Senior HR Adviser

Anderson Knight is delighted to be partnering with a well-established commercially focused business to recruit an experienced Senior Human Resources Advisor. This is an excellent opportunity for a proactive and commercially minded HR professional to join a busy and fast-paced operational environment, providing expert HR support across the full employee lifecycle.

This is a highly varied role that will suit an individual who enjoys building strong stakeholder relationships, managing complex employee relations matters, and contributing to the ongoing development of people-focused initiatives and HR best practice.

The Role

Working closely with managers across the business, you will provide professional and pragmatic HR advice on a broad range of people matters, ensuring compliance with employment legislation, company policies and best practice. The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting employee wellbeing, managing absence cases, delivering effective employee relations outcomes and contributing to continuous improvement across the HR function.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide first-line HR advice and guidance to managers and employees across a wide range of people matters.
• Manage a varied employee relations caseload, including disciplinary, grievance, capability, performance management, probation and attendance cases.
• Advise managers on the application of HR policies, procedures and employment legislation.
• Support absence management processes, occupational health referrals and employee wellbeing initiatives.
• Prepare professional HR documentation, including investigation reports, meeting notes and outcome letters.
• Support employee engagement, performance development and organisational initiatives.
• Contribute to the review, development and implementation of HR policies and procedures.
• Produce and analyse HR data and management information to support decision-making.
• Maintain accurate employee records and support the effective use of HR systems.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and support wider HR projects as required.

About You

The successful candidate will have:

• Previous experience in a generalist HR Advisor role or a similar position.
• Strong employee relations experience with the ability to manage complex and sensitive cases independently.
• Experience supporting absence management, wellbeing initiatives and occupational health processes.
• A sound understanding of UK employment legislation and HR best practice.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage a demanding and varied workload.
• Experience producing high-quality HR documentation and reports.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills, particularly Word and Excel.
• Experience using HR systems and interpreting people data.

Desirable Experience

• CIPD qualification or currently working towards CIPD accreditation.
• Experience within a complex operational or fast-paced environment.
• Experience working with Trade Unions.
• Exposure to HR systems implementation or improvement projects.
• Experience producing and analysing HR management information.