People Advisor
25 days ago
Reading
People Advisor Contract - 6 months Theale, 3 days a week/ rest from home As a People Advisor, you’ll provide first-line advisory support to employees and managers across the business, working closely with the People Business Partners to deliver a consistent, professional, and proactive HR service. This role plays a key part in delivering day-to-day operational excellence across the employee lifecycle, enabling the People Team to focus on strategic delivery. You’ll handle a wide variety of employee relations matters, coach line managers on best practices, and contribute to key people projects and process improvements. The role interacts regularly with employees, managers, and cross-functional stakeholders. Responsibilities of the People Advisor include: As a People Advisor, you’ll provide first-line advisory support to employees and managers across the business, working closely with the People Business Partners to deliver a consistent, professional, and proactive HR service. This role plays a key part in delivering day-to-day operational excellence across the employee lifecycle, enabling the People Team to focus on strategic delivery. You’ll handle a wide variety of employee relations matters, coach line managers on best practices, and contribute to key people projects and process improvements. The role interacts regularly with employees, managers, and cross-functional stakeholders. • Provide responsive, accurate advice and guidance to managers and employees on a range of people matters, including policy queries, absence, performance, conduct, and wellbeing., • Support and manage low-to-mid-level employee relations cases (e.g. informal and formal absence, probation, performance improvement, disciplinaries, grievances), escalating complex cases as appropriate., • Draft investigation reports, outcome letters, and formal documentation in line with policy and employment law., • Coach and upskill line managers to build confidence in managing their people effectively., • Work closely with People Business Partners to support cyclical processes such as performance reviews, engagement activity, change programmes, and restructures., • Maintain accurate records and documentation in the HRIS and case management tools, ensuring GDPR compliance., • Identify opportunities to improve policies, processes, and employee experience based on feedback, data, and trends., • Contribute to wider People initiatives and projects, such as onboarding, learning & development, or DEI activity as required. The successful People Advisor will have: • Solid HR knowledge with experience providing first-line advice and managing ER cases in a fast-paced environment., • Strong understanding of UK employment law, HR best practice, and the ability to apply this pragmatically., • Excellent communication skills with the ability to build trusted relationships with stakeholders at all levels., • Confident in managing sensitive conversations with professionalism and empathy., • Ability to manage multiple priorities with accuracy, discretion, and sound judgement., • CIPD Level 5 ]or equivalent experience in an advisory-level HR role. To apply for the People Advisor, please send your CV to