HR Advisor

Job Title: HR Advisor

Full time: Monday to Friday 40 hours a week

Salary: £29,000-£34,000

Location: Ipswich and office based

The HR Advisor will act as a key point of contact for managers and employees on-site, providing a comprehensive generalist HR service and supporting day-to-day people matters across the project.

What's involved?

• Manage a range of ER cases, ensuring timely, accurate advice and support, including meeting attendance, investigations, disciplinary and grievance cases, sickness absence, performance improvement and restructuring activity
• Coach and guide managers on all aspects of people management and HR processes.
• Arrange Occupational Health referrals and maintain accurate notes, documentation, and system updates.
• Produce HR metrics, analyse trends, and support ad-hoc reporting and departmental initiatives.
• Contribute to HR project work, including salary and bonus review processes, employee communications, and organisational change activity (e.g. lay-offs, redundancies, restructures).
• Support Learning & Development and early careers activities.
• Work with the Training & Competency team to identify employee training needs.
• Act as the first point of contact for day-to-day HR queries.
• Implement and support Skills, Education, and EDI initiatives aimed at improving recruitment, retention, and community engagement.
• Process and manage sponsored worker requirements in line with UK employment legislation.

Why you?

Skills, Experience & Qualifications

• CIPD qualification or substantial standalone generalist HR/ER experience.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to build effective relationships at all levels.
• Excellent organisational and planning capability, ideally within a fast-paced environment.
• Hands-on experience leading or supporting employee relations meetings.
• Solid understanding of UK employment law and HR best practice.
• Resilient, proactive, and confident in approach.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, with the ability to extract and analyse data.

Due to location, you will need to drive for this role.

What is in in to for you?

• A competitive salary and benefits package, including 25 days holiday.
• Real opportunities to grow your career.
• A supportive, collaborative team environment.

Interested?Send us your CV, outlining your qualifications and motivation for applying and we look forward to hearing from you.