Senior HR Advisor (Part Time

Location:

South Oxfordshire (hybrid, 1-2 days in the office plus client travel)

Salary: £40,000 - £45,000 FTE

Hours:

c.25 hours per week (flexible across 4 or 5 days ideally)

Experience:

HR, Human Resources, HR policies, Employee Relations, Grievances, Advice, Support, Redundancies, Talent, Learning and Development, HR Consultancy, Compliance, CIPD level 7

Thompson & Terry Recruitment are excited to be working with a well-established HR consultancy, who are looking to recruit a solution-focused Senior HR Advisor to join their small and friendly team.

As Senior HR Advisor, you will work across multiple clients, supporting their day‑to‑day HR needs and acting as an extension of their business. You will provide clear, practical HR advice to managers and business owners, while supporting a wide range of employee relations matters including disciplinary, grievance, absence, performance, and redundancy cases.

The successful Senior HR Advisor will also be heavily involved in drafting high-quality HR documentation such as contracts, policies, letters, and guidance, as well as preparing and coaching managers for difficult conversations. You will review and improve HR documents to ensure they are accurate, commercially sound, and fit for purpose, and support HR audits, check‑ups, and client projects.

Additionally, as Senior HR Advisor, you will attend client meetings both remotely and in person where required and manage ad hoc client queries while contributing to a shared advisory inbox. This is a hands‑on role where your ability to combine strong HR knowledge with practical application will be key.

Our client is very passionate about work/life balance, and as such, offers both flexibility and hybrid working for this vacancy.

Thompson & Terry Ltd, trading as Thompson & Terry Recruitment, is an Abingdon‑based recruitment agency specialising in placing candidates into roles across Oxfordshire and beyond. We typically recruit for Office Administration, Sales, Marketing, Biotech, and Executive Search appointments.

• Support day‑to‑day HR needs across multiple clients.
• Provide clear, practical HR advice to managers and business owners.
• Handle employee relations matters including disciplinary, grievance, absence, performance and redundancy cases.
• Draft and review high‑quality HR documentation such as contracts, policies, letters and guidance.
• Prepare and coach managers for difficult conversations.
• Facilitate HR audits, check‑ups and client projects.
• Attend client meetings both remotely and in person as required.
• Manage ad hoc client queries and contribute to a shared advisory inbox.

• Strong experience as an HR Advisor, preferably within a consultancy or outsourced HR environment.
• CIPD qualified (preferably Level
  7).
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law, HR best practice and proven experience managing employee relations cases.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with strong attention to detail.
• Highly organised, with the ability to manage a varied workload across multiple clients.
• Willingness to travel to local clients and a full UK driving licence with access to own vehicle.

No terminology used in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified individuals.