Anderson Knight
Senior Human Resources Advisor
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Anderson Knight is delighted to be partnering with a well-established commercially focused business to recruit an experienced Senior Human Resources Advisor. This is an excellent opportunity for a proactive and commercially minded HR professional to join a busy and fast-paced operational environment, providing expert HR support across the full employee lifecycle.
This is a highly varied role that will suit an individual who enjoys building strong stakeholder relationships, managing complex employee relations matters, and contributing to the ongoing development of people-focused initiatives and HR best practice.
The Role
Working closely with managers across the business, you will provide professional and pragmatic HR advice on a broad range of people matters, ensuring compliance with employment legislation, company policies, and best practice. The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting employee wellbeing, managing absence cases, delivering effective employee relations outcomes, and contributing to continuous improvement across the HR function.
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Key Responsibilities
- Provide first-line HR advice and guidance to managers and employees across a wide range of people matters.
- Manage a varied employee relations caseload, including disciplinary, grievance, capability, performance management, probation, and attendance cases.
- Advise managers on the application of HR policies, procedures, and employment legislation.
- Support absence management processes, occupational health referrals, and employee wellbeing initiatives.
- Prepare professional HR documentation, including investigation reports, meeting notes, and outcome letters.
- Support employee engagement, performance development, and organizational initiatives.
- Contribute to the review, development, and implementation of HR policies and procedures.
- Produce and analyze HR data and management information to support decision-making.
- Maintain accurate employee records and support the effective use of HR systems.
- Identify opportunities for process improvement and support wider HR projects as required.
About You
The successful candidate will have:
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- Previous experience in a generalist HR Advisor role or a similar position.
- Strong employee relations experience with the ability to manage complex and sensitive cases independently.
- Experience supporting absence management, wellbeing initiatives, and occupational health processes.
- A sound understanding of UK employment legislation and HR best practice.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage a demanding and varied workload.
- Experience producing high-quality HR documentation and reports.
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills, particularly Word and Excel.
- Experience using HR systems and interpreting people data.
Desirable Experience
- CIPD qualification or currently working towards CIPD accreditation.
- Experience within a complex operational or fast-paced environment.
- Experience working with Trade Unions.
- Exposure to HR systems implementation or improvement projects.
- Experience producing and analyzing HR management information.
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