Gowling WLG
HR & ER Advisor
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About the Role
We have an exciting opportunity for a HR & ER Advisor to join our HR team based in Birmingham. In this role, you will play a key part within the HR Advisory team, helping to shape a positive and consistent employee experience across the firm.
- Provide proactive, commercially focused support across the full employee lifecycle, with a particular emphasis on managing complex employee relations matters.
- Act as a trusted advisor, balancing risk, pragmatism, and commercial insight to deliver solutions that support both the business and our people.
- Build strong relationships with stakeholders, influencing effectively and helping to foster a fair, inclusive, and high-performing culture.
Alongside your advisory responsibilities, you will play an active role in HR projects and strategic initiatives, working collaboratively with HR Business Partners and the wider team to support organizational change, continuous improvement, and the delivery of our People & Talent strategy. This includes shaping and enhancing ER frameworks, processes, and tools, as well as supporting initiatives that drive engagement, performance, and retention.
About You
We’re looking for an experienced HR professional with a strong track record of managing a broad range of employee relations cases end-to-end, including complex and high-risk matters. You will bring a solid understanding of UK employment law and its practical application, alongside the confidence to build strong relationships with stakeholders and influence effectively, including providing constructive challenge where needed.
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- Navigate people, regulatory, and business considerations to deliver pragmatic, well-judged outcomes.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, tailoring your approach to suit a variety of audiences, and a high level of attention to detail, particularly when preparing case documentation and formal correspondence.
- Strong organizational and technical skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, and Word) to support data analysis, reporting, and the creation of professional documentation.
Desirable Skills and Experience
- Experience at HR Advisor / ER Specialist level within a law firm or regulated environment
- Experience using HR data and insights to inform decision-making
- CIPD Level 7 qualification
What We Can Offer You
The opportunity to work for a firm which has been recognised as one of the best places to work in the UK and has been ranked by Great Place to Work® for 26 consecutive years.
Excellent benefits, including:
- A hybrid approach to office and remote working
- 25 days annual leave, with the option to buy up to a week's extra annual leave
- Free private medical insurance, and the option to add family members
- A generous pension allowance
- Life assurance covering four times your annual salary
- The chance of a three-month sabbatical every five years
- Maternity, paternity, and adoption leave schemes
- A range of health and wellbeing programmes
- State of the art offices, in the heart of Birmingham City Centre, with an onsite restaurant
- Opportunities to flourish in your role through training and personal development
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Equal Opportunities
Gowling WLG is committed both to promoting equality and diversity in the firm and to Equal Opportunities in employment. The firm believes in equality of opportunity regardless of race or racial group (including colour, nationality, ethnicity, national origins), religion or belief, age, disability, sexual orientation, sex, gender re-assignment and gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy, maternity, and paternity. This also includes any incidents of perceptive or associative discrimination and harassment.
At Gowling WLG we seek to attract and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, to create an exciting and rewarding place to work. Our aim is to fulfil everyone's potential and together to achieve personal and business goals.
If you have any queries in relation to this position or would like to see a full job description please contact Meg Astley at meg.astley@gowlingwlg.com [meg.astley@gowlingwlg.com]
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