Gleeson Recruitment Group
HR Advisor - 9 months FTC

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HR Advisor | Birmingham City Centre with regular travel | 9 months FTC | £41K (Including car allowance) | Immediate Start
Are you an experienced HR Advisor looking for a role where you can really get stuck into Employee Relations and make a difference? Gleeson Recruitment Group are working with a well-established organisation to recruit an experienced HR Advisor to join their HR team in Birmingham. This is a hands-on, ER-focused role where you'll work closely with Line Managers, providing pragmatic advice and guidance across a broad range of HR and employment law matters.
The Role
Reporting into a Senior HR Business Partner, you'll provide professional HR support across the business, with a particular focus on Employee Relations and Employment Law.
You'll be responsible for:
- Advising Line Managers on a range of ER matters, including disciplinary, grievance, absence, capability and performance management.
- Supporting managers through investigations, disciplinary and grievance processes and appeal hearings.
- Providing advice and guidance on company policies and employment legislation.
- Managing and advising on sickness absence, including occupational health referrals, home visits and return-to-work processes.
- Supporting managers with probationary reviews and wider employee lifecycle matters.
- Preparing and delivering HR training around areas such as absence management, investigations, disciplinaries, grievances, flexible working and performance management.
- Liaising with ACAS and external employment law specialists where required.
- Supporting the preparation of documentation for Employment Tribunal matters.
- Getting involved in wider HR projects, including restructures and TUPE.
- Working closely with HR Coordinators and HR Business Partners to ensure cases and correspondence are managed within agreed timescales.
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About You
We're looking for an HR professional who is confident operating in a busy, operational environment and isn't afraid to challenge, influence and provide pragmatic advice to managers.
You'll ideally have:
- Previous experience working as an HR Advisor.
- Strong Employee Relations and employment law knowledge.
- CIPD graduate-level qualification or equivalent.
- Experience working within a unionised environment and/or with Staff Forums.
- A strong understanding of HR policies, processes and employment legislation.
- Experience supporting Line Managers through complex ER cases.
- Excellent organisation and planning skills, with the ability to manage multiple cases and deadlines.
- A commercially aware and customer-focused approach.
- The confidence to influence stakeholders and provide robust HR advice.
- A full, clean driving licence and the flexibility to travel to different business locations when required.


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