HR Advisor

We are currently supporting a HR Consultancy organisation in West Yorkshire as they look for a HR Advisor (Employment Law) to join their team. 

This is a full-time permanent position offering a salary of up to £40,000 DOE. You will be based from the office in West Yorkshire. 

The business works with 600 client companies throughout England and are incredibly passionate about what they do and genuinely want to add value to their SME client base. An ambitious company with a brilliant track record of year-on-year growth, profitability and development. 

They are looking for a confident HR Advisor, who can hit the ground running, enabling them to continue to deliver a high level employment law service to their growing client base. 

As an employer they value the benefits of a good work life balance and promote a positive working environment. They genuinely care about each member of the team and their contribution the business and clients.

The Role:

• To act as a dedicated HR Advisor to the growing client base of SME companies.
• Provide commercial, accurate and timely employment law advice to client companies on all areas of employment law including redundancy, capability issues, discipline and grievance and discrimination in the workplaces etc.
• Promote a positive and proactive approach to employment law.
• Build strong relationships with client companies and develop a good understanding of their business, enabling you to add value to their bottom through commercial employment law advice.
• Develop employment law policies and procedures and contracts of employment on behalf of client companies.
• To write legal articles and comment pieces for marketing and PR purposes as and when required.
• To comply with all relevant standards and professional advice.
• To ensure all advice and support provided is appropriately documented, in accordance with the business systems.
• Delivery of face to face and online training.  
• Engage with and promote the business' core values.
• To represent the business in a professional manner at all times.

Requirements:

• Law degree preferably or HR qualified (no requirement to have qualified as a solicitor).
• Previous experience working in an advisory and/or consultant capacity.
• Sound knowledge of employment law including the ability to advise independently on areas such as redundancies, contractual issues, disciplinary, capability and discrimination.
• Experience advising SMEs.