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Senior HR Advisor

Woking Permanent View Job Description
We're recruiting an experienced Senior HR Advisor to join a fast-paced operational business undergoing significant transformation. This is a hands-on role for someone who can hit the ground running, confidently manage complex employee relations casework from day one and act as a trusted advisor to managers across the business. This role is based in Woking with Travel to other sites.
  • Join a lean HR team where you'll make an immediate business impact
  • Play a key role supporting a business through significant transformation

About Our Client

A company operating within the leisure, travel, and tourism industry, based near Woking.

Job Description

  • Independently manage a high level of low level to complex employee relations caseload, including disciplinary, grievance, absence, capability and performance matters.
  • Provide pragmatic, commercially focused HR advice to managers across operational and corporate functions.
  • Coach managers through investigations, hearings, appeals and formal processes.
  • Support organisational change activity, including restructures, consultation and TUPE projects.
  • Build strong relationships with stakeholders and provide practical solutions to people challenges.
  • Identify employment law and business risks, escalating where appropriate while recommending solutions.
  • Work closely with HR Business Partners to deliver wider People initiatives across the business.
  • Contribute to building management capability as the business continues its transformation journey.
  • Contribute to projects focused on employee engagement, capability and continuous improvement.
  • Thrive within a lean, collaborative HR team where you'll be expected to make an immediate impact.

The Successful Applicant

A successful Senior HR Advisor should have:

  • Proven experience in a busy operational environment.
  • Able to hit the ground running with minimal supervision-this is not a development or step-up opportunity.
  • Extensive experience independently managing complex employee relations cases from start to finish.
  • Strong knowledge of UK employment law and confidence advising managers on complex people issues.
  • Experience supporting organisational change, restructures and consultation activity
    • TUPE experience is highly advantageous.
  • Experience within facilities management, support services, logistics, transport, manufacturing, hospitality or similarly fast-paced operational environments.
    • Unionised environment is highly advantageous.
  • Resilient, adaptable and comfortable working in a business undergoing significant transformation.
  • Solutions-focused with the confidence to challenge and influence managers when required.

What's on Offer

  • A salary up to 45K.
  • Hybrid working (3 days in the Woking office, 2 days from home).
  • Other benefits as part of the package.



If you're interested in this role, apply now.

Contact
Helen Abdel Jabbar
Quote job ref
JN-072026-7072025
Phone number
+447974390889

Job summary

Job function
Human Resources
Subsector
HR Manager
Sector
Leisure, Travel & Tourism
Where
Woking
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Helen Abdel Jabbar
Consultant phone
+447974390889
Job reference
JN-072026-7072025