Summary: The HR Advisor role is a 12-month fixed-term contract with a global luxury brand, focusing on providing comprehensive generalist HR support throughout the employee lifecycle. The position involves collaborating with HR management to ensure high-quality HR services and includes responsibilities such as managing employee relations cases, supporting appraisal processes, and developing HR policies. Ideal candidates will possess strong HR knowledge and experience in a fast-paced environment, particularly within luxury retail. Immediate availability or a notice period of four weeks or less is required for applicants.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support with yearly appraisal and salary review processes, assisting managers with queries and ensuring system updates.
• Analyse employee development data and provide insights to HR and L&D teams.
• Support HR Management in annual salary reviews, bonuses, and employee benefit adjustments.
• Ensure awareness and understanding of local HR policies and procedures among managers and employees.
• Review, propose, and develop new HR policies and procedures in line with legislation changes.
• Maintain records of employment contracts and related documents.
• Manage various employee relations cases, including investigations and performance issues.
• Coach and train line managers on employee relations processes.
• Conduct exit interviews and gather feedback for HR management.
• Manage absence reporting and action plans.
• Ensure compliance with Home Office regulations regarding Visa processes.
• Lead relocation assistance for internal employees.
• Update local HR Intranet pages with brand-related changes.
• Support HR management in creating contracts and updating internal HR systems.
• Manage the leaver process for exiting employees.
• Support recruitment-related tasks and undertake specific projects as needed.

Key Skills:

• Strong HR generalist experience in a fast-paced HR department.
• Experience in a volume-led, fast-paced industry (e.g., FMCG, retail).
• Understanding of current UK employment legislation and HR issues.
• Ability to manage a range of Employee Relations cases independently.
• Strong relationship-building and communication skills.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills.
• Conscientious, self-motivated team player with critical thinking abilities.
• Advanced skills in SAP, PowerPoint, Workday, Excel, and Word.
• Experience in high-end hospitality or luxury retail is encouraged.

Salary (Rate): 50000

City: London

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: fixed-term

Seniority Level: Mid-Level

Industry: HR