HR Advisor Newcastle City Centre - hybrid working, 2 days per week from our city centre office and from home Permanent, Full time (37.5 hpw) Salary between £28,000 - £35,000 (negotiable depending on experience) plus brilliant benefits including health cash plan Home, a place where you belong Are you passionate about people, HR and want to make a meaningful impact? Join us as our HR Advisor at Home Group, where you won?t just support our HR team, you'll be a key player in shaping a positive and productive workplace. If you're keen on offering insightful advice, guiding managers with skill, and using data to drive excellence, then read on? You are just the person we're looking for to join our team Typical day as our HR Advisor Diving into data, uncovering insights to guide managers across the business on absence, performance, and more. Advise and coach managers on nipping HR concerns in the bud and steering through formal processes with empathy and effectiveness. Plan and deliver your next engaging upskilling session for managers, making people management a breeze for them. Collaborate closely with HR Business Partners, identifying and tackling key challenges to make a real difference. Contribute to our HR Assistant's growth, sharing your wisdom and experience for their development. Embrace a proactive and energised approach, driving self-service and first-time-right solutions in HR practices. Fancy going home each day knowing that you have helped change our customers lives for the better? You?ll do that here, working for a top 10 Great Place to Work Employer You'll bring Solid experience of managing employee relations matters, including absence, performance, conduct, and probation (often with multiple cases on at the same time). A robust foundation in employment legislation and HR processes, offering accurate advice that hits the mark every time. A flair for spreadsheets and data analysis, making proactive recommendations that genuinely improve practices. It?s important that you embrace a ?digital first? approach to how we work with our stakeholders and embrace in-person working with the HR team. You?ll support the team in making best use of data and insights to support our customers. A commitment to continuous learning, keeping abreast of best practice and legal changes in HR to stay ahead of the curve. Our team You?ll report into either Laura or Kev, our Senior HR Business Partners. Laura spends much of her time running after her little ones or planning their next adventures ?And you'll often find Kev in our One Strawberry Lane office most days (it's better than his dining table) with an Irn Bru to draw on his Scottish roots. The team are even better ? a really supportive gang who constantly support and seek input and insights from each other. Job details You'll be based at our offices at One Strawberry Lane in Newcastle This is a full-time job of 37.5 hours per week and we work Monday to Friday This is a hybrid role, you?ll spend a minimum of 2 days a week in our offices, and the rest of the time working from home. You?ll manage your own diary. If you need a break to take delivery of your new fridge or take a longer lunch for a haircut, you can use your flexi time to manage that Due to limits on our current certificates of sponsorship, we are not able to offer sponsorship to?external?candidates for this role.? This remains under regular review. A place where you belong Great things happen when we can be ourselves at work. We want all our colleagues to be who they truly are here. Our internal diversity networks, peers and allies (Multicultural, LGBTQIA and Disability) support us all to be our best. Together we make Home Group a great place to work What?s in it for you? 34 days leave (includes bank hols and a ?me day? to use whenever you fancy) increasing to 39, the option to buy 5 more, and time off for volunteering too Health cash plan saving you from £1140 per annum. We?ll cover your costs (and kids if you have them) towards dental, optical, prescriptions, alternative therapies and lots more. Over 800 high street discounts on groceries, holidays and days out. Looking for a new phone, bike or car? Save money with us. We Grow Our Own colleagues (not literally of course), when you?re ready for the next step in your career, you can grow with us Generous pension scheme with life insurance of 3x salary. Explore our full range of benefits on our website.?? Find out more Click APPLY NOW to see our HR Advisor Job Description, find out about us and for help to apply. Sometimes we close a job early, so don?t delay or you might miss out. Finally, do let us know if there?s anything we can do, to help you shine in our process at recruitmenthomegroup.org.uk A first-stage assessment centre will take place on either Thursday 6th February or Friday 7th February 2025 at Home Group's head office at One Strawberry Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne. Final stage interviews will take place on Thursday 13th February 2025, also at One Strawberry Lane.