£35K/yr to £40K/yr
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Contract, Variable

People Advisor

Posted by Lynn Bennett Resourcing.

NORTH EAST (Ref 651) FTC until end March 2025 *HOME BASED*

up to £40k, 28 days holiday + bank holidays ( salary and holidays pro rata FTE)

Our client is a niche SME business, hugely successful and experiencing continued growth. The culture is positive, they genuinely live and breathe their values, with people front and centre of the business.

Working in a small team and reporting to the People & Culture Manager, in this Employee Relations focussed role, you will provide first-class generalist HR advice, guidance, coaching and support on all people-related matters.

As the business has grown, it has become evident that some managers need more guidance on people related issues to better lead their teams, ensuring consistency, and ensuring a high performance culture.

This includes:

  • Absence management ensuring early intervention into Occupational Health and proactive management of sickness absence cases, ensuring all meetings are documented as appropriate
  • Coach managers on how to have difficult conversations
  • Coach managers to understand HR policies and processes, upskilling their knowledge and therefore ability to manage people situations effectively and consistently
  • Performance management
  • Disciplinary, grievance etc.
  • Support with business reorganisations, consultations, contract changes etc.
  • Build strong, proactive relationships with our managers across the business
  • Ensure HR Policies are reviewed and updated in line with legislative and organisational changes and processes are documented and easily understood by managers and colleagues
  • Using your knowledge of employee relations, provide input and support on the design and delivery of training content
  • Provide weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports on key HR Metrics

Skills, experience and qualifications needed:

  • CIPD Level 5 or working towards
  • Complex and varied ER case management experience
  • Confidence to work with managers at all levels