HR Advisor (12-month FTC)
| Posting date: | 14 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | £30,000 to £35,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 February 2026 |
| Location: | Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH3 6AA |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Search Consultancy LTD |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | Req/677160_1768383748 |
Summary
HR Advisor (12-month FTC)
Southside of Edinburgh based | office-based role initially | potential for hybrid as the contract progresses
Full Time preferred | will also consider a 4-day week for the right candidate
Contract role for 12 months | potential to be extended
Salary up to £35,000 (depending on skills & relevant experience)
Search Consultancy are delighted to be working exclusively with one of our Edinburgh based clients in the housing sector to recruit an experienced HR Advisor on an initial 12 month contract basis.
This role would ideally suit an experienced HR Advisor or Generalist with a solid background in Employee Relations (ER) cases, providing HR advice across a business at all levels and dealing with absence cases & flexible working requests.
Duties involved in this role will include:
* Providing generalist day-to-day support to managers across the organisation in all aspects of HR & L&D, ensuring best practice is followed at all times
* Supporting, advising and guiding managers with sickness absence cases within their teams,
* Assisting with reviewing complex absence cases including capability assessments, & liaising with Occupational Health where required
* Providing guidance and support to managers dealing with conduct, capability, grievance and disciplinary issues, including conducting investigations where required
* Dealing with flexible working requests from employees across the business, assessing these fairly and ensuring company policy is followed at all times
* Ensuring that HR documentation & paperwork is completed, and the HR system is updated in good time, for all cases & requests
* Various other HR Generalist / Officer duties as required or directed by the HR Manager
In order to be considered for this role your skills and experience should include:
* Extensive previous experience in an HR role (Advisor or Officer level or above) and experience in carrying out duties in line with the above spec - this experience is ESSENTIAL
* Candidates who are CIPD qualified or equivalent would be preferred, although this is not necessarily essential provided you have the experience required
* Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal as you will be dealing with employees across the business at all levels on a daily basis
* Excellent organisation & time management skills, with the ability to prioritise & complete a sometimes very busy workload effectively
* Solid IT Skills including the full MS Office suite
If this is the role for you, apply now!
Please note that only applicants who have the required skills and experience detailed above will be considered for this role.
Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age