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HR Advisor

ReedTrowbridge, Wiltshire🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 16 Sept 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

You'll be a pivotal HR Advisor in a dynamic, growing organization, offering extensive experience in employee relations and a chance to shape HR practices across multiple sites. This role is ideal for a proactive problem-solver who thrives on providing expert guidance and managing complex cases, offering significant professional development in a supportive environment. Apply now to leverage your skills and make a real impact!

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Employment type
Full Time
Work mode
On Site
Location
Trowbridge, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Employee RelationsPerformance ManagementStakeholder Management

Job Description

Location: Trowbridge (Fully Onsite)
Hours: Full Time, 37.5 hours p/w

The Opportunity

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced HR Advisor to join a busy and growing organisation. This is a varied and fast-paced generalist HR role with a significant focus on employee relations, supporting managers across multiple sites and functions.

The successful candidate will be a trusted advisor to stakeholders, providing pragmatic and commercially focused HR guidance while managing a large and varied ER caseload. This position would suit someone who thrives in a dynamic environment, enjoys problem-solving, and can confidently manage multiple complex cases simultaneously.

Key Responsibilities

Employee Relations

  • Lead and manage a high-volume ER caseload covering disciplinary, grievance, absence management, performance management, capability, and conduct matters.
  • Provide expert employment law and HR policy advice to managers and employees.
  • Support managers through the full employee relations process, including investigations, hearings and appeals.
  • Ensure all cases are managed consistently, fairly and in line with current legislation and best practice.
  • Maintain accurate records and case documentation using HR case management systems.
  • Balance coaching, influencing and challenging managers to achieve positive employee relations outcomes.

HR Business Support

  • Partner with managers to build capability and confidence in people management practices.
  • Deliver guidance on HR policies, procedures and employment legislation.
  • Support organisational change initiatives including restructuring, redundancy consultations and TUPE projects.
  • Deliver training and workshops on key HR topics such as absence management, disciplinary and grievance procedures.
  • Review and update HR policies, guidance documents and manager toolkits.

HR Operations & Projects

  • Produce management information and HR metrics including absence, turnover and employee relations trends.
  • Support continuous improvement of HR processes and systems.
  • Contribute to wider HR projects and organisational initiatives.
  • Assist with HR administration and employee lifecycle activities where required.

About You

We are seeking an HR professional with a strong employee relations background who is comfortable handling a demanding and varied workload.

Essential Experience & Skills

  • Previous experience in an HR Advisor position.
  • Extensive employee relations experience, managing multiple cases simultaneously from start to finish.
  • Strong knowledge of employment law and HR best practice.
  • Experience advising managers on disciplinary, grievance, absence, capability and performance issues.
  • Confident influencing, coaching and challenging stakeholders at all levels.
  • Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise competing deadlines and caseloads.
  • Experience using HR systems and case management platforms.
  • Excellent communication, relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.
  • CIPD qualified or working towards qualification.
  • Full UK driving licence and access to transport.
  • Competitive salary
  • Annual bonus opportunity
  • Enhanced holiday allowance plus bank holidays
  • Option to purchase additional annual leave
  • Pension scheme with employer contribution
  • Life assurance
  • Subsidised onsite facilities
  • Free parking
  • Employee discounts and benefits platform
  • Opportunity to join a collaborative and supportive HR team within a successful and growing business

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