Employee Relations Advisor - HR

<p>Our client is seeking a HR Advisor to join their Investment firm. The ideal candidate will work across the whole employee cohort of the client population, offering advice and guidance on key issues such as employee relations, employee performance and employee retention.</p><p>This role can be based in London or Bristol. It will require regular travel across regional offices in Bournemouth, Bristol, High Wycombe and Peterborough.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Duties & Responsibilities:</strong></p><ul><li>Responsible for the majority of ER issues that arise in the relevant offices and require good knowledge and training, confidence in resolving issues informally and advising the relevant line managers and/or Partners on good and fair practices.</li><li>Help guide managers on performance issues and be the first point of contact for these types of queries.</li><li>The role undertakes specific project work for group or firm-wide initiatives, working closely with the project lead e.g., ensuring timelines are met, deliverables are set and contribute towards the development of the content for these initiatives.</li><li>Support, mentor and advise to the People Operations Administration team and provide training and support on policy and practice as well as being at hand to help answer ad hoc queries.</li><li>Analyse and present data e.g. monthly MI reporting, engagement survey results, exit interviews, leavers and sickness analysis etc. Identifying trends in order that these make a meaningful impact on the people management of the Southern Regional Group.</li><li>Work closely with People Operations to review current processes to check for quality of output and value delivered by the People Operations team. Collaboration across the People Operations and the wider People Experience teams is key to the success of this role.</li><li>Share knowledge and lessons learned with the broader People Experience team to ensure any necessary changes and updates to processes, policies and systems have been made.</li></ul><p><strong>The role requires:</strong></p><ul><li>Experience of employee relations casework (e.g. probation and performance, absence, discipline, grievance etc). Ideally, will be able to manage a busy case load across multiple locations.</li><li>Will have significant specialised knowledge from advanced training, work experience or a relevant degree or equivalent.</li><li>Ideally your experience will be in professional services or a partnership.</li><li>Strong presentation skills and ability to be persuasive. Will need the ability to coachline managers.</li><li>Able to use judgement / experience to tackle issues and seek advice on more complex problems.</li><li>Strong analytical skills, based on systems and models relevant to HR.</li><li>Strong computer literacy and understanding of relevant software. Keeps up to date on all required training such as information security.</li><li>Excellent verbal and written communication skills; including communicating with technical and non-technical clients and staff at all organisational levels.</li><li>High levels of commitment and ability to act when necessary.</li><li>Team-focused mentality, understanding that the function must work collaboratively to drive success.</li></ul><p></p>

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