Job Description

Job Title:       HR Advisor              

Location:       Melksham, UK (HPW)                                                             

Scope of the Function

We are looking for a HR Advisor, based in Melksham and reporting to the UK HR Manager.

This full time HR Advisor role will support across the full employee lifecycle as well as annual events in the HR calendar, such as annual pay review, employee engagement, and updating policies and procedures, leading on recruitment activities, employee relations and day to day transactional HR activities. As required the HR Advisor may be required to support strategic projects.

The role is full time (36.5 hours per week across 5 days), with a 100% on-site presence at Hampton Park West, Melksham. There may be occasions where the HR Advisor is required to travel to our other sites, such as Poole.

Key Responsibilities

• Supporting the wider HR Team on all aspects of the employee life cycle.
• Leading on recruitment activities, liaising with both the hiring manager and recruitment agencies.
• Completing on-boarding activities in liaison with the hiring manager.
• Leading on, and supporting managers through employee relations issues, escalating where needed.
• Updating of policies and procedures, in line with latest regulations and laws.
• Identification and implementation of continuous improvement of HR activities, at both UK and Group level.
• Liaison with Occupational Health, as required.
• Maintaining and updating relevant trackers.
• Providing training to employees, at all levels, as required on both HR systems and HR policies and processes.
• Providing support to senior HR members, as required.

Background and Skills

• Minimum CIPD L5 qualified, or equivalent experience.
• Recent experience on leading Employee Relations cases.
• Recent experience on leading recruitment activities.
• A working knowledge of UK employment law.
• Excellent communication skills.
• The ability to build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent organisational and administrative skills, with the ability to multitask and prioritise.
• Attention to detail.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office.
• A willingness to learn – in particular with a Continuous Improvement mindset.
• The ability to work as part of a team.

      Desirable

• Continuous Improvement, preferably Kaizen, experience.
• Experience of working in a Manufacturing environment.
• Experience in liaising and working with Unions.
• HRIS platform experience, preferably ADP software.
• An interest in People Analytics

This job description is not intended, and should not be construed, to be an all-inclusive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with this job. While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the job requirements, management reserve the right to modify, add or remove duties from particular jobs and to assign other duties as necessary.

If you feel you fit the above criteria, please e-mail your CV and a covering letter to recruitment recruitmentHPW@avon-protection.com