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Job Title: HR Advisor
Location: Bridge View, Aberdeen
Duration: 6 months PAYE contract
Reports to: Senior HR Advisor
Main Purpose of Role:
As an HR Adviser, you will play a crucial role in partnering with various service lines, delivering strategic HR support that drives business impact. You will be responsible for building, developing, and retaining a high-performing and diverse workforce. Acting as a true business partner, you will ensure that HR initiatives are aligned with the organization's objectives, and you will support leaders and employees throughout the full employee lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities:
- Business Partnering:
- Develop strong working relationships with senior business leaders to understand their HR needs.
- Align HR strategies with business objectives to ensure HR contributes effectively to overall success.
- Service Excellence & Leadership:
- Model and promote company values in all interactions.
- Provide guidance to line managers, supporting their people management responsibilities to drive performance and employee engagement.
- HR Advisory:
- Offer professional, proactive HR advice and support to defined business areas, ensuring adherence to company standards and legal compliance.
- Address complex employee relations issues, ensuring outcomes are in line with company values and employment legislation.
- Change Management:
- Lead key HR change projects, providing advice on people-related risks, compliance, and best practices.
- Support and embed change initiatives within the business to drive successful outcomes.
- Employee Relations & Absenteeism:
- Manage and resolve complex employee relations cases, maintaining standards of fairness and compliance.
- Handle long-term absenteeism cases, including medical referrals, and update the absence case log as needed.
- Employee Lifecycle Management:
- Manage the full employee lifecycle including recruitment, reward, performance management, talent management, and succession planning.
- Administer onboarding, leaver processes, and employee changes in the HRIS system, ensuring accurate and timely processing.
- Organizational Support:
- Support company-wide initiatives such as performance development reviews, employee opinion surveys, and talent management programs.
- Lead redeployment processes, ensuring compliance with company policies and employment law.
- Diversity & Inclusion:
- Promote equality, diversity, and fairness across all employment practices.
- Ensure HR processes and policies reflect the company's commitment to diversity and inclusion.
- Special Projects & Compliance:
- Contribute to bids, due diligence, and transition activities, ensuring effective communication and legal compliance during TUPE (Transfer of Undertakings Protection of Employment) exercises.
Person Specification:
Knowledge & Qualifications:
- Degree qualified and CIPD Chartered Member (or working towards Chartered status).
- Strong working knowledge of Employment Law and complex case management.
- Experience using and interpreting HR Metrics.
Skills & Competencies:
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills.
- Strong negotiation and influencing abilities.
- Effective coaching skills to guide managers and employees.
- Analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to think strategically.
- Excellent organizational skills and time management, especially in managing competing priorities.
- Commercial awareness to support business decision-making and understand the broader impact of HR strategies.
- A proactive approach to HR, with a focus on adding value and driving operational effectiveness.
- Proven experience in operational HR within a similar environment
