People Advisor (FTC 6 months)

About the role

In the role of People Advisor, you will be based in the Wellingborough office, reporting into the People Partner - Support Centres and will work as part of a team, in a fast paced and challenging environment.

This is a great opportunity for someone who is looking to develop their skills and knowledge.

We support a mixture of hybrid working 3 days in an office and 2 days WFH (after successful completion of probationary period) per week, as appropriate and in line with the needs of the business.

Main Responsibilities

• Providing practical and balanced ER advice, coaching and support to both managers and colleagues across, on a wide range of employment matters including disciplinary, grievance, performance, family friendly policies and absence related issues
• Working with Line Managers and the recruitment team to coordinate recruitment activities.
• You will be required to provide face to face or remote support across the business as required
• Building strong working relationships with your immediate and wider people team and your internal customer base.
• Supporting the People Partners with specific LTS / ER cases
• Managing your own case load and support the creation and completion of various written communications both for invites and outcomes
• Ensuring quality standards and policies are adhered to
• Identifying opportunities for improving processes and services to colleagues
• Admin support maintaining case logs, tracker and the payroll system
• Supporting the management of the colleague absence process 
• Working in line with GDPR guidelines, and processing SAR’s / DSAR’s requests as required
• Promoting an inclusive working environment where everyone is welcome, leading by example, living our Code of Business Conduct and our Win Together Behaviours and supporting your team members when needed

You will need

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Be comfortable with coaching / advising managers of all levels and have the ability to make your own legally and commercially sound decisions, to manage the risk to the business
• To be extremely organised and manage a multiple caseload
• Good IT skills in Word, Excel and preferably SAP
• The ability to work under pressure to deadlines and to reprioritise when required
• A proactive and flexible approach to work with the ability to adapt as required
• Be curious and have a desire to learn and develop
• Be a problem solver and constructively challenge

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