Summary: The HR Advisor role at RLE International involves supporting the HR team in a Daventry-based automotive client's Parts Distribution Centre during a period of growth. This part-time, 12-month fixed-term position requires collaboration with People Leaders and Trade Union partners to manage employee relations and implement HR strategies for approximately 350 employees. The role emphasizes both operational support and HR project work, with a focus on enhancing employee experience and ensuring compliance with company policies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Employee Relations Operational/Business Support
• Coach and support People Leaders through all HR related actions including resolution of employee relations issues.
• Support all resourcing requirements aligned to resourcing and skills strategy.
• Develop effective relationships, with all key stakeholders including People Leaders and Trade Union partners.
• Use data to proactively identify business needs and collaborate with stakeholders to develop and deliver continuous improvements, aligned to the business strategy, focused on enhancing the employee experience.
• Policy Interpretation & Implementation
• Advise and support People Leaders, Trade Union partners and employees with the interpretation and implementation of Company policies.
• Partner with key stakeholders, including Occupational Health, on the management of both casual and long-term absence cases to support employee wellbeing and reduce absence levels.
• Provide HR support for formal investigations including discipline, dignity at work and grievance cases partnering with Centres of Expertise to ensure consistency of policy application in line with legal considerations.
• Stay informed of developments within the HR profession and share best practices. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
• Ensure that the Company’s commitments in this regard are maintained ensuring that diversity, equality, and inclusion are promoted for all employees in line with local and corporate strategy.

Key Skills:

• An excellent knowledge of HR products and services, be comfortable with ambiguity, enjoy being challenged professionally and have a flexible mindset.
• Previous HR experience, particularly with a focus on business partnerships and working within a manufacturing or distribution environment.
• Coaching business partners is an integral part of this role, and the candidate will need to provide examples of where you have negotiated and persuaded others, provided counsel and influenced.
• HR administration is an inevitable part of the role, and you will need to be able to demonstrate varied HR administrative skills and examples of projects you have worked on.
• Working with Trade Unions/partners and be able to show working in such an environment and how the relationship worked.
• Strong Absence management and disciplinary actions are critical in managing the client’s business.

Salary (Rate): 32.32

City: Daventry

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: on-site

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: HR