HR Officer (Urgent)

We are looking for an experienced and proactive HR Advisor to join the team and provide comprehensive HR support across the business.

This is a varied, hands-on role, with a particular focus on employee relations, providing trusted advice and guidance to managers and employees across all levels of the organisation. You will play a key role in promoting best practice, supporting effective people management and ensuring HR policies and procedures are consistently applied.

Working closely with managers and the wider HR team, you will help foster a positive working environment, support organisational objectives and contribute to the ongoing development of the company's people strategy.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide professional HR advice and guidance to managers and employees on a wide range of HR matters, ensuring compliance with company policies, procedures and employment legislation.

• Manage employee relations matters, including disciplinary, grievance and performance management cases, ensuring fair, consistent and timely outcomes.

• Support managers in resolving workplace conflicts and maintaining positive employee relations.

• Guide managers through formal and informal performance management processes.

• Manage sickness absence cases, working closely with line managers and Occupational Health to support effective absence management and successful outcomes.

• Maintain accurate, confidential and accessible records of all employee relations cases and HR activities.

• Monitor and administer probationary periods, ensuring reviews are completed and any concerns are addressed appropriately.

• Oversee employee life cycle processes, including starters, contractual changes and leavers, ensuring all relevant documentation is accurate and completed.

• Review employment documentation, including offers, contracts, amendments and job descriptions, ensuring consistency and alignment with company standards.

• Conduct or coordinate exit interviews, identifying trends and opportunities for improvement.

• Analyse people data and HR metrics to identify organisational trends, potential issues and opportunities.

• Support the communication and embedding of company culture, values and HR best practice across the business.

• Work collaboratively with the wider HR team and contribute to HR projects and initiatives.

• Provide additional HR support to the Head of HR as required.

• This is 5 days in the office, in their HQ, Hertfordshire

About You

• Proven experience in a generalist HR Advisor role or similar.

• Strong employee relations experience, including managing disciplinary and grievance cases.

• Confident advising and supporting managers at all levels of an organisation.

• Good working knowledge of UK employment legislation and HR best practice.

• Experience managing performance, sickness absence and probationary processes.

• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to influence and build credibility across the business.

• Highly organised, with strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities.

• A proactive, solutions-focused approach with the confidence to handle sensitive and confidential matters.

• CIPD qualification (Level 5 or working towards) would be advantageous.

Why Join?

This is an excellent opportunity for an HR professional looking to take ownership of a varied generalist HR role, working closely with stakeholders across the business and making a genuine contribution to the employee experience and wider organisational success.