HR People Advisor

Initial 3 months, with view to extend

£17.90 Per hour

Newbury (Hybrid)

Your New Role

As a HR People Advisor, you will play a key role within the People Services team, providing professional HR support and advice to employees and managers across the organisation. You will act as a trusted adviser to managers, helping them understand and consistently apply HR policies and procedures while supporting a wide range of employee relations and people processes. Your responsibilities will include advising on sickness absence, managing Occupational Health referrals, supporting flexible working requests and coordinating maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave. You will also manage Group Income Protection cases, liaising with employees, managers, Payroll, insurers and external providers. Alongside this, you will review and quality-check HR documentation, support more complex employee queries and contribute to improving People Services processes and guidance.

Ensuring Your Success

To be successful in this role, you will have previous experience across a broad range of HR operations and employee relations, with a strong understanding of absence management, family leave, flexible working and performance management processes. You will be confident interpreting HR policies and providing practical advice to managers, while being comfortable challenging decisions constructively when required. You will have excellent communication and stakeholder management skills and be able to build trusted relationships across all levels of the organisation. Strong attention to detail is essential, as you will manage multiple sensitive and complex cases while reviewing, drafting and quality-assuring HR correspondence and documentation. You will also demonstrate sound judgement when handling confidential employee matters. A CIPD Level 3 or Level 5 qualification, or a willingness to work towards one, would be desirable, alongside experience with Occupational Health, workplace adjustments and Group Income Protection schemes.

In Return

In return, you will join a supportive People Services team where you will have the opportunity to play an important role in supporting employees and managers across the organisation. You will be able to develop your HR and employee relations expertise while contributing to continuous improvement across People Services. The role will provide opportunities to share your knowledge and experience with colleagues, support the development of less experienced team members and contribute to a positive, consistent and employee-focused workplace culture.