HR Advisor

HR Advisor | Southend | £40,000 | Hybrid working – 3 days office, 2 days home

Working as part of a supportive HR team, you’ll partner with managers across the business and provide practical, commercially focused advice.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Coaching managers through ER matters, including absence, disciplinary, grievance and performance cases
• Building strong relationships with managers and becoming a trusted point of contact
• Supporting organisational change and workforce planning
• Using people data to identify trends and recommend improvements
• Contributing to engagement, reward and wider people initiatives
• Supporting HR projects that improve both the employee and manager experience
• Helping to strengthen HR processes, policies and ways of working

About you

You’ll ideally bring:

• Strong generalist HR and employee relations experience
• A sound understanding of UK employment law
• Confidence advising and influencing managers
• The ability to build credible relationships across a business
• Experience working with HR systems and people data
• A proactive, curious and solutions-focused approach

This role will suit someone who wants to understand how a business operates, not just deliver transactional HR support. You’ll be comfortable asking questions, offering a different perspective and taking ownership of your development.