Overview

We are recruiting for an HR Advisor on contract to work for a leading Aviation and Defence organisation based 3 days per week in their Bristol offices and 2 days remotely.

An exciting opportunity for anyone who has wanted to join HR is available within the HR team in Filton, working with an experienced team of HRBPs this role provides a perfect entry level opportunity and will support your growth and development as an HR practitioner.

The HR advisor will report into the HR Business Leader for Filton Site and be a primary interface for employees and line managers in the business, ensuring that HR policies are applied consistently, and HR queries are dealt with promptly and reliably.

As the HR Advisor you would be expected to support with various HR queries throughout the business, such as:

Responsibilities

• Being a primary interface for employees and line managers.
• Advising managers on recruitment and selection strategies.
• Developing expertise in our key HR processes and HR tools (Workday).
• Providing advice and playing a role in work reviews and change processes.
• Using HR information systems to access, input and compile data.
• Managing employee relationships, responding to any queries or problems that they have and managing their expectations.
• Supporting the HR business leader and HR business partners with various employee relations topics such as capability investigations, including grievance and disciplinary.
• Acting as the point of contact for hiring managers, employees and other HR team members.
• Supporting managers and employees through the annual HR calendar.

Key skills and competencies

We are looking for candidates with the following skills and experience:

• Interpersonal skills are the most vital skills for an HR advisor to possess as you will have to work with several people at different levels across the business.
• Strong IT/Data analytics skills to enable evidence based actions.
• Ability to be adaptable and act with autonomy as well as part of a team.
• Proficiency with Google-suite would be an advantage.
• Proficiency with Workday would be an advantage.
• Good communication and stakeholder management skills, teamwork and networking abilities.
• Ability to convince, to negotiate and to take initiative.
• Customer orientation and responsiveness, with a solution mindset.
• Building and managing relationships.