HR Advisor / Generalist

This is a great opportunity for an HR Advisor to join a highly successful and established company in Banbury on a full time, permanent basis. The purpose of this role is to provide an all-round generalist HR advisory service across multi UK sites, with a focus on recruitment and employee relations.

As HR Advisor, you will be responsible for:

Recruitment

• Collaborating with hiring managers to understand resourcing requirements and develop effective recruitment strategies
• Coordinating the recruitment process from job posting to offer stage, ensuring a smooth and efficient experience for both candidate and hiring managers
• Sourcing, screening and interviewing candidates for various roles within the business ensuring a diverse and qualified applicant pool
• Managing the ATS system
• Contributing and supporting the recruitment process as required by ensuring Job Descriptions are up-to-date, pre screening candidates, arranging interviews etc
• Providing new employees with a Company Induction and supporting their onboarding
• Managing all 1st level employee relations cases, by supporting managers and employees. You will be able to chair hearings, take notes, write invites and responses as required
• Liaising with line managers on employee's probation periods
• Managing the employee absence line, ensuring absence is documented correctly, and supporting Managers throughout this process

Payroll and HR Administration

• Supporting with payroll auditing when required
• Assisting with the general administration of the HR function
• Identifying opportunities to deliver process improvements and smarter ways of working
• Working closely with the payroll department and ensure they have all the required documentation for new starters and follow up with managers where required to provide
• Supporting on benefit renewals e.g. providing data
• Company car administration

As HR Advisor, you must be/have:

• BA in Human Resources Management or a related field preferred
• Level 5 CIPD qualification
• Demonstrate knowledge of recruitment best practices and sourcing techniques
• Proven track record of managing multiple employee relations cases
• Strong communication skills and interpersonal skills
• Excellent problem solving and conflict resolution abilities
• Ability to work independently and handle confidential information with discretion
• Proficiency in relevant software applications
• Experience of managing a payroll (advantageous)

This role is based in Banbury with some travel to the other UK sites. The salary for the role is £33,000-£37,000, and benefits include, Life Assurance, Critical Illness Cover, Employer funded Health Cash Plan, EAP scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme, training and development opportunities, 22 days annual leave rising to 26 with service (rising to 23 as a standard from Jan), holiday purchasing scheme.