HR Advisor

Type: Full Time

Duration: 12 month fixed term contract

Location: London or Manchester

Working Pattern: Minimum 2 days per week in the office, 3 days remote

Department: Human Resources

The HR team in the UK consists of over 70 people. We have specialist teams in Resourcing, Graduate Recruitment and Management, Learning and Development, Systems and MI and Reward. The HR Operations team are based in offices across the UK, working as one team to deliver a business partnering service to our fee earning and business services teams.

The purpose of the HR Advisor role is to provide dedicated support to the HR Business Partners and their Business Services teams managing the day-to-day operational issues that arise. The HR Advisor will work with the HR Business Partners and their client groups to design and deliver effective HR solutions. The role will also involve responsibility for producing monthly and ad hoc MI and analytics for the team and assisting with and coordinating HR projects.

• Attrition analysis
• Secondment reporting
• Talent Management reporting

• Facilitate the process by producing and collating documentation; creating reports via Excel and HRIS; producing PowerPoint slides and taking and transcribing notes during the annual Talent Management and Moderation meetings.
• Circulate actions to the relevant parties and assist with follow ups.

• Assist the HR Business Partners with the annual salary review process working as a project team with the HR Business Partners and the Senior HR team.
• Manage the co-ordination and preparation of salary review documentation for the groups and ultimately, the Board.

• Dealing with adhoc HR queries as they arise, providing advice and mediation for employee relation issues.
• Carrying out end of probation review meetings, monitoring probation periods including follow up performance reviews and managing termination meetings where necessary.
• Advising Partners, Managers and employees on policies and procedures.
• Coordination of disciplinary and grievance meetings; taking notes or where appropriate running the grievance/disciplinary investigation/hearings
• Conducting new joiner catch up meetings and exit interviews.
• Assisting the HR Business Partners with restructures, consultation and redundancy procedures.
• Advising on maternity/adoption, paternity and parental leave processes.
• Managing flexible working application process for employees.
• Absence Management – proactively monitoring absence levels, dealing with long term sickness, preparing occupational health referrals and liaising with Benefits team regarding Group Income Protection claims.
• Managing secondments for your groups.
• Ensuring Service Now is updated in a timely manner with all ER items, to enable accurate reporting
• Reviewing and checking documentation for new starters/leavers and change of circumstances forms.
• Working with the wider HR team to communicate and share expertise with the wider team.
• Working with the HR Coordinators on the first day induction process.

• Working with the HR Business Partners, senior HR team and the business on various change-management projects within the firm.

• Proven experience working at advisor/coordinator level, ideally gained in a professional services environment.
• An understanding of current employment Law, particularly with regard to employee relation issues.
• Strong IT skills, good experience of HR databases and advanced user of Excel with the ability to manipulate and analyse data.
• Experience in Service Now would be a distinct advantage
• Evidence of strong project management skills.
• Graduate or equivalent and ideally CIPD qualified or working towards qualification.
• Ability to prioritise, meet deadlines and multitask in a fast-paced professional environment.
• Able to use initiative and flexible in thinking and approach.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Proactive and resilient.
• Integrity and discretion.
• Client focused.
• Strong team player essential.
• Commercially astute.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong influencing…