HR Advisor

HR Advisor | 4 months (Inside IR35) | Hybrid (Edinburgh)

Day Rate - circa £250

Harvey Nash's Client is recruiting for an HR Advisor for an initial period of 4 months, working from their Edinburgh office on a hybrid basis. You will provide great customer service through working in partnership with colleagues located across Scotland on all people management matters. This is a truly generalist role which requires the ability to work flexibly across a broad HR remit. You will work closely with the HR Business Partner to provide generalist people management advice and support to managers and staff in relation to resourcing, terms and conditions of employment, including performance management, support referrals to Occupational Health and the analysis of staffing Management Information.

Main Duties:

• To provide effective advice, guidance and support on all people related matters while ensuring that they are carried out in line with legislation, policy or industry best practice.
• Leading on absence and performance case management, which will include providing advice, guidance and support, producing associated paperwork for cases and ensuring cases are managed in line with HR Policy, escalating matters to the HRBP or Head of People (HR and L&SD) when necessary.
• Lead in analysing absence reports, and provide advice and guidance on absence management issues, occupational health referrals, and return to work cases to managers.
• Support, and lead on specific cases on other Employee Relations matters (ie disciplinary, grievance, etc), which will include providing advice, guidance and support, producing associated paperwork for cases and ensuring cases are managed in line with HR Policy, escalating matters to the HRBP or Head of People (HR and L&SD) when necessary.
• Attend case meetings to act as either a HR Representative in an advisory capacity, or to ensure an accurate note is taken of the meeting.
• Supporting the relocation process by establishing if an employee meets the required criteria, advising on entitlements and quality assuring and approving claims to support the process.
• Co-ordinating exit interviews for all leavers. This includes arranging and conducting exit interviews, escalating any concerns and accurately recording the data collated.
• Being the main point of contact for New Post Job Evaluations and supporting the completion of the paperwork.
• Supporting the HRBP by meeting with managers to support in workforce planning activities. Examples of this include working to confirm current establishment, discussing known changes to establishment and advise on solutions to these.
• Supporting the HRBP in the effective use of HR analytics data in order to help the business make informed decisions.
• Support HR driven projects such as workforce planning, job evaluation and organisational change.
• Work collaboratively and providing support to colleagues across the wider People Team and organisation on a number of people, matters and projects. Contribute to the continuous improvement and development of the team.
• Maintain accurate records to support the provision of monthly management information for wider business such as recruitment and absence.
• Work closely with the People Team Administrative Support Assistant to ensure that all correspondence relating to ongoing matters with employees is issued in a timely manner.
• Provide support to the HRBP and the Head of People (HR and L&SD) as required.

Skills Required:

• Experience of working within an HR environment providing support, advice and guidance on people related matters.
• Knowledge of employment law and HR best practice.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Experience of end-to-end case management, specifically of managing performance and absence cases.
• Ability to demonstrate strong interpersonal skills including the capability to influence and negotiate with a variety of stakeholders.
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to work to deadlines, within a fast-paced working environment.
• Experience of advising and managing recruitment processes.
• Membership of CIPD

Desirable Skills:

• Experience of working within Civil or Public Sector HR.
• Experience of compiling and presenting reports and analysing data
• CIPD Level 5 in Human Resources Management qualification

This role falls inside of IR35 and is remote working. Please note that for this role you must have or be happy to get a Basic Disclosure Scotland. To apply, please send your CV using the link.