Interim HR Advisor

Are you ready to make a meaningful impact in a company that values you as much as the clients we serve?

Our client, Solo Support Services, we are more than just a business—we're a family. For years, our loyal and long-serving team members have been dedicated to helping people live independently in their own homes. Now, we're looking for someone like you to join our mission.

**About Us**:
At Solo Support Services, we provide fully regulated care services to individuals who need support to live independently. Our mission is simple: to enhance lives, inspire hope, and build futures. Join us and be a part of something truly special.

**Why This Role Matters**:
As an HR Advisor, you'll be at the heart of our operations, ensuring that our team thrives and our clients receive the best care possible. Your work will directly contribute to creating a positive, supportive environment for our employees, which, in turn, translates into exceptional service for our clients.

**What You'll Do**:

- **Support Our Team**: Your support will help keep our operations running smoothly by providing first-line advice on everyday HR queries such as probationary period reviews and overseeing absence management.
- **Lead HR Initiatives**: You'll oversee employee engagement surveys, advise managers on HR best practices, and ensure our HR administration is top-notch, from payroll prep to updating our HRIS.
- **Champion Employee Relations**: You'll provide essential guidance on disciplinary issues, grievances, and other employee relations, such as change management, ensuring that our workplace remains harmonious and productive.
- **Support Recruitment & Onboarding**: Help our managers attract the best talent and ensure they feel welcomed from day one. You'll play a vital role in the recruitment, selection, and onboarding and ensuring our Safer Recruitment practices are embedded.
- **Shape Our Future**: Your insights will help influence our company's policies and procedures, ensuring compliance and alignment with our core values.

**What We're Looking For**:

- **Professional Courage & Influence**: You have the confidence to provide sound advice and the ability to positively influence decisions at all levels of the organisation.
- **Insights Focused**: You're not just detail-oriented—you see the bigger picture and understand how HR strategies drive overall business success.
- **Passionate About People**: You believe in valuing every individual and are passionate about creating an inclusive, supportive work environment.
- **Experience**: You will have the CIPD Level 3 qualification or above and**, i**deally, experience working in a regulated environment. You will be a solid practitioner in TUPE, service provision changes, and redundancy processes, and you will be adept at change management practices that value people.

**Why You'll Love Working Here**:

- **A Supportive, Family-Oriented Culture**: We treat our team like family. You'll work alongside passionate colleagues who are dedicated to making a difference.
- **HR team**: You will be part of a small but effective HR team, reporting to an experienced HR Manager and with HR administration support.
- **Opportunities for Growth**: We believe in continuous learning. Whether through formal training or on-the-job experiences, we're committed to helping you grow. The HR manager will coach and develop you, with the autonomy to take on new challenges.
- **Make a Real Impact**: Your work here matters. You'll see firsthand how your efforts contribute to improving our client's lives and our company's success.

**Working Arrangements**:

- **Location**: The role is based at our headquarters in NG2 5GR, and it may require occasional travel to locations across the UK.
- **Working Hours**: This is a full-time role, typically 40 hours per week (9 am to 5 pm, Monday to Friday), with a paid lunch break. Some flexibility with start and finish times (e.g., 8:30 am to 4:30 pm) can be considered.

**Ready to Make a Difference?**

Solo Support Services Ltd have appointed Loates Business Solutions Ltd t/a Loates HR Recruitment to manage the recruitment process exclusively on behalf of Solo Support Services Ltd. Loates HR Recruitment is a third-party data processor. The lawful basis for processing data is consent.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

Pay: £33,000.00-£35,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday

**Experience**:

- Human resources advisory: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

- Level 3 CIPD qualification (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Expected start date: 11/10/2024