HR Advisor

HR Advisor

Contract: ASAP until 2nd October 2026

Working Pattern: Monday to Friday

Payrate: £16.50 per hr. via PAYE/£20.50 per hr. via Umbrella

Location: Basingstoke

Job Purpose

• Report into the Employee Relations Specialist to provide a comprehensive, expert service of advice and guidance to all areas of the business in order to enable the capability of Managers in dealing with all people matters.
• Utilise management information and trend analysis to support Client to manage performance more effectively.
• Liaise across the People team to ensure knowledge of all department priorities and initiatives are up to date and support the implementation across the organisation.
• Establish, develop and maintain effective working relationships with all work colleagues, contractors and partnering agencies to ensure an integrated contribution to Client’s corporate objectives.
• Support the HR Business Partners with the implementation of organisational change outcomes for people including restructures, changes to T&C’s, redeployment, outplacement, redundancy and TUPE transfers, and manage any ER issues that arise as a result of any organisational change.

Key Deliverables

• Provide advice, guidance and support to line managers on a range of standard and non-standard Employee Relations issues, supporting the development of organisational capability in managing these issues.
• Ensure compliance with legislation, policies and procedures and that they are effectively and consistently applied across the organisation.
• Proactively use management information to identify employee relations issues, including absence trends, attrition, development, engagement and attraction strategies.
• Ensure all relevant case paperwork is managed in accordance with Data Protection legislation and keep all relevant stakeholders informed of case activity and progress.
• Nurture a coaching style to enable managers to attend dismissal, appeal and grievance meetings with the necessary skills and capabilities and provide advice and guidance to line manager.
• Prepare documentation for Employment Tribunal cases and technical support to relevant stakeholders.
• Where required, support HR Business Partners with organisational change in preparation for any restructuring and TUPE activity and any associated administration. Provide expert advice and coach managers in handling required activity.
• Keep up to date with current and forthcoming legislation, policies, practices and developments in HR, advising on Client’s approach to ensure that best practice is reflected while complying with legal and statutory requirements.
• Support the delivery of people focussed organisational initiatives including activity such as harmonisation, alignment of systems, policies and practices alongside new ways of working.
• Provide advice, guidance, coaching and support to line managers to enhance the capability of their teams.
• Identify employee relations training requirements across departments, make recommendations and develop learning activities to improve management employee relations capability, enabling effective management of performance and risk across the organisation.
• Identify ways to upskill managers and identify training gaps in conjunction with the Learning and Development team.
• Establish, develop and maintain effective working relationships with all work colleagues, contractors and partnering agencies to ensure an integrated contribution to Client’s corporate objectives.
• Observe and comply with Client’s policies and procedures and observe and continually promote equality and inclusion and customer care in compliance with organisational aims and objectives.
• Continuously seek realistic ways to improve efficiency and effectiveness in your role, to help the department, and Client, achieve its goals.
• Participate in learning and development activities that develop personal effectiveness and assist in improving performance in the role.
• Undertake any other duties as may reasonably be required in line with the level of responsibility of the post and in order to meet the changing needs of the organisation.

If shortlisted, a recruiter from the team will contact you within 24–48 hours for an initial discussion. The call will come from a Manchester number (either 0161 or +44 161).

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