Avidity
Employee Relations Advisor
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Employee Relations Advisor
Employee Relations Advisor
Salary in the region of £32-38k + company bonus, private health care, PHI, life assurance, annual leave purchase, and more.
Flexible hybrid working – predominantly home-based, with travel to our Glasgow office and other travel as required.
Avidity Group is the parent company of 5 specialist agencies that offer a range of services to help brands sell more. We’re proud to partner with some of the UK and Ireland’s most recognised and well-loved brands, supporting them to grow faster, sell smarter, and stand out in competitive markets.
About the Role
We're looking for an Employee Relations Advisor to join our People Team. This is an exciting opportunity for an HR professional with strong employee relations experience who enjoys partnering with managers, navigating people matters, and helping create positive colleague experiences.
This role will see you providing expert advice and guidance across employee relations activities, ensuring decisions are fair, consistent, and aligned with business needs. Working closely with HR Business Partners and management, you’ll play a key role in supporting colleagues while ensuring compliance with employment legislation and company policies.
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Responsibilities
As an ER Advisor, your days will be fast-paced and varied, including but not limited to:
- Providing first-line HR expert advice and guidance to managers on employee relations matters
- Managing and supporting a range of employee relations cases end-to-end
- Coaching leaders through people challenges that align employee experience with business needs
- Supporting formal processes, investigations, and administrative documentation
- Ensuring HR policies and practices are applied consistently and compliantly while supporting updates
- Using people insights to inform better business decisions
- Collaborating with various internal and external stakeholders across all levels
Requirements
You’ll need to bring both expertise and energy to this role. Our ideal candidate will have:
Experience & Qualifications
- Previous experience in an Employee Relations, HR Advisor, or HRBP support role
- Strong experience managing a wide range of employee relations cases from start to finish
- Experience advising and coaching managers on people issues and employment legislation
- Experience and confidence in supporting people processes throughout the employee lifecycle
- Knowledge of UK employment law with Republic of Ireland (ROI) experience advantageous
- Experience working within a complex and commercially-driven environment
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Skills & Capabilities
- Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills
- Strong communication skills with the ability to influence and challenge constructively
- Sound judgement to balance risk, compliance, and colleague experience
- Highly organised with a strong attention to detail
- Ability to handle sensitive and confidential matters with professionalism and discretion
- Resilient, proactive, and solutions-focused approach
- Strong commitment to fairness, consistency, and delivering a positive employee experience
Benefits & Culture
Partner with leaders across the business, navigating people matters to help them make fair, pragmatic decisions that balance business performance and wellbeing.
Join a people-focused organisation where collaboration, continuous improvement, and ethical decision-making are valued. You’ll develop your expertise, build strong stakeholder relationships, and make a tangible impact on colleague experience and business success.
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