Mears Group
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HR Advisor
Location: Gloucester, with travel across the UK as required
Contract: Permanent, full time, Monday to Friday
Salary: £35,000 per annum plus company benefits
We are looking for an experienced HR Advisor to join our team based in Gloucester. This is a fast-paced, operational HR role where you will provide pragmatic, risk-assessed employee relations advice and support managers across the full employee lifecycle.
Working in a high-volume environment, you will play a key role in absence management, casework, and supporting positive employee relations. You will work closely with operational leaders to identify trends, provide insights, and deliver practical HR solutions that support both business performance and employee experience.
About the Role:
You will provide comprehensive HR advisory support across the Group, ensuring cases are managed consistently and in line with company policies and employment legislation. The role requires confidence in managing complex cases, influencing managers, and balancing commercial risk with fair outcomes.
- Provide employee relations advice across absence management, performance management, disciplinaries, and grievances
- Log, monitor, and manage casework accurately, ensuring timely resolution and appropriate escalation
- Train, guide, and support managers on HR processes and effective case management
- Analyse HR data and trends to identify issues and support the development of people plans
- Represent HR at complex meetings including dismissals, ill health capability, and appeals
- Monitor and support absence management, liaising with Occupational Health as required
- Promote a positive and inclusive workplace culture in line with the Group’s Fairness and Inclusion strategy
- Support trade union engagement alongside the HR Business Partner
- Travel to branches to support and coach managers on people-related matters
- Assist with HR projects including restructures, change management, and TUPE
- Support social value initiatives within the community
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Key Criteria:
- Experience advising on a wide range of employee relations casework
- Exposure to working with trade unions
- Strong analytical skills with experience identifying trends and insights
- Experience delivering training or coaching managers on HR processes
- Ability to work effectively in a high volume, fast-paced environment
- Full UK driving licence with no more than 9 points
- CIPD qualification, regulated industry experience, or TUPE knowledge desirable
Benefits
- Family-friendly policy to include enhanced maternity/paternity leave and much more
- Generous Pension Scheme
- Sick Pay
- Share saver scheme
- Eye test vouchers
- Employee Assistance Programme (Access to Free counselling service)
- Wellbeing service (Access to trained mental health & wellbeing advisors)
- Mears Annual Family Fun Day for you and your family to places like Blair Drummond Safari Park, M&D's Theme park, fully paid for including lunch
- Mears Rewards - A performance recognition platform whereby you can be rewarded in high street vouchers
- Volunteering Leave - Mears supports employees to undertake volunteering in the community, in support of our social value commitment
- Excellent training and development opportunities and 25 days holiday entitlement along with bank holidays
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All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK. Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship.
Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant Background, Identity & Security checks before commencement of employment.
Apply below or to discuss your application further; contact:
Joe Monger (joe.monger@mearsgroup.co.uk)
If you need any help with your application process, we are here to support you. We will be accessible every step of the way.
At Mears Group, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone can thrive. We are a Disability Confident employer, valuing individuality and ensuring equal opportunities for all.
We proudly support the Armed Forces Covenant and are honoured to have achieved the Gold Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS). To coincide with this, we hold an Endorser Award for the Career Transition Partnership, recognising our commitment to veterans transitioning into civilian careers.
In our continued effort to promote social mobility, we invite applicants to voluntarily share their background information during the application stages to help us better understand the diverse experiences of our candidates. This is to ensure we are committed to improving social mobility. We use the Social Mobility Index to assess and enhance opportunities for individuals from diverse backgrounds. These questions are optional and will not impact your ability to apply.
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