HR Advisor; L&D & Early Careers

Your role

As a HR Advisor (L&D & Early Careers), reporting to your Learning & Development Specialist, this HR advisory role focuses on Early Careers and Learning & Development. You’ll assist with our graduate and Early Careers programmes by recruiting, onboarding and nurturing new talent, contributing to a seamless, engaging and well‑organised experience for participants. Alongside this, you will deliver a flexible, high‑quality and initiative‑taking HR service for the site.

You will be a key super‑user for our HRIS system, supporting robust processes and contributing to a modern, high‑impact HR operational model for the wider Edwards site.

• Provide generalist HR support across the site, covering employee relations, performance, absence, engagement and retention.
• Deliver expert employee relations advice, including conduct, grievances, performance management and organisational change.
• Coach and support line managers, ensuring consistent, fair application of HR policies and procedures.
• Support Early Careers recruitment and programmes, including campaigns, assessment centres, onboarding and cohort management.
• Deliver and coordinate Learning & Development activity, including inductions, compliance training and development programmes.
• Support LMS and training administration, ensuring accurate records, reporting and audit‑ready compliance.
• Provide pastoral support and ensure compliance for Early Careers, including safeguarding, legislative requirements and engagement initiatives.
• Drive stakeholder engagement and continuous improvement, collaborating across HR teams and external partners (schools/STEM), improving processes, data and employee experience.

• Strong attention to detail with accurate record keeping and reporting.
• Proactive and solutions‑focused, able to work at pace and manage changing priorities.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, building credibility with managers and early careers cohorts.
• Strong stakeholder management, confidently balancing expectations and competing priorities across teams.
• High levels of discretion, tact and confidentiality when handling sensitive employee and pastoral matters.
• End‑to‑end HR generalist experience with a clear passion for Early Careers and Learning & Development.
• Experience in early careers programmes and recruitment, including attraction campaigns, onboarding, cohort management and development reviews.
• Strong L&D capability, including understanding of the learning cycle, blended learning approaches and facilitation/group coaching skills.

• Culture of trust and accountability.
• Lifelong learning and career growth.
• Innovation powered by people.
• Comprehensive compensation and benefits.
• Health and well‑being.