People Operations Advisor

You will be responsible for a broad range of People activities, including but not limited to:

• Acting as a first point of contact for People-related queries, providing advice and guidance on policies, procedures and employee lifecycle processes, or referring matters to the appropriate specialist team where required.
• Providing advice, coaching and guidance to line managers on a range of employee relations matters, including probation, performance management, absence management, flexible working requests and fixed-term contract endings.
• Supporting the Employee Relations team with disciplinary and grievance processes.
• Supporting the HR Business Partner and Employee Relations teams with projects, process improvements and other ad hoc initiatives.
• Managing the leaver process from initiation through to completion, liaising with managers and coordinating activity with the People Operations Offboarding team.
• Collaborating with immigration advisors to effectively manage a portfolio of immigration compliance processes, including visa and right to work expiry cases from initiation through to resolution.
• Coordinating all People-related aspects of Data Subject Access Requests (DSARs), ensuring deadlines are met and maintaining regular communication with the Governance & Compliance team.
• Managing employee lifecycle activity for colleagues within the People function, including onboarding, offboarding and family leave processes.
• Undertaking peer quality checks to ensure all communications and outputs are accurate, consistent and delivered to a high standard.

Skills and experience

We’re looking for someone who demonstrates the following:

• Previous experience in a HR Advisory, HR generalist or People Operations role.
• Significant experience of providing advice, guidance and support to managers and employees.
• Excellent attention to detail and a commitment to delivering high-quality, accurate work.
• Ability to effectively prioritise and manage a varied workload in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrable stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• A proactive, solutions-focused approach to problem solving.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate clearly and professionally.
• Enjoys identifying opportunities to improve processes and ways of working.
• Proficiency in HR systems and Microsoft Office applications, particularly Word and Excel.

What’s in it for you?

At Eversheds Sutherland, we provide benefits focused on looking after you: your development, your performance, your financial future and your health, as well as providing the opportunity to make a contribution to the world.

We’re fair, transparent and equitable

• We share in the success of the firm, reward alignment to our values, going above and beyond and your individual performance
• We support flexible ways of working through our remote working policy and commitment to flexible, agile and hybrid ways of working
• We support your health and performance through our dental, healthcare and wellness support
• We support everything you are and all you bring through our powerful commitment to diversity and inclusion
• We provide a platform for your career, whatever your ambitions through our structured professional and personal training, mentoring and development programs
• We provide experience and opportunity through international and cross-function exposure
• We provide an opportunity to give back through our pro bono work and community engagement
• We help you plan ahead through retirement planning, insurance and assurance

Diversity & Inclusion

At Eversheds Sutherland, “Inclusive” is a core business value. We bring together different skillsets, global mindsets and approaches. We foster diversity of thought and the freedom to put ideas into action. We have an inherent respect for the individual. We have a strong belief in collaboration and teamwork. Sharing ideas, asking questions, solving challenges and meeting our clients’ goals: together.

We want all our people to thrive at work and reach their full potential and we work hard to continue to build a diverse and inclusive culture, monitor and report on our progress and impact, and develop our approach. This is reflected in our policies, systems and processes, and in our work with diversity membership organisations.

Many of our people work flexibly in some way and we are open to considering how we can accommodate flexible working arrangements alongside role requirements. If this is important to you, please talk to us about it during the recruitment process.

We want you to perform at your best during our recruitment process. If there is any adjustment or support you need, please contact us so we can discuss how we can best assist you.

For you,

For your success.

And what's next.