of contracts and associated paperwork and acting as a point of escalation for any complex HR administration

**Projects**
- HR Project team member, presenting ideas and driving recommendations through to successful conclusion
- Supporting promotions, salary reviews and bonus programmes in conjunction with the Divisional HR Director

**Additional**
- Management reporting, presenting analysis and recommendations to key Leaders re trends and concerns (Divisional Board Meeting attendee)
- Working with Divisional HR Director/HR Business partners to build knowledge of employment Law, becoming confident over time with presenting risk v reward options and managing Settlements and ET cases

**Skills, Knowledge and Experience**

**Technical experience**
- CIPD qualified or currently studying desirable

**Skills and Knowledge**
- Up to date knowledge of current employment legislation
- Previous experience working as an HR Assistant
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships and influence stakeholders across all levels of the organisation
- Experience of working with a HR database
- Experience of working with a HRIS (My HR is desirable)
- Ability to multi-task
- Good planning and organisational skills
- Attention to detail
- Good interpersonal/verbal and written communication skills
- Self-motivated and able to work with mínimal supervision
- Pro-active/takes ownership of responsibilities
- Ability to work well under tight deadlines
- Flexibility to travel to other offices