HR Advisor

CMS are recruiting for an HR Advisor (8m FTC) to join our Human Resources team to ensure the delivery of a high-quality and responsive HR business partnering service across the firm. This role can be based from either our Glasgow, Edinburgh, Sheffield or Bristol office.

Key responsibilities:

• To provide proactive, timely and high-quality generalist HR support across all aspects of the employee lifecycle including performance management, family leave, secondments, flexible working applications, absence management and wellbeing support.
• Supporting the business across all areas of HR and employee relations for example disciplinary and grievance issues.
• Coaching and guiding line managers across a wide range of people issues such as talent management, engagement, succession planning and performance management.
• To support cyclical HR activities such as performance reviews, budget planning and the annual reward cycle.
• Work with colleagues across the wider HR Function to drive innovation and continuous improvement, creating and revising policies, procedures and processes that reflect best practice.
• Supporting the delivery of key people projects and other ad hoc initiatives as required.

Key requirements:

• Strong current generalist HR knowledge, able to manage and lead on a broad range of employment issues.
• Confident and impactful stakeholder management skills.
• Commercial approach, demonstrating sound judgement, good analytical skills, strong attention to detail.
• Demonstrable business partnering skills including coaching and influencing.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills. Able to articulate best practice HR in a practical and accessible manner, both face to face and in writing.
• Flexible mindset able to adapt to change and take others with you.
• Able to build relationships across the business based on trust, respect and service delivery.
• Able to thrive in a fast paced and changing environment, strong organisational skills and confident managing different priorities.

We want to reward you today and help you plan for tomorrow. We appreciate that everyone is different, therefore we have designed a benefits system that offers choice and flexibility based on individual needs and lifestyles. To name a few, these include:

• Competitive basic salary (reviewed annually).
• Flexible, hybrid working policy.
• Generous bonus scheme.
• Up to 25 days holiday (rising to 28 days with service).
• Holiday exchange scheme.
• Private medical insurance.
• Enhanced parental leave.
• Reasonable adjustments and accommodation for disabled talent in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.

If you would like to read more information regarding our range of benefits, please visit our Rewards & Benefits page on our website.

Please note that we have a preferred agency panel in place. Only applications submitted via the portal at the point of instruction will be accepted.

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