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Advisor, HR​/Recruitment, Talent Manager

Job in Reading, Berkshire, RG1, England, UK
Listing for: Holroyd Howe
Full Time, Contract position
Listed on 2026-06-16
Job specializations:
  • HR/Recruitment
    Talent Manager, Employee Relations, HR Manager
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 36000 GBP Yearly GBP 36000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: People Advisor

Job Title: People Advisor
Location: Hybrid working, with frequent travel to our Reading HQ
Contract Type:Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £36,000 per annum

Why Join us?

  • 33 holidays days, inclusive of Bank Holidays
  • 3 volunteering days to give back to causes you care about
  • 3 days grandparent leave for those special family moments
  • 24 weeks enhanced maternity leave
  • Bespoke training & development opportunities
  • Pension & life insurance
  • Discounts on high street brands, cinema & holidays via the Perkbox App
  • Wellbeing hub & access to employee assistance programme
  • Free meals while at work
  • Career development & HIT Apprenticeships for all experience levels

About the role:

We are seeking a proactive and experienced People Advisor to provide high-quality first-line HR support across 'South' region of our business. Acting as a trusted point of contact for Location Managers and employees, you will deliver clear, practical advice on a wide range of employee relations matters, supporting managers to confidently identify and apply the appropriate tools, policies, and procedures. By coaching managers to address issues early and effectively, you will play a key role in fostering positive employee relations, ensuring employees feel supported and treated fairly, and contributing to a consistent, compliant, and people-focused approach that enables the development of engaged, high-performing teams.

You will be joining Holroyd Howe, one of the UK’s leading contract caterers, providing fresh innovative food services solely to independent schools and colleges. We are a team of experienced professionals who tailor our catering service provision specifically to suit children of all ages in order to meet the bespoke requirements of each school.

The safety and wellbeing of the people we serve is at the heart of everything we do. A key element is effective allergen management; achieved through training, communication, and care, we create mealtimes where every pupil has a safe experience. Our mission is simple: to provide our teams with the right skills to succeed in their job and our exceptional teams of seasoned specialists customise our catering services to fit children of all ages and satisfy the unique needs of our clients.

Job Description
  • To provide telephone support and advice on employee relations activities across all sites as the first point of telephone/email contact for Location Managers
  • To manage a busy HR inbox, ensuring that queries are answered and/or referred to the correct person or department promptly
  • To manage and coordinate the Occupational Health referral process, liaising with managers and the Company’s Occupational Health service provider
  • To support People Manager in providing safeguarding and safer recruitment advice, complying with KCSIE and Holroyd Howe
  • Support Managers through checking letters before they are sent out and advising any suggested improvements and recommendations
  • To be responsive and available to managers ensuring managers are responded to as soon as possible and within two hours of initial contact
  • To ensure managers are aware of the policies, Employee Handbook and HR people tools and that they are used effectively
  • To ensure all HR people policies are up to date and fit for purpose by regular review and alignment to legislation
  • To ensure all employee relations tools for managers are up to date and fit for purpose
  • To calculate redundancy payments as required
  • To comply with all Holroyd how HR led policies and procedures at all times
  • To develop new tools where necessary and ensure tools are communicated effectively across the business
  • To highlight and refer complex cases to People Manager where appropriate
  • To record key information on employee relations advice on HR Tracker
  • To report on employee relations activity and caseload, identify trends and insight for People Manager
  • To work with People Manager to ensure that measures and recommendations following cases are put in place where appropriate
  • Management reporting on ER cases, i.e. number of cases, reasons, trends or patterns. Use the results to make recommendations to upskill Managers and improve the colleague experience
  • To support colleagues and when required in the…
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