HR Advisor

The Opportunity

This is an excellent opportunity for an aspiring HR professional looking to take the next step in their career and gain exposure far beyond a traditional HR Advisor role. Working within a growing, multi-site manufacturing business, you'll partner closely with an experienced HR Business Partner, supporting a range of sites across Warrington & the north west region. You'll be given exposure to the full employee lifecycle, complex employee relations activity, organisational change, acquisitions, TUPE projects, leadership coaching and people initiatives that genuinely impact the business.
 

Key Responsibilities

Reporting to the HR Business Partner, you'll act as a trusted advisor to managers and employees across a diverse operational workforce. This is a highly visible, hands-on role where you'll spend time building   on site, coaching managers, supporting employee relations activity and contributing to a range of people-focused projects. No two days are the same. One day you could be supporting a disciplinary or grievance process, the next working on a change project, recruitment initiative or organisational development activity. Key Responsibilities will include:

•    Support employee relations cases including disciplinary, grievance, absence and performance management matters
•    Coach and develop managers to build confidence and capability in people management
•    Partner with operational leaders to support business performance and engagement
•    Contribute to organisational change projects, restructures and people initiatives
•    Work closely with central HR teams to ensure effective HR administration and compliance
•    Assist with policy development and implementation of HR best practice


 

Ideal candidate

• Previous experience in a HR Advisor, HR Officer or Senior HR Advisor role with a solid grounding in generalist HR. 
• Ambitious and eager to develop into a true HR Business Partner role, with exposure to complex ER, organisational change, TUPE and business transformation projects. 
• Pragmatic, commercially minded and willing to roll up their sleeves in a fast-paced environment. 
• Resilient, approachable and confident working within a manufacturing, logistics, distribution or other operational setting. 
• A positive, down-to-earth personality with a good sense of humour and the ability to build credibility quickly with operational managers and employees across all levels.
• CIPD qualified or working towards qualification, with a genuine passion for developing a career in HR.
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel occasionally across regional sites. 

Summary

This role offers far more than a typical HR Advisor position. You’ll have the opportunity to work alongside an experienced HR Business Partner and supportive HR team, gain exposure to TUPE, acquisitions, restructures and change programmes, and develop genuine business partnering skills. If you're currently operating as a HR Advisor and looking for a role that will accelerate your development towards HR Business Partner level, this could be the ideal next move.