HR Advisor
Application Deadline: 27 February 2025
Department: Human Resources
Employment Type: Fixed Term - Full Time
Location: Andover
Description
Great People Work Here
Are you searching for a career with bags of variety, in an environment that celebrates differences and empowers collaboration, which values people and will encourage you to participate? Do you want the freedom to explore, and the opportunities to find new ways and to innovate? If so, TwiningsOvo delivers.
We’re looking for people who don’t just come here, but who have a real passion for the brand and a desire to do the best job they can. In return, we offer an inspiring package of employee benefits - to show just how much we value you. This role will offer you the scope for growth and the tools to aim high.
The HR Shared Services Team are specialists who provide a consistently high quality of HR service to internal and external customers, partnering with Business Units within Twinings to ensure the customer is the focus of all activities. We each work with an aligned business unit(s), but are part of a collaborative, cross-covering and supportive Central HR Shared Services team.
The Human Resources Advisor is responsible for professionally and efficiently delivering HR advice and operational support to UK based business units including our flagship retail store on the Strand London, as well as dotted line support to our International Functions business. You’ll actively partner HR Colleagues from within the business unit and deliver operational support to the needs of your stakeholders. You’ll bring with you and apply HR knowledge - ensuring that all HR activities are executed in line with relevant legislation, and that risks are identified and mitigated where appropriate.
Key Responsibilities
* Support the team through owning and resolving general HR enquiries that have been escalated.
* Own Employee Relations cases within the business units (disciplinary, grievance and mediation, performance management), and supporting HR Advisor colleagues where required, whilst also coaching Line Managers through Employee Relations casework, escalating trends and areas for development.
* Oversee more complex processes that require a wider understanding of implications, such as Life Leave, Occupational Health referrals and redundancies
* Collaborate with the Talent Acquisition team to ensure best practice is followed whilst providing a high-quality recruitment experience for stakeholders and candidates, supporting interview processes, ensuring psychometric testing is undertaken and interpreted (when required) and ensuring accuracy / efficiency of written documentation
* Provide HR data and analytics reporting when required, ensure HR systems are updated with correct employee data and oversee the systems used within the team -ensuring they’re fit for purpose and are an enabler to processes
* Ensure data on employee changes is checked and accurately submitted to Payroll and documentation is submitted in the appropriate format to meet audit criteria Ensure documents are stored in line with record retention
* Support on L&D interventions within assigned Business Units as required, including provision of key trainings (unconscious bias for example)
Skills Knowledge and Expertise
* Experience in generalist HR support roles, including complex ER and working with multiple stakeholders and roles that require bigger picture thinking. CIPD would be desirable but of course can be outweighed by experience.
* Established experience of project work, seeing things through to completion and able to ensure that the right people are involved at the right time to ensure effective delivery
* An effective communicator with the ability to seek feedback in order to strive for outstanding results, and able to adjust in order to meet stakeholder and business needs
* Excellent interpersonal skills; builds and maintains solid and reliable effective working partnerships with managers and colleagues at all levels
* Exceptional organisation and prioritization skills, good attention to detail and an ability to work on tasks without becoming overwhelmed
* Ability to work to and meet deadlines
* High-level verbal, written and numeracy skills
* Willingness to be office based (Andover) on a hybrid basis, but also travel into our flagship store on the Strand (London) regularly as required.
Benefits
* Yearly bonus based on personal contribution and financial performance
* Flexible working options
* 25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays and the option to buy and sell holidays
* Onsite Gym and Wellbeing Centre
* Perkbox – employee discount scheme with discounts online, in high street stores, cinema, holidays, restaurants and many more
* Pension scheme with your contributions matched for up to 10% of your salary
* Cycle to work scheme
* SimplyHealth Cash plan
* Onsite Staff shop and online staff discounts
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