HR Advisor

**HR Advisor**

**Hours**:Full time 40 hours Monday-Friday

**Location**:Kettering with occasional travel

**Competitive salary**

It is an exciting time to join the Kindred family as a HR Advisor, where you will be an integral member of a dedicated team based at our modern Kettering office.

**The HR Advisor will support the HR Business Partner and work alongside the HR Administrator to deliver the HR strategy. The HR Advisor will advise and coach line managers to effectively manage people, whilst upholding and promoting the company values.**

We are a family of inspiring nurseries and preschools with a distinct home from home environment. By creating days filled with unique moments and opportunities, we can truly enrich a child’s development during their 0-5 years. Our mission is to create inspiring worlds full of awe and wonder for little ones to grow and thrive in.

**The Role**

Your primary responsibility’s will include:
- First point of contact for employee relations queries and day to day HR support.
- Provide timely support and coach line managers on HR practices, processes, and policies (recruitment, employee relations, talent management, HR systems, wellbeing and absence management, employment law), in line with HR guidelines and best practice.
- Support with employee engagement initiatives to increase engagement levels and reduce staff turnover across the business.
- Monitor, manage, and input data on to Cezanne HR system, ensuring it is up to date and holds accurate information at all times.
- When necessary assist in the suitability process, ensuring we are always compliant.
- Assist the HR Administrator with tasks including producing reports, contracts, and other tasks.
- Support the HR Business Partner in implementing actions to facilitate change - including restructuring, contract variation, integration projects, and the harmonisation of terms and conditions, policies, and procedures.
- Identify people management learning opportunities and support the implementation of development activities.
- To support with the accurate collation and processing of the Monthly Payroll Data, including exceptions management and rectification.
- To demonstrate our values in everything you do.
- Keep your line manager updated and informed on your workflow and key information.
- Occasional travel to nurseries as required for onsite support.
- Any other reasonable duties as requested by your line manager.

**Key skills and experience will ideally include the following**:

- CIPD Level 3
- Strong previous experience in a HR Advisory role.
- Excellent coaching approach when advising on the full range of employee relations issues.
- Experience in managing a high-volume caseload of employment queries and working to Service Level Agreements.
- Experience in supporting investigation and disciplinary meetings, note taking and drafting associated documentation.
- Experience in supporting TUPE transfers and integrating acquisitions is advantageous but not essential.
- Experience in Payroll processing and exceptions management is advantageous but not essential.
- Strong understanding of employment legislation, confidentiality, and Data Protection.
- Sound knowledge of MS Office.
- Excellent organisational ability with an attention to detail is paramount.
- Strong communication skills at all levels both written and oral.
- Ability to work under pressure and to meet deadlines.
- Experience of working in the Childcare sector and with multi-site businesses is advantageous but not essential.
- A positive approach to gaining further qualifications and CPD

**We will give you**:

- Enhanced holidays to take your well-deserved break, plus no work on your birthday
- Company sick pay to support you when you are under the weather
- Discounted childcare to enable your children to be part of the magic
- Awards, bonuses, health care plans, employee assistance schemes, flexible benefits, training and development, great salaries
- and of course, a great place to work

**A child’s world is fresh, new and beautiful and full of excitement. Do you want to be part of it?