People Advisor (Secondment Cover)
| Posting date: | 16 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 August 2025 |
| Location: | Salmon Fields, Oldham, OL2 6JG |
| Company: | Booker Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 26624 |
Summary
We are looking for a People Advisor who is confident in providing ER advice and generalist HR support to a variety of front-line managers within the business.
Do you have:
- Proven multi-tasking experience working in a fast paced, high volume People Advisory role?
- Good working knowledge of employment legislation and managing ER case work?
- Excellent planning and organisation skills, with the ability to think ahead and plan work to meet deadlines?
- Experience in supporting management teams, coaching line managers in line with policy, process and legislation?
- Are you confident to challenge others with the ability to offer advice and recommendations?
- Able to work well under pressure, take pride in your work with high attention to detail and accuracy?
- Have excellent communication skills, maintaining a professional etiquette at all times?
If you are enthusiastic, passionate and results driven, and have answered yes to the above points, then we may have the perfect role for you.
The main purpose of this role is to provide an effective HR generalist service to a range of front line managers and colleagues within Best.
This role is initially on a 6 month secondment basis, but has the possibility of becoming a permanent position.
- Supporting an effective recruitment process, ensuring a fair, diverse and inclusive approach to attract the best people, ensuring compliance to Right To Work legislation.
- Compliance to all policy and process throughout the employee lifecycle, coaching front line managers where required.
- Support induction and probations, providing advice where required.
- Advise on attendance management (short and long term) supporting absence reduction, ensuring policy and process is fairly applied.
- Supporting the People Partner/Head of People in projects where appropriate.
- Provide advice to line managers regarding investigation process, ensuring appropriate completion in an appropriate timescale.
- Advise and provide administration support during complex disciplinary and grievance hearings.
- Support and deliver engagement and learning & development activities, including talent management and performance improvement plans.
- Identify areas for improvement and supporting.
- Collating data and reporting information for analysis to identify areas for improvement.